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Eärwen

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Eärwen
Falmar/Falas elf
Biographical information
Other names	Swan-maiden of Alqualondë
Date of birth	Sometime during YOTT: Middle-earth, Tol Eressëa, or Alqualondë
Date of death	Did not die
Titles	Telerin Princess
Realm	Alqualondë
Personal information
Spouse	Finarfin
Children	Finrod, Angrod, Aegnor, Galadriel
Parentage	Olwë + ?
Gender	Female
Hair color	Probably Silver

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Eärwen (Q, pron. [eˈarwen]) was the daughter of Olwë¹, King of the Falmari, the Teleri of Aman. She was known as the "Swan-maiden of Alqualondë". Around Valian Year 1280 during the Years of the Trees she married Finarfin, a Noldo of the House of Finwë. She became the mother of Finrod, Angrod, Aegnor, and Galadriel. She was said to be friends with Anairë, the wife of Fingolfin, her husband's older brother.

Eärwen stayed in Aman after the Flight of the Noldor. She presumably still lives there with Finarfin.

Her name means "Maiden of the Sea" in Quenya (from eär = "sea" and -wen = "maiden").

Contents 1 Genealogy 2 Other Versions of the Legendarium 3 Notes 4 Inflection

[edit] Genealogy

          Finwë = Indis                   Olwë
                |                           |
   _____________|____________           ____|____
  |         |        |       |         |         |
  |         |        |       |         |         |
Findis  Fingolfin  Irimë  Finarfin = EÄRWEN    sons1
                                   |
                       ____________|_____________
                      |        |       |         |   
                      |        |       |         |
                   Finrod   Angrod   Aegnor   Galadriel

[edit] Other Versions of the Legendarium

In the published The Silmarillion, Orodreth is the son of Finarfin and Eärwen. This was an editorial decision by Christopher Tolkien, and an admitted mistake. Orodreth is actually Eärwen's grandson, the son of her child Angrod.

[edit] Notes

1. In The Silmarillion, the family-tree of Elwë shows the Eärwen was the only child of Olwë. However, in the text she is said to have brothers, whose names are unknown.

[edit] Inflection

Quenya noun Eärwen
Case \ #	Singular	Case \ #	Singular
Nominative	Eärwen	Locative	Eärwendessë
Accusative	Eärwen	Allative	Eärwe(nde)nna
Genitive	Eärwendo	Ablative	Eärwendello
Possessive	Eärwendeva	Instrumental	Eärwen(de)nen
Dative	Eärwenden	*Respective	Eärwendes
Asterisked forms are speculative. Chart may not be 100% canonical.