Amras: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
mNo edit summary
Line 3: Line 3:


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Amras' [[father-name]] in [[Quenya]] is '''Telufinwë''', "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of sons of the [[House of Finwë]]. His [[mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amrod, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''Umbarto''', "The Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''Ambarto''', "Upwards-exalted". Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''.
Amras' [[father-name]] in [[Quenya]] was '''Telufinwë''', "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of sons of the [[House of Finwë]]. His [[mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amrod, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''Umbarto''', "The Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''Ambarto''', "Upwards-exalted". Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''.


The name ''Amras'' is the Sindarin version of the short form of ''Telufinwë'', ''Telvo''.
The name ''Amras'' is the Sindarin version of the short form of ''Telufinwë'', ''Telvo''.

Revision as of 00:34, 7 May 2006

Amrod and Amras, sons of Fëanor by Jenny Dolfen.

Amras (Years of the TreesFirst Age 1) and his twin brother Amrod were the youngest sons of Fëanor. Through their mother Nerdanel they inherited red hair (probably a dark red), instead of Fëanor's black. He joined his brothers in exile, but was upon arriving in Beleriand was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the Teleri when his father ordered them to be burnt at Losgar.

Etymology

Amras' father-name in Quenya was Telufinwë, "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of sons of the House of Finwë. His mother-name was originally Ambarussa ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amrod, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him Umbarto, "The Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to Ambarto, "Upwards-exalted". Nevertheless both twins called each other Ambarussa.

The name Amras is the Sindarin version of the short form of Telufinwë, Telvo.

Geneology

           Finwë = Míriel
                 |
                 |
              Fëanor = Nerdanel
                     |
    _________________|________________________________________________
   |          |          |           |           |          |         |
   |          |          |           |           |          |         |
Maedhros    Maglor   Celegorm    Caranthir    Curufin     Amrod     AMRAS
                                                 |
                                                 |
                                            Celebrimbor

Other Versions of the Legendarium

There is no trace of the death of Amras at Losgar in the published Silmarillion, as it was a very late idea by Tolkien, omitted by Christopher Tolkien as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of The Silmarillion. Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amrod alone. The information regarding Amras' naming, especially, comes from The Peoples of Middle-earth.