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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
''Celegorm'' is not glossed, but being the [[Sindarinized]] version of the [[Quenya]] name ''Tyelkormo'', it would mean "Hasty-riser".<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref> It is actually [[North Sindarin]], as it keeps the final ''m''.<ref>{{VT|41b}}, p. 10</ref>
''Celegorm'' is not glossed, but being the [[Sindarized]] version of the [[Quenya]] name ''Tyelkormo'', it would mean "Hasty-riser".<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref> It is actually [[North Sindarin]], as it keeps the final ''m''.<ref>{{VT|41b}}, p. 10</ref>


In the [[Noldorin]] phase of the name, it was rendered as '''''Celegorn''''', presumably meaning "Swift-impetuous".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "GOR", "KYELEK-"</ref>
In the [[Noldorin]] phase of the name, it was rendered as '''''Celegorn''''', presumably meaning "Swift-impetuous".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "GOR", "KYELEK-"</ref>


==Names==
==Other names==
Celegorm's [[father-name]] was '''''Turcafinwë''''' ("Strong, powerful(in body) Finwë"), being '''''Turko''''' the short form.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref>
Celegorm's [[father-name]] was '''''Turcafinwë''''' ("Strong, powerful(in body) Finwë"), being '''''Turko''''' the short form.<ref name=Feanor>{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref>



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Celegorm
Noldo
Jenny Dolfen - Celegorm.jpg
"Celegorm" by Jenny Dolfen
Biographical Information
Other names"the Fair"
Turcafinwë (Q, fn),
Tyelkormo (Q, mn)
LocationTirion; Himlad
AffiliationOath of Fëanor
LanguageQuenya and Sindarin
Birthafter Y.T. 1190 and before Y.T. 1497
Tirion
DeathF.A. 506
Second Kinslaying: Menegroth
Family
HouseHouse of Fëanor
ParentageFëanor & Nerdanel
SiblingsMaedhros, Maglor, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod and Amras
Physical Description
GenderMale
Hair colorFair
WeaponrySword, spear and bow
SteedHuan
GalleryImages of Celegorm

Celegorm was the third son of Fëanor and Nerdanel,[1] and a constant companion of his younger brother, Curufin.

History

Born in Valinor, Celegorm was a great huntsman, and was a friend of the Vala Oromë. From Oromë he learned great skill of birds and beasts, and could understand a number of their languages.[1] He was given by the Vala the great hound Huan.[2]

As with the other Sons of Fëanor, Celegorm was bound by his father's Oath to recover the Silmarils, which had been stolen by the Dark Lord Morgoth.[3] This oath caused him and his brothers to follow Fëanor back to Middle-earth, taking Huan with him. Upon arrival, and before the rising of the Moon, Celegorm was the one who heard news of Orcs descending through the Vale of Sirion to attack Círdan in the Havens of the Falas. Celegorm led part of the Elven-host that fell upon the Orcs near the Eithel Sirion and drove them into the Fen of Serech.[4]

Luthien and Celegorm in Nargothrond by Mysilvergreen

Celegorm dwelt with his brother Curufin in Himlad and fortified Aglon, a pass that led northeast into Lothlann.[5] However, in the Battle of Aglon Pass during the Dagor Bragollach in F.A. 455, the two brothers were defeated and had to flee with their people[6] to Nargothrond, where their cousin Finrod Felagund welcomed them.[7]

In 465,[8] while he and his brother Curufin lived in Nargothrond, they almost took it over at the departure of Finrod Felagund. They captured Lúthien Tinúviel, daughter of King Thingol of Doriath. Celegorm wished to marry her, thus forcing a bond of kinship with Thingol. Huan, however, broke with his master and helped Lúthien escape. He was expelled from Nargothrond with his brother at the order of Orodreth.[2]

Because of the deeds of Celegorm and Curufin, in 468, Orodreth refused to join the Union of Maedhros[9] before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.[10]

Celegorm fell in the Second Kinslaying in 506,[11] when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath to seize a Silmaril in the possession of the Elven King Dior Eluchíl. Dior slew Celegorm in the halls of Menegroth.[12]

Etymology

Celegorm is not glossed, but being the Sindarized version of the Quenya name Tyelkormo, it would mean "Hasty-riser".[13] It is actually North Sindarin, as it keeps the final m.[14]

In the Noldorin phase of the name, it was rendered as Celegorn, presumably meaning "Swift-impetuous".[15]

Other names

Celegorm's father-name was Turcafinwë ("Strong, powerful(in body) Finwë"), being Turko the short form.[13]

His mother-name was Tyelkormo ("Hasty-riser"), a reference to his quick temper and his habit of leaping up when angered. Tyelka is Quenya for "hasty".[13] An earlier form of the Quenya version of Celegorm was Celecormë, related with Oromë.[16]

Genealogy

Mahtan
b. Y.T.
 
Míriel
d. Y.T. 1170
 
Finwë
d. Y.T. 1495
 
Indis
b. Y.T.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nerdanel
b. Y.T.
 
 
 
Fëanor
Y.T. 1169 - 1497
 
Findis
b. Y.T.
 
Fingolfin
Y.T. 1190 - F.A. 456
 
Írimë
b. Y.T.
 
Finarfin
b. Y.T. 1230
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maedhros
d. F.A. 587
 
Maglor
b. Y.T.
 
CELEGORM
d. F.A. 506
 
Caranthir
d. F.A. 506
 
Curufin
d. F.A. 506
 
Amrod
d. F.A. 538
 
Amras
d. F.A. 538
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Celebrimbor
d. S.A. 1697
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §148
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
  8. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §181
  9. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §212
  10. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
  11. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: V. The Tale of Years"
  12. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Doriath"
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "The names of the Sons of Fëanor", pp. 352-353
  14. J.R.R. Tolkien, "From The Shibboleth of Fëanor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p. 10
  15. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "GOR", "KYELEK-"
  16. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 112