Zimrahin

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Zimrahin
Adan
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Zimrahin (left) in "Adanel the Wise" by Juliana Pinho
Biographical Information
Other namesMeldis
LanguageMannish dialect
Family
SpouseMalach Aradan
ChildrenAdanel, Magor
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Zimrahin

Zimrahin was the wife of Malach Aradan, whom she wedded in F.A. 337 after his return from fourteen years in Hithlum. After marriage she took the Elvish name of Meldis and became the mother of Adanel and Magor.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Meldis is the Sindarin name of Zimrahin, wife of Malach Aradan. The meaning of the name is "friend"[2]. The name only occurs in the genealogical table of the 'folk of Marach'[1].

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marach
F.A. 282 - 376
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ZIMRAHIN
unknown
 
Malach
307 - 398
 
Imlach
b. 310
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belemir
b. 339
 
Adanel
b. 339
 
Magor
b. 341
 
Amlach
b. 337
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beren
b. 374
 
 
 
Hathol
b. 365
 
 
 
 

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In The 'Folk of Marach' family tree (in The War of the Jewels) Zimrahin (and Malach) had a third child. Originally (in version one of the table) there was a note for multiple children that said, "Others not concerned in these Chronicles". In version two of the table this became one name, "Sael..th" that was changed to "Saelon" and then the name and birth-date were struck out.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", p. 234
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", s. v. MEL-, 372