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Revision as of 14:04, 13 September 2015

The name Meril refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Meril (disambiguation).
Meril-i-Turinqui
Vanya
File:Mental-Lighton - Meril Turinqi.jpg
Biographical Information
LocationTol Eressëa
Family
ParentageUnknown (great-granddaughter of Ingwë)
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Meril-i-Turinqui

Meril-i-Turinqui (alt. Meril-i-Túrinqi[1]) was the Lady of Tol Eressëa in the The Book of Lost Tales. She was also known as the Lady of the Isle.

Meril was of the line of Inwë or Inwithiel, being his great-granddaughter, but was also akin to the Solosimpi. Long ago she had seen the Bay of Faëry.[2]

Later she dwelt in a white house inside a great korin (a great circular hedge around a green sward) of the most ancient elms, near Ingil's tower. She was of great beauty and accompanied by Elven maidens.[3][4]

Littleheart brought Eriol to her house who requested to taste some limpe, seeking kinship and fellowship with the Elves. Turinqi denied, telling him that it is dangerous for a mortal Man, as Ilúvatar made his Children different, and drinking limpe would erase his old desires but awake new ones; she also warned him that he would at a time long for his lands again.[4] To explain better she told him the story of the Awakening of the Elves and their bliss in Valinor.[2]

Etymology

Meril-i-Turinqui is a Qenya name. Her Gnomish name was Gwidhil Durinthir, or Gwithil i-Durinthi, meaning "Queen of Flowers".[5]

Genealogy

 
 
Ingwë
b. Y.T.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ingwion
b. Y.T.
 
unknown
children
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
child
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MERIL-I-TURINQUI
 
 
 
 


References