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Olwë | |
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Falmar | |
"Olwë in Beleriand" by Karolina Węgrzyn | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Olue (T), Volwë |
Location | Tol Eressëa, Alqualondë |
Language | Telerin |
Birth | Between Y.T. 1050 and 1102 Cuiviénen |
Rule | From Y.T. 1162 |
Family | |
Siblings | Elwë & Elmo[note 1][1] |
Children | Eärwen, unnamed sons[2] (one of them possibly Elulindo[3]) |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Hair color | White[4] |
Eye color | Blue[4] |
Gallery | Images of Olwë |
Olwë (Q, pron. [ˈolwe]) was one of the two kings of the Teleri, the other being his elder brother Elwë, Lord of Beleriand. As the prince of Alqualondë, he ruled the Teleri of Valinor, also known as the Falmari. He may have had a second brother, Elmo.[1]
History
- "Two lords they had, for their numbers were very great: Elwë Singollo, which signifies Greymantle, and Olwë his brother. The hair of Olwë was long and white, and his eyes were blue; but the hair of Elwë was grey as silver, and his eyes were as stars; he was the tallest of all the Elven-folk."
- ― "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"[4]
Olwë was born in Cuiviénen and was the younger brother of Elwë, one of the ambassadors taken by Oromë to Valinor to see the Two Trees. When the ambassadors returned, they urged their peoples to hear the summons of Oromë and go to the West. Because their clan was the largest, it was divided in two hosts under the two brothers and together, they led their people.[5]
The Nelyar were the most unwilling during the Great Journey and Olwë 's host was always the hindmost.[5] Some of Olwë's host were terrified by the shadow of the Misty Mountains and preferred to settle by the woodlands of the Vales of Anduin.[5]
During a long wait in Beleriand, Elwë disappeared.[6] After years of searching, Olwë grew impatient, and led the greater part of the Teleri to Valinor, on the insistence of the Vala Ulmo. Olwë and his people dwelt on the island of Tol Eressëa for a while, where the Teleri could be by the sea whilst bathing in the light of the Two Trees.[7] These people become the Falmari.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
tag; invalid names, e.g. too many When they finally came to Eldamar some centuries later, the Falmari, under the lordship of Olwë, begin the building of Alqualondë with the aid of the Noldor.[8]
His daughter Eärwen married Finarfin son of Finwë and later king of the remaining Noldor. Besides Eärwen, Olwë had several sons.[2]
When Fëanor revolted against the Valar, he attempted to persuade the Teleri to join him in order to obtain their ships. They were unmoved, wanting no other realm than Eldamar and no other lord than Olwë. Fëanor reproached Olwë and his people as "fainthearted loiterers" and reminded them that the Noldor had aided them when they finally arrived. Olwë rebuked Fëanor's folly and refused to give him any ships of the Teleri, which they valued as the Noldor did their gems. Fëanor withdrew but then led his forces to Alqualondë to take the ships by force leading to the first Kinslaying . As the Noldor rowed the stolen vessels northward, Olwë called for Ossë to stop them but it was not permitted by the Valar.[9]
Other names
In one manuscript, the Telerin form of Olwë is said to be Olue.[10] In another manuscript the Telerin form is similar to the Quenya form: Olwë.[11]
The Falmari called him sometimes Volwë.[11]
Genealogy
Melian | Elwë | OLWË | Elmo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lúthien | Eärwen | Finarfin | sons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finrod | Angrod | Aegnor | Galadriel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- ↑ Elmo is a later addition by Tolkien and is not in the published The Silmarillion.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Appendix: I. The Genealogies"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (I) The First Phase: 3. Of the Coming of the Elves", p. 163
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Thingol and Melian"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman": §72
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar" p. 369
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor" p. 357