Nimloth (elf of Doriath)
Nimloth | |
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Sinda | |
"Dior and Nimloth" by Rebecca M. Beit-Aharon | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | Queen of Doriath |
Location | Ossiriand Doriath |
Language | Sindarin |
Birth | unknown |
Rule | F.A. 502 - 506 |
Death | F.A. 506 Menegroth during the Second Kinslaying |
Family | |
Parentage | Galathil |
Spouse | Dior |
Children | Eluréd, Elurín, Elwing |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Gallery | Images of Nimloth |
Nimloth was an elf-maid of Doriath, the daughter of Galathil.[1][2]
History
In F.A. 497,[2] she wedded Dior, King Thingol's heir, and for a time lived with him by the Lanthir Lamath waterfall at the base of the Blue Mountains. There she gave birth to Elwing, Eluréd, and Elurín. In F.A. 504,[3] after the murder of King Thingol, she returned to Doriath with her husband and became Queen of Doriath. Their reign was short-lived, however, as at Yule of F.A. 506[3] the Sons of Fëanor assaulted Menegroth and slew both her and Dior. This was the Second Kinslaying. Her youngest children, Eluréd and Elurín, were left in the forest to die by the servants of Celegorm. Elwing, however, escaped to the Havens of Sirion.[4]
Etymology
Nimloth is the same name as the name of the White Tree of Númenor,[5] which means "White Blossom".[6]
Genealogy
Melian | Elu Thingol | Elmo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galadhon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beren | Lúthien | Galathil | Celeborn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dior | NIMLOTH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eärendil | Elwing | Eluréd | Elurín | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elrond | Elros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other verions of the legendarium
On the other side of a table with the descendents of Elwë (Thingol), Nimloth is the daughter of Galadhon and the 'sister of Celeborn'. It looks as if the second thought of J.R.R. Tolkien was that Nimloth was the daughter of Galathil and the niece of Celeborn.[2] Tolkien's later writings offer an alternate ancestry for Celeborn.[7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", last paragraph before the section Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn, p. 233
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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", stage 'D', p. 257
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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", stage 'D', manuscript 'D 2'
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix E: The Names of Celeborn and Galadriel", fourth paragraph, p. 266
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index, entry Nimloth (1)
- ↑ see Celeborn.