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| Vanya | |
| Amárië | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Location | Valinor |
| Language | Vanyarin |
| Birth | During Y.T. |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Finrod (lover) |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Gallery | Images of Amárië |
Amárië (Q, pron. [aˈmari.e]) was a Vanyarin Elf who was loved by Finrod.
Finrod, son of Finarfin, was a Noldorin prince who met Amárië in Valinor. Although in love with one another, they did not marry, and Amárië did not follow Finrod into exile to Beleriand.[1] According to The Grey Annals, this was because she was not permitted.[2] Following Finrod's death at the hands of Sauron during the Quest for the Silmaril, he was brought back to life and lives with Amárië in Valinor.[3]
Etymology
The name is not given an interpretation within the legendarium. Helge Fauskanger suggests that this Quenya name is perhaps derived from mára "good".[4]
Another possibility is that the name includes the element mar, "home"[5] Ruth S. Noel makes a similar interpretation and defines Amárië as "Of the Home".[6]
Other versions of the legendarium
According to a version of the legendarium following the completion of The Lord of the Rings, Felagund had a wife named Meril who went with him into exile and bore the child Gil-galad. She was sent away by Felagund along with their son to her own folk at Eglorest in the Havens of the Falas during the Dagor Bragollach, due to Felagund fearing "that all strong places were doomed to fall at last before the might of Morgoth".[7] This was later changed so that Finrod had no child - with Gil-galad becoming the son of Orodreth, Finrod's nephew - and Amárië remaining in Aman.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Noldor in Beleriand"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §109
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §180
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "English-Quenya Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)", Ardalambion
- ↑ "Amarië", The Encyclopedia of Arda
- ↑ Ruth S. Noel, The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth (revised edition), p. 108
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin (Chapter 15)", p. 242
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 349