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| [[Image:Beren Heraldic Device.jpg|left|100px]]{{Hobbit infobox| | | #REDIRECT [[Beren]] |
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| name=Beren, son of Barahir|
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| othernames=Erchamion ("One-hand")|
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| birth=[[First Age]] c. 443, in [[Dorthonion]]|
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| death=[[First Age]] c. 505, in the [[Hunting of the Wolf]]|
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| race=[[Men]]|
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| gender=Male|
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| height=Tall|
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| hair=Black|
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| ''(For other characters see [[Beren|Beren (disambiguation)]])''
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| '''Beren''' ([[First Age]] circa 443 – c. 505) was a [[Men|Man]] of [[Middle-earth]], a hero whose romance with the [[Elves|Elf]] [[Lúthien]] was one of the great stories of the [[Elder Days]].
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| == Story ==
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| Beren was the son of [[Barahir son of Bregor|Barahir]] and [[Emeldir]]. He was a Man of the royal [[House of Bëor]] of [[Dorthonion]], and the most accomplished hero and adventurer of the [[First Age]]. The battle of the [[Dagor Bragollach]] befell during his youth, bringing about the ruin of his kingdom. The young Beren lived with his father and ten loyal followers in the highlands of Dorthonion, and the twelve of them performed many acts of bravery, to the great frustration of [[Morgoth]], the [[Dark Lord|Dark King]] of [[Angband]]. After the ruin of the Outlaws of Dorthonion, Beren was forced from the land of his birth by [[Sauron]] and [[Draugluin]]. He crossed into [[Doriath]], where he saw and fell in love with [[Lúthien]], princess of the [[Sindar]] and daughter of [[Thingol]] and [[Melian]].
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| [[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_Transformed.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Transformed'' by [[Ted Nasmith]], showing Lúthien and Beren in their disguises as vampire and wolf.]]
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| Thingol haughtily refused to give Lúthien's hand in marriage. He said that he would allow the marriage to take place only if Beren brought back a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] from the [[Iron Crown]] of [[Morgoth]]. The task was intended to be impossible, but Beren and Lúthien, with the aid of [[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]] of [[Nargothrond]] and [[Huan]] the Great Hound (both of whom died protecting Beren), braved many perils (even besting Sauron, then Morgoth's most powerful lieutenant) and captured a Silmaril. However, as they escaped from [[Angband]], the great wolf [[Carcharoth]], whom Morgoth had personally bred, awoke. Beren held out the Silmaril, hoping that its radiance would avert the beast, but he was mistaken. Carcharoth bit off his hand swallowed it and the Silmaril (thus Beren was called '''Erchamion''', One-hand), and proceeded to run rampant through Doriath. Lúthien and the unconscious Beren were rescued by the Eagles of [[Manwë]]. Beren participated in the hunting of Carcharoth, where the beast was slain and the Silmaril recovered; the quest was accomplished, but in the process Beren was mortally wounded.{{Pronounce|Beren Erchamion.mp3|Ardamir|right}}
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| Lúthien's love for Beren was so strong that, hearing of his death, she laid down and died. Her soul went to the Halls of [[Mandos]], where she managed to charm Mandos into granting her a wish. Both she and Beren were restored to life, but both of them would die the death of Men, and go beyond the walls of [[Arda]] to a place unknown. Thus Beren and Lúthien lived again, and dwelt on [[Tol Galen]] in the middle of the river [[Adurant]] in [[Ossiriand]]. There they stayed apart from other mortals; Beren was involved with the events of the [[First Age]] only one further time, when he waylaid a group of [[Dwarves]] who had destroyed Doriath and stolen the [[Nauglamír]] (and the Silmaril with it).
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| Lúthien bore Beren a son, named [[Dior Eluchíl|Dior]], Thingol's heir, considered to be one of the fairest beings to ever live, for in him flowed the blood of Men, the blood of Elves, and the blood of the [[Ainur]]. Through his descendants, the blood of Beren and of Lúthien was preserved among the [[Eldar]] and the [[Edain]].
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| The name of Beren's sword was '''Dagmor'''.
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| == Evolution ==
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| The story of Beren and Lúthien, though mentioned only briefly in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', was a central part of the [[legendarium]]. Tolkien once referred to it as "the kernel of the mythology" (''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', 165). He went on to say that it "arose from a small woodland glade filled with 'hemlocks'", which he visited while serving in the Humber Garrison in 1918 (during [[World War I]]).
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| In the earliest versions of the legendarium (see: ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''), Beren was a '''Gnome''' (a [[Noldor|Noldorin]] [[Elves|Elf]]), son of Egnor (which might have been an early name for [[Aegnor]]).
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| Tolkien was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery (North Oxford) and this name appears on the stone:
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| :JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN Beren 1892 – 1973
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| The name of Lúthien also appears on the stone:
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| :EDITH MARY TOLKIEN Lúthien 1889 – 1971
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| == Genealogy ==
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| <code>
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| [[Bregor]]
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| [[Bregolas]] [[Barahir son of Bregor|Barahir]] = [[Emeldir]]
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| [[Baragund]] [[Belegund]] '''BEREN''' = [[Lúthien]]
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| [[Morwen Eledhwen|Morwen]] = [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]] [[Rían]] = [[Huor]] [[Dior Eluchíl|Dior]] = [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]
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| [[Túrin Turambar|Túrin]] [[Lalaith]] [[Nienor]] [[Tuor]] = [[Idril]] | | |
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| [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]] = [[Elwing]] [[Eluréd]] [[Elurín]]
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| [[Elros]] [[Elrond]] = [[Celebrían]]
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| [[Kings of Númenor]] [[:Category:Lords of Andúnië|Lords of Andúnië]] | | |
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| [[Kings of Gondor]] [[Kings of Arnor]] | | |
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| [[Aragorn II]] = [[Arwen]] [[Elladan]] [[Elrohir]]
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| ____________|_______
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| [[Eldarion]] ''numerous daughters''
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| Kings of the [[Reunited Kingdom]]
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| </code>
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| ==Other Characters Named Beren==
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| An earlier '''Beren''', son and youngest child of Belemir and [[Adanel]], was the father of Emeldir, and grandfather of Beren Erchamion.
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| Another '''Beren''' was a [[Steward of Gondor]] in the years 2743 – 2763 of the [[Third Age]]. Under his rule the fortress of [[Isengard]] was given to [[Saruman]] to guard for [[Gondor]].
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| [[Category:Pronounced articles]]
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| [[Category:Edain]]
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