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| Adan | |
| Rían | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Position | "a singer and a maker of songs"[1] |
| Location | Ladros |
| Birth | F.A. 450 |
| Death | F.A. 472 (aged 22) Haudh-en-Ndengin |
| Family | |
| House | House of Bëor |
| Parentage | Belegund |
| Spouse | Huor |
| Children | Tuor |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Gallery | Images of Rían |
Rían was the daughter of Belegund of the House of Bëor,[3] the wife of Huor of the House of Hador, and the mother of Tuor.[4] Rían "was a singer and a maker of songs". She had a gentle heart and had no liking for war or hunting because she gave her love to trees and wild flowers.[1]
History
Rían was born in F.A. 450.[5] She was only a young girl when the Dagor Bragollach erupted and was lost by Elves and Men in 455. In the wake of the defeat, her father Belegund became a companion of Barahir, who contested Morgoth's dominion over Dorthonion. But by 456, as Morgoth tightened his grip upon the land, Rían was led to safety with the other women and children by Emeldir, the wife of Barahir.[6] The refugees eventually reached Dor-lómin by way of Brethil.[7]
In F.A. 472, Rían wedded Huor of the House of Marach,[8] whose brother Húrin was married to Rían's cousin Morwen.[3] They had been married for only two months when Huor and Húrin left to fight in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.[9]
Rumour soon came to Dor-lómin of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, but Rían heard no news of her lord; at this she became distraught and wondered alone into the wild. There she would have perished if the Elves of Mithrim had not come to her aid, leading her to their dwelling in the mountains west of Lake Mithrim. It was there that she gave birth to her son.[10]
From either the rumours or the Elves, Rían must have learned of the treachery of Men committed during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; shortly after the birth of her son she lamented to the infant of this treachery.[2]
Rían named her son "Tuor", a name previously chosen by Huor. She begged the Elves to foster him and keep him hidden, foreboding that great good, for both Elves and Men, would come from him; she herself must leave to search for Huor. Annael, the only Elf among his people to return from the Nirnaeth, told her the fate of Huor: of his death and that his body was likely piled into the Hill of the Slain raised by the Orcs in the waste of Anfauglith.[10]
Rían then left the dwelling of the Elves, and eventually reached Haudh-en-Ndengin where she laid down and died.[10]
Etymology
Rían is Sindarin for "Crown-gift", from rî ("crown, garland") + ann ("gift").[11]
Genealogy
| Bregor 359 - 448 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bregil b. 386 | Hirwen 389 | Bregolas 393 - 455 | Gilwen b. 397 | Barahir 400 - 460 | Emeldir b. 406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beleth b. 417 | Baragund 420 - 460 | Belegund 422 - 460 | Beren 432 - 503 | Lúthien Y.T. 1200 - F.A. 503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Húrin 441 - 502 | Morwen 441 - 501 | RÍAN 450 - 472 | Huor 444 - 472 | Dior 470 - 506 | Nimloth d. 506 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Túrin 464 - 499 | Lalaith 466 - 469 | Nienor 473 - 499 | Tuor b. 472 | Idril b. Y.T. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eärendil b. 503 | Elwing b. F.A. 503 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elros F.A. 532 - S.A. 442 | Elrond born F.A. 532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
In an early version of the Grey Annals the wife of Belegund and Rían were in Hithlum when the Dagor Bragollach occurred and thus they did not have to escape from Dorthonion. This was superseded by the story of Emeldir and her escape with the women and children from the highlands.[12]
In the Grey Annals, the year of Rían's marriage to Huor was F.A. 471 in one paragraph,[13] yet in the year 472 it is said that they wedded in the first days of spring and that Huor was summoned to battle two months later.[8] In The Silmarillion the latter version was used.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Childhood of Túrin", p. 34
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vinyar Tengwar, Number 50, March 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 231
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (ii) The House of Hador, p. 234
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §144
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §159
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §218
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "RIG"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": Note on §159
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §216