Indis
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Indis | |
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Vanya | |
"Queen Indis" by Shyangell | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | The Fair |
Titles | Queen of the Noldor |
Location | Tirion Valimar |
Language | Vanyarin, Quenya |
Birth | during the Years of the Trees |
Family | |
House | House of Ingwë later House of Finwë |
Parentage | Unknown (her mother was a sister of Ingwë) |
Spouse | Finwë |
Children | Findis, Fingolfin, Írimë and Finarfin |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Height | Tall[1] |
Hair color | Golden[1] |
Eye color | Blue |
Gallery | Images of Indis |
Indis (Q, pron. [ˈindis]) was a Vanya, the second wife of Finwë.
History
Her mother was a sister of Ingwë, King of the Vanyar and High King of the Elves.[2]
After the death of Míriel Therindë, Finwë was allowed by Manwë to take a second wife and Indis thus became a stepmother to Feanor. With Indis, Finwë had two more sons, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and two daughters, Findis and Írimë. Fëanor observed the influence of Indis on Finwë, including his speech who started to resemble that of the Vanyar and considered it a disrespect against his mother.[3]
After the slaying of her husband, she, along with her eldest daughter Findis, returned to Valinor to live among her people, the Vanyar.
Genealogy
unknown father | unknown mother | Ingwë b. Y.T. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Míriel d. Y.T. 1170 | Finwë d. Y.T. 1495 | INDIS b. Y.T. | Ingwion b. Y.T. | unknown children | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology
Indis is also Quenya for "wife; bride".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor"