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| caption="Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
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| othernames=''[[Pityafinwë]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]), ''[[Ambarussa]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])
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| parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]
| siblings=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]] and [[Amras]] (twin)
| siblings=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]] and [[Amras]] (twin)
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'''Amrod''' ([[Years of the Trees]] {{FA|575}}), with his twin brother [[Amras]], was the youngest of the seven [[Sons of Fëanor]].
'''Amrod''' (died in {{FA|538}}) was the sixth of the seven [[Sons of Fëanor]].<ref name=Eldamar>{{S|Eldamar}}</ref><ref name=Flight>{{S|Flight}}</ref> [[Amras]] was his twin brother, and the younger of the two.<ref name=Sons>{{PM|XI7}}</ref> Although they greatly resembled each other in face and mood, Amrod's hair became a darker shade than Amras's after childhood.<ref name=Sons/>


==History==
== History ==
 
He joined his brothers in the [[Oath of Fëanor]], but his mother [[Nerdanel]] begged that either he or Amras be left behind, believing in her heart that one would not return. [[Fëanor]], however, refused her this kindness, and the quest for the [[Silmarils]] cost them both their lives. Though "in later days [after departing from [[Aman]]] they were great hunters in the woods of [[Middle-earth]],"<ref name=Eldamar>{{S|Eldamar}}</ref> and they did not greatly participate in the northern [[Siege of Angband]],<ref name=Beleriand>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> both were lost in the [[Third Kinslaying]] at the [[Mouths of Sirion]].<ref name=Voyage>{{S|Voyage}}</ref>
He, like his brothers, participated in the [[Flight of the Noldor]].  He was deeply attached to his twin, and both called one another "''[[Ambarussa]]''" (see below).  After his brother's death in the Ships of the [[Teleri]] at [[Losgar]], according to the ''[[Shibboleth of Fëanor]]'', he dared speak against his father, and was the last to do so.
 
{{quote|In the morning the host was mustered, but of Fëanor's seven sons only six were to be found.  Then Ambarussa went pale with fear.  'Did you not then rouse Ambarussa my brother (whom you called Ambarto?' he said.  'He would not come ashore to sleep (he said) in discomfort.'  But it is thought (and no doubt Fëanor had guessed this also) that it was in the mind of Ambarto to sail his ship back [?afterwards] and rejoin Nerdanel; for he had been much [?shocked] by the deed of his father.  That ship I destroyed first,' said Fëanor (hiding his own dismay).  'Then rightly you gave the name to the youngest of your children,' said Ambarussa, 'And ''Umbarto'' "the Fated" was its true form.  Fell and fey are you become.'  And after that no one dared to speak again to Fëanor of this matter.|''[[The Shibboleth of Fëanor]]''}}
 
After Fëanor's death he dwelt in the wide plains of [[East Beleriand]] and was known as a great hunter. He died during the attack made by the Sons of Fëanor on the [[Mouths of Sirion|Havens of Sirion]].


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Amrod's [[father-name]] was '''[[Pityafinwë]]''', or "Little Finwë", as he was the youngest of the [[House of Finwë]] (debatably; Tolkien wavered on this point). The short form of his name was [[Pityo]], "Little One". His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("top-russet", referring to his hair).  His twin Amras shared the same mother-name for a time (see ''[[Amras]]'' for further information).
Amrod's [[father-name]] was '''[[Pitya]][[finwë]]''', or "Little Finwë", as he was the second youngest of the [[House of Finwë]]. The short form of his name was Pityo, "Little One". His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("Top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amras, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''Umbarto''', "The Fated" (from ''[[umbar]]'' = "fate"). His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''Ambarto''', "Upwards-exalted" (from ''[[amba]]'' = "upwards, top" and ''[[arta]]'' ="exalted", "lofty"). Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''. Others most often called him '''Atyarussa''', which means "Second-''russa''".<ref name="Sind">{{VT|41b}}</ref>


Amrod seems like the [[Sindarization]] of ''[[Ambaráto]]'' although it was the name of his cousin [[Aegnor]].
Amrod is the [[Sindarization]] of ''Ambarto'',<ref name="Sind"/> while '''Amarthan''' is the Sindarization of ''Umbarto''.<ref name="Sind"/>


== Genealogy ==
== Genealogy ==
Names shown in ''italics'' are females.
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== References ==
</div>
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Flight of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Return of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Beleriand and its Realms]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Noldor in Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath]]
* ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]'', [[The Nauglafring]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The Etymologies]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Annals of Aman]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Grey Annals]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Shibboleth of Feanor]]


==See Also==
== Other versions of the legendarium ==
In ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', there is a short legend of a different fate for Amrod which results in a separation of the twins that does not appear elsewhere. In this legend, which exists in a draft created as an account for the names of the sons of Fëanor, the reason for Amrod's initial mother name Umbarto 'fated' is revealed. Also, the twins were reversed in this legend, and Amrod ('Umbarto' or 'Ambarto') becomes the younger and Amras ('Ambarussa') the elder.<ref name=Sons/>
 
In {{YT|1497}} Amrod was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the [[Teleri]] when his father ordered them to be burnt at [[Losgar]]. According to the ''[[Shibboleth]]'', Amrod claimed (to Amras) to have felt uncomfortable sleeping on the ground after the Noldor landed on the [[Lammoth]]. It was thought later that he wished to return to his mother in the ship after being shocked by his father's deeds in [[Alqualondë]]. Fëanor was probably aware of his dissension, and this may have been one of the elements in his decision to burn the ships even before all the food and stores had been removed. Yet he was dismayed when he learned of his son's death but covered his pain with bravado and stated, when Amras asked if he woke up Amrod before burning the ship he was on:
{{blockquote|"'That ship I destroyed first,' said Fëanor (hiding his own dismay). 'Then rightly you gave the name to the youngest of your children,' said Ambarussa, 'and Umbarto "the Fated" was its true form. Fell and fey are you become.' And after that no one dared speak again to Fëanor of this matter."|{{PM|XI7}}}}
In earlier stages of the Legendarium, Fëanor's sons had slightly different names. Amrod used to be called Damrod.<ref>{{LT2 | IV}}, pp. 241, 251</ref>
 
In the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', he lived south of [[Lothlann]], southeast of [[Himlad]], southwest of [[Thargelion]], and east of [[Doriath]] in the wide-plains of [[East Beleriand]] and ruled with his twin Amras over those lands west of the [[Blue Mountains]] and the River Gelion.<ref name=Beleriand/>{{rp|map}}
 
There is no trace of the death of Amrod at Losgar in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', as it was a very late idea by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] that did not develop beyond an inked draft before it was abandoned.<ref name=Sons/>{{rp|360-1}} Although there is a brief margin note referring to the tale, that one of Fëanor's youngest sons died aboard a burning ship at Losgar, in the ''Annals of Aman'',<ref>{{MR|P2m}}</ref>{{rp|128}} the "strange and sinister" incomplete draft material, which separated the twins very early in their tale was omitted by [[Christopher Tolkien]].<ref name=Sons/>{{rp|355}} In ''The Silmarillion'', Amrod's life and death happen alongside his brother's and not as an individual role.
 
==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Amrod|Images of Amrod]]
*[[:Category:Images of Amrod|Images of Amrod]]
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Amrod
Noldo
Jenny Dolfen - Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor.jpg
"Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor" by Jenny Dolfen
Biographical Information
Other namesPityafinwë (Q, fn),
Ambarussa or Umbarto/Ambarto (Q, mn)
Atyarussa (Q, epessë)
Amarthan (S)
LocationEldamar, East Beleriand
AffiliationOath of Fëanor, Union of Maedhros
LanguageQuenya and Sindarin
BirthBetween Y.T. 1190 and 1362
Tirion
DeathF.A. 538
Third Kinslaying: Mouths of Sirion
Family
HouseHouse of Fëanor
ParentageFëanor & Nerdanel
SiblingsMaedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin and Amras (twin)
SpouseNever married
ChildrenNone
Physical Description
GenderMale
HeightTall
Hair colorCopper red

Amrod (died in F.A. 538) was the sixth of the seven Sons of Fëanor.[1][2] Amras was his twin brother, and the younger of the two.[3] Although they greatly resembled each other in face and mood, Amrod's hair became a darker shade than Amras's after childhood.[3]

History

He joined his brothers in the Oath of Fëanor, but his mother Nerdanel begged that either he or Amras be left behind, believing in her heart that one would not return. Fëanor, however, refused her this kindness, and the quest for the Silmarils cost them both their lives. Though "in later days [after departing from Aman] they were great hunters in the woods of Middle-earth,"[1] and they did not greatly participate in the northern Siege of Angband,[4] both were lost in the Third Kinslaying at the Mouths of Sirion.[5]

Etymology

Amrod's father-name was Pityafinwë, or "Little Finwë", as he was the second youngest of the House of Finwë. The short form of his name was Pityo, "Little One". His mother-name was originally Ambarussa ("Top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amras, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him Umbarto, "The Fated" (from umbar = "fate"). His father, disturbed by it, changed it to Ambarto, "Upwards-exalted" (from amba = "upwards, top" and arta ="exalted", "lofty"). Nevertheless both twins called each other Ambarussa. Others most often called him Atyarussa, which means "Second-russa".[6]

Amrod is the Sindarization of Ambarto,[6] while Amarthan is the Sindarization of Umbarto.[6]

Genealogy

Mahtan
b. Y.T.
 
Míriel
d. Y.T. 1170
 
Finwë
d. Y.T. 1495
 
Indis
b. Y.T.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nerdanel
b. Y.T.
 
 
 
Fëanor
Y.T. 1169 - 1497
 
Findis
b. Y.T.
 
Fingolfin
Y.T. 1190 - F.A. 456
 
Írimë
b. Y.T.
 
Finarfin
b. Y.T. 1230
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maedhros
d. F.A. 587
 
Maglor
b. Y.T.
 
Celegorm
d. F.A. 506
 
Caranthir
d. F.A. 506
 
Curufin
d. F.A. 506
 
AMROD
d. F.A. 538
 
Amras
d. F.A. 538
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Celebrimbor
d. S.A. 1697
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other versions of the legendarium

In The Peoples of Middle-earth, there is a short legend of a different fate for Amrod which results in a separation of the twins that does not appear elsewhere. In this legend, which exists in a draft created as an account for the names of the sons of Fëanor, the reason for Amrod's initial mother name Umbarto 'fated' is revealed. Also, the twins were reversed in this legend, and Amrod ('Umbarto' or 'Ambarto') becomes the younger and Amras ('Ambarussa') the elder.[3]

In Y.T. 1497 Amrod was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the Teleri when his father ordered them to be burnt at Losgar. According to the Shibboleth, Amrod claimed (to Amras) to have felt uncomfortable sleeping on the ground after the Noldor landed on the Lammoth. It was thought later that he wished to return to his mother in the ship after being shocked by his father's deeds in Alqualondë. Fëanor was probably aware of his dissension, and this may have been one of the elements in his decision to burn the ships even before all the food and stores had been removed. Yet he was dismayed when he learned of his son's death but covered his pain with bravado and stated, when Amras asked if he woke up Amrod before burning the ship he was on:

"'That ship I destroyed first,' said Fëanor (hiding his own dismay). 'Then rightly you gave the name to the youngest of your children,' said Ambarussa, 'and Umbarto "the Fated" was its true form. Fell and fey are you become.' And after that no one dared speak again to Fëanor of this matter."
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "The names of the Sons of Fëanor"

In earlier stages of the Legendarium, Fëanor's sons had slightly different names. Amrod used to be called Damrod.[7]

In the published The Silmarillion, he lived south of Lothlann, southeast of Himlad, southwest of Thargelion, and east of Doriath in the wide-plains of East Beleriand and ruled with his twin Amras over those lands west of the Blue Mountains and the River Gelion.[4]:map

There is no trace of the death of Amrod at Losgar in the published The Silmarillion, as it was a very late idea by Tolkien that did not develop beyond an inked draft before it was abandoned.[3]:360-1 Although there is a brief margin note referring to the tale, that one of Fëanor's youngest sons died aboard a burning ship at Losgar, in the Annals of Aman,[8]:128 the "strange and sinister" incomplete draft material, which separated the twins very early in their tale was omitted by Christopher Tolkien.[3]:355 In The Silmarillion, Amrod's life and death happen alongside his brother's and not as an individual role.

See also

References