Bruithwir

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Template:Gnomes infobox Bruithwir was the father of Fëanor in The Book of Lost Tales.[1] Tolkien toyed with the idea of him being Fëanor's brother or his son, but chose to make him his father.[2] Fëanor's father in the later versions of the legendarium, Finwë, was already in existence but was unrelated to Fëanor.[3]

History

On the last day of the feast of Double Mirth, Melko went to Sirnúmen, where many of the Gnomes lived at that time, and killed those guarding the treasures. He killed Bruithwir and seized the Silmarils.[1]

His tomb was known as the Mound of the First Sorrow, which was so named because of all the sorrow that Bruithwir's death was to achieve.[4]

Genealogy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maidros
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BRUITHWIR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fëanor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maidros
 
Maglor
 
Celegorm
 
Cranthor
 
Curufin
 
Damrod
 
Díriel
 


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