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[[Image:Jenny Dolfen - Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor.jpg|thumb|''Amrod and Amras, sons of Fëanor'' by [[Jenny Dolfen]].]]
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'''Amras''' ([[Years of the Trees]] – [[First Age]] 1) and his twin brother [[Amrod]] were the youngest sons of [[Fëanor]]. Through their mother [[Nerdanel]] they inherited red hair (probably a dark red), instead of Fëanor's black. He joined his brothers in [[Oath of Fëanor|exile]], but was  upon arriving in [[Beleriand]] was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the [[Teleri]] when his father ordered them to be burnt at [[Losgar]].
 
== Etymology ==
Amras' [[father-name]] in [[Quenya]] is '''Telufinwë''', "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of sons of the [[House of Finwë]]. His [[mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amrod, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''Umbarto''', "The Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''Ambarto''', "Upwards-exalted". Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''.
 
The name ''Amras'' is the Sindarin version of the short form of ''Telufinwë'', ''Telvo''.
 
== Geneology ==
<code>
            [[Finwë]] = [[Míriel]]
                  |
                  |
              [[Fëanor]] = [[Nerdanel]]
                      |
    _________________|________________________________________________
    |          |          |          |          |          |        |
    |          |          |          |          |          |        |
[[Maedhros]]    [[Maglor]]  [[Celegorm]]    [[Caranthir]]    [[Curufin]]    [[Amrod]]    '''AMRAS'''
</code>
 
== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
There is no trace of the death of Amras at Losgar in the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'', as it was a very late idea by [[Tolkien]], omitted by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of ''The Silmarillion''. Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amrod alone. The information regarding Amras' naming, especially, comes from ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]''.
 
[[Category:High Elves]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]

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