Ingwë: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
m (bot message: changing link to Years of the Trees)
m (Tidied up a bit)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{vanyar infobox
{{vanyar infobox
| image=[[Image:Ingwe.jpg|250px]]
| image=[[Image:Ingwe.jpg|248px]]
| name=Ingwë
| name=Ingwë
| othernames=
| othernames=
Line 6: Line 6:
| birth=1050 [[Years of the Trees]], [[Cuiviénen]]
| birth=1050 [[Years of the Trees]], [[Cuiviénen]]
| realm=[[Valinor]]
| realm=[[Valinor]]
| death=Did not die
| death=
| age=
| age=
| parentage=Firstborn
| parentage=Firstborn
Line 12: Line 12:
| spouse=Unknown
| spouse=Unknown
|}}
|}}
'''Ingwë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiŋʷɡʷe]}}) is the leader of the first Kindred of [[Elves]] called the [[Vanyar]] and the uncle of [[Indis]], wife of [[Finwë]].  
'''Ingwë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiŋʷɡʷe]}}) is the leader of the first Kindred of [[Elves]] called the [[Vanyar]] and the uncle of [[Indis]], wife of [[Finwë]]. {{Pronounce|Ingwe.mp3|Ardamir}}


His name was loaned to the Vanyar, who also called themselves ''Ingwer''.
His name was loaned to the Vanyar, who also called themselves ''Ingwer''.
Line 27: Line 27:


==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==
Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngvi Yngvi] (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingaevones Ingaevones], a people mentioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus Tacitus] in his ''Germania'' as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngling House of Ynglings] and a name for the god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr Freyr]. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lfheim Álfheim].{{Pronounce|Ingwe.mp3|Ardamir}}
Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngvi Yngvi] (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingaevones Ingaevones], a people mentioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus Tacitus] in his ''Germania'' as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngling House of Ynglings] and a name for the god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr Freyr]. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lfheim Álfheim].


{{references}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingwe}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingwe}}
[[Category:Vanyar]]
[[Category:Elves of Aman not under the Doom of Mandos]]
[[Category:Quenya names]]
[[Category:Quenya names]]
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
[[Category:Elves of Aman not under the Doom of Mandos]]
[[Category:Vanyar]]
[[de:Ingwe]]
[[fr:/encyclo/personnages/elfes/vanyar/ingwe]]
[[fi:Ingwë]]

Revision as of 21:42, 21 August 2010

Ingwë
Vanya
File:Ingwe.jpg
Biographical Information
TitlesHigh King of the Elves; King of the Vanyar
Birth1050 Years of the Trees, Cuiviénen
Family
ParentageFirstborn
SpouseUnknown
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Ingwë

Ingwë (Q, pron. [ˈiŋʷɡʷe]) is the leader of the first Kindred of Elves called the Vanyar and the uncle of Indis, wife of Finwë.

His name was loaned to the Vanyar, who also called themselves Ingwer.

He was reckoned as High King of all the Elves and his proper title was Ingwë Ingweron, "Chief of the chieftains". His tower in Tirion was called Mindon Eldaliéva.

Etymology

His name means "First One" or "chief" in Quenya < Root ING.

Other Versions of the Legendarium

In early versions of Tolkien's legendarium (see The History of Middle-earth) Ingwë's name was Inwë.

In that early writing Inwë (or Ing) was instead the name of a mortal man, the "King of Lúthien" (also spelled "Leithian" or "Luthany"), who was driven east over the sea by Ossë and became ruler of the ancestors of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians. Eventually the Angles, Saxon, and Jutes returned to Lúthien, now long renamed as Britain.

Inspiration

Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named Yngvi (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the Ingaevones, a people mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish House of Ynglings and a name for the god Freyr. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in Álfheim.