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nynevefromthelake · 9 days

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Back to six fanarts! Lady Haleth

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#silmarillion #the silm #silm art #silmarillion fanart #tolkien #tolkien fanart #lotr #haleth #lady haleth #edain #six fanarts

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warrioreowynofrohan · 30 days

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Reading Tolkien’s annotated translation of Beowulf, and learning all kinds of things about LOTR and the Silm from it!

First:

Leave here your warlike shields [from Beowulf]

[Tolkien’s commentary; bold mine:] Note the prohibition of weapons or accoutrements of battle in the hall. To walk in with spear and shield was like walking in nowadays with your hat on. The basis of these rules was of course fear and prudence among the ever-present dangers of a heroic age, but they were made part of the ritual, of good manners. Compare the prohibition against drawing a sword in the officers’ mess. Swords of course also were dangerous; but they were evidently regarded as part of a knight’s attire, and he would not in any case be willing to lay aside his sword, a thing of great cost and often an heirloom.

This gives me some perspective around Tolkien’s probable intended tone for the moment in Meduseld in The Two Towers where Aragon strongly protests against being told to leave Andúril (a sword of very great value and ancientry, and very much an heirloom) with the door-warden. From a contemporary perspective it’s easy to read it as Aragorn being unnecessarily prideful and combative, but this passage strongly indicates that Tolkien intends it to be Théoden who is being unreasonable in that event, an indication - along with many others in the scene, prior to Gandalf dislodging Saruman’s influence - that Théoden is being discourteous and behaving in a manner unworthy of a king who is recieving heroes offering aid. (The fact of Meduseld being a ‘golden hall’ like famous Heorot in Beowulf may be deliberate to strengthen the parallel.)

Second (immediately following the above commentary):

But against this danger [from swords] very severe laws existed protecting the ‘peace’ of a king’s hall. It was death in Scandanavia to cause a brawl in the king’s hall. Among the laws of the West Saxon king Ine is found: ‘If any man fight in the king’s house, he shall forfeit all his estate, and it shall be for the king to judge whether he be put to death or not.’

This adds context to the incident in the story of Túrin in The Silmarillion where Saeros taunts Túrin in Menegroth and Túrin responds by throwing a heavy drinking-vessel at him and injuring him (it’s indicated the injury is serious, so I’d take it along the lines of him giving him a broken nose and knocking out some teeth.) It is stated in at least some versions of the story that death is the punishment for drawing weapons in the king’s hall, in line with the historical customs mentioned here. This gives a further emphasis that what actually happens - Túrin is not punished at all and Mablung strongly reprimands Saeros for provoking him - illustrates that Túrin is, Saeros’ behaviour notwithstanding, in very high favour in Menegroth. (Saeros as the king’s counsellor is also in roughly the same position as Unferth in Beowulf, who taunts the titular character - Beowulf responds heatedly but without violence. Tolkien may be setting up a deliberate contrast here.)

Third:

The word hádor is an adjective meaning ‘clear, bright’…it is almost always found in reference to the sky (or the sun or stars). But that association is in description of brightness…

This was one a lightbulb moment: oh, in the name of Hador Goldenhead (the ancestor of Húrin, Túrin, and Tuor in The Silmarillion), ‘Goldenhead’ isn’t an additional name/epessë so much as it’s a glossed translation of ‘Hador’! The guy with bright, golden hair.

Fourth: Going back to the Rohirrim - Edoras, the name of their capital city/royal court, is basically just the Old English for ‘courts’:

under was very frequently used in describing position within, or movement to within, a confined space, especially of enclosures or prisons, ‘within four walls’. Cf. in under eoderas (eoderas being the outer fences of the courts), ‘in amid the courts’….‘eoder’ means both ‘fence (protection)’ and ‘fenced enclosure, a court’.

I’m also learning a lot about Beowulf - Tolkien’s notes are clarifying a lot of tone and nuances, not to mention the political/diplomatic relationships between the different kingdoms, which were confusing me - but it’s amazing how much it reveals about ways that Tolkien’s knowledge informed his legendarium!

#tolkien #the silmarillion #the lord of the rings #rohan #aragorn #theoden #turin #hador #edain #beowulf #translation

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annoyinglandmagazine · 1 month

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A Conversation between a dwarf, an elf and a man

Dwarf: Well how are we supposed to tell your genders apart? None of you have beards!

Elf: How do you expect us to be able to tell your genders apart? All of you have beards!

Man: None of us can find any way of distinguishing between any of your genders!

Dwarf *gesturing to their beard* and Elf *gesturing to their hair*: The braid work you moron!

#silmarillion #tolkien #incorrect quotes #lord of the rings #dwarves #elves #edain

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eilinelsghost · 3 months

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Finrod & the Edain

Commissioned from @bluebeardcrypt

Absolutely in love with this depiction of Finrod and Bëor! They stand on each side of the “gulf that divides [the] kindreds,” each reaching out of his own to meet in Light. Finrod standing amidst the stars of the Eldar, Bëor standing before the rising sun, “Vása, the Heart of Fire, that awakens and consumes; for the Sun was set as a sign for the awakening of Men and the waning of the Elves.”

I’m still in awe of how well @bluebeardcrypt rendered this from my rambling description 😂 Absolutely gorgeous.

(Quotes from the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth and The Silmarillion, respectively.)

#finrod #bëor #Edain #the silmarillion #silmarillion art #commissioned piece

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tanoraqui · 6 months

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Faramir has definitely read all of, if not the Quenta Silmarillion that we know (that version is Bilbo’s translation), certainly the equivalent histories and myths preserved in Minas Tirith’s greeat library. He’s read it in modern Westron, Númenorean Adúnaic, and at least one Elvish language. He’s not quite a match for Aragon at spontaneous recitation of memorized poetry, but he’s no slouch either.

Boromir attended all the same history lessons as Faramir, to a point, and he spent many happy afternoons—in younger, more peaceful days—doing strength-training exercises, fletching arrows, etc. while Faramir excitedly monologued at him about the minutia of different translations of the Lay of Leithien. However, it’s just not his thing, so by the time he rolls up to Rivendell, he knows, like:

If an elf glows, that means they’re really old

Lord Elrond Half-Elven is some sort of cousin to the ancient kings of Númenor (though the first one? he’s pretty sure?)

One time the Enemy got his ass whooped by an elvish princess and a dog, and their friend died heroically while killing a massive werewolf with his bare hands and teeth. When Faramir convinced him to play-act out the story, Boromir always dibsed bring the werewolf killer immediately. (Faramir always played Beren, and when she was there, they recruited cousin Lothíriel to be Lúthien.)

#lotr #lord of the rings #faramir #boromir #edain

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violetumbrellalover · 1 month

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Haleth of the Haladin 🏹

Haleth was a daughter of Haldad, leader of the Haladin. After her father and twin brother Haldar were slain in an Orc raid, she became chieftain of the Haladin.

The House of Haleth was the second of the three Houses of Edain. The men of this House were descendants of Haldad, but the house was named after Haldad’s daughter Haleth, who led people from East Beleriand to Brethil. They were a reclusive folk, separate from the other Edain and spoke a different language.

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milkahia · 6 months

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Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War | Lewyn & Sylvia for “A Distant Melody: FE Music Zine”

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thefashbasher · 9 months

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“But when Tuor had lived thus in solitude as an outlaw for four years, Ulmo set it in his heart to depart from the land of his fathers, for he had chosen Tuor as the instrument of his designs […] ”

#art #drawing #my art #digital art #fan art #silmarillion #silmart #tolkien #tolkien art #tuor #house of hador #edain

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spruceneedles · 4 months

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House of Bëor: Andreth and Beril

#spruceart #myart #tolkien fanart #silm art #silmarillion #edain #andreth saelind #tolkien #bëorians #house of bëor #i didn’t have room to put bregor in the drawing #my doodles #my drawings #tolkien stuff #drawing #beril

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nothinghereisworking · 2 months

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Matryoshkha-inspired art for the SWG Meet & Greet Challenge

Doors of Durin, Celebrimbor, and Narvi. This was inspired by the collaborative nature of the challenge and was used as the banner art.

Ink and watercolor on paper.

Eol, Aredhel, and Maeglin (and his pet mole). This was for the International Fanworks stamp.

Ink and watercolor on paper.

To fit the Meet & Greet challenge, I picked some famous "meetings" out of the Silmarillion to depict. These were for the creator and comment stamps

In order of largest to smallest:

Thingol and Melian meeting in Nan Elmoth Finrod finding the Beorians and playing to them as they slept Oromë finding the awakened Elves at Cuivienen Beren seeing Luthien dancing in Doriath

Ink and watercolor on paper

#artist: cuarthol #tolkien fanart #doors of durin #celebrimbor #narvi #eol #aredhel #maeglin #thingol #melian #finrod #edain #orome #quendi #luthien #beren #matryoshka dolls #silmarillion writers' guild

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arlenianchronicles · 1 year

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Pov: You’re relaxing at the stream when you suddenly notice an Elf prince lounging in the shadows, gazing back at you ;)

Beren and Lúthion from my genderbend AU! It’s been a long while since I drew for this AU, but I got in the mood recently, so here it is! It was also an excuse to practice with sitting poses XDD I imagine this is when they’re still getting to know each other; Lúthion sometimes appears when Beren least expects it, and Beren usually lets him make the first move, since Lúthion still isn’t sure what to make of this adan!

I also wanted to give Lúthion more of a mysterious fae vibe, so I put him in the shadows. Meanwhile, Beren appears with the sun, which is a recurring (and favourite) theme of mine when drawing the Edain, it seems! :DDD

#ahh i missed these two!#i also gotta work more on different poses loll #i really wasn't used to drawing these sitting positions #art #my art #tolkien #silmarillion #fanart #genderbend #genderbent au #elves #sindar #edain #house of beor #beren #luthien #beren and luthien #romance #forest

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nynevefromthelake · 3 months

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ones in a dream I met you

#silmarilllion #silm #tolkien #tolkien fanart #silm art #silmarillion fanart #lotr #elves #finrod #finrod felagund #beor the old #edain #finrod/bëor

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ettelenethelien · 2 months

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1st age Beleriand dashboard simulator • part 2 (this time with Men!)

Part 1 here

🌲 find-me-in-dorthonion following

is it weird to get existential dread when you think on how short our lives must seem to elves?

#musings #edainsafespace

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🌻 sunflower-south

Doriath is problematic

Am I the only person to think that there's something very wrong with how the Doriathrim sit safe behind their girdle while the rest of us is exposed to enemy attacks?

🍂 0r0ph3r following

Are we then supposed to remove the girdle in the name of "solidarity"??

I can't even begin to list everything that's bonkers with your premise.

#noldor being entitled jerks

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🌊 remembering-deep following

I wish there was a way to report people for using quenya on here. ugh

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🐉house-of-finrod following

The way some of the people here talk about the secondborn is sick, to be honest. They're Eruhini, they're not animals, they're not worthless, they're not usurpers, they're not to be called slurs, and I don't care what Fëanor said or didn't say, I thought it was well accepted those are the lies of our common enemy!

#and if I hear one more person say mortal deaths in the war don't matter because they didn't have much to live anyway I will personally strangle them #tw anti-edain sentiment

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👊🏽iglishmek following

Reminder: if you wouldn't say "engwa", don't say "nogoth" either, both are slurs.

🍏say-ros

But I would say "engwa" xd

and I know some people use one and not the other cause they think the naugrim are worse even than the engwar; I obviously don't, both of you are so low down one can't get lower - but I don't argue with them.

👊🏽iglishmek following

I will not dignify this with a response.

#ugh I thought I had him blocked though #amended now #wonder if it's the same one that's been harassing me on anon

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💌 daily-polls

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🌌 daughterofdoriath following

#uhhh #stating the exact mix would be as good as telling you my name #guess I'm one of a kind haha #but at the same time I'm also as Sinda as they come

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we've received news of an attack... seems more serious than usual... if I stop posting you know what hit me.

#i don't suppose there's a tag for #that weird fire in the north #oh wait wdym there is?? #love y'all #hold tight

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#and so we've reached the Bragollach #part 3 - the great tales included - hopefully incoming #Saeros seems the kind of person to engage in anon hate...#//#my post #tolkien #Silmarillion #edain #noldor #lúthien tinúviel #saeros #Doriath #unreality #in-universe texts #in universe documents

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jadesnapart · 9 months

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Edain from FE4 for Madison on ko-fi!!!!!! my fav Edain's have big hair so I wanted to be sure to exemplify that! thank you for the request!! ☕️☕️

how do I make a request?

#fire emblem #fe4 #jugdral #edain #aideen #genealogy of the holy way #requests #fan art #fe

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anna-dreamer · 5 months

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Finrod and the Edain

And I returned to my beautiful city

Black skies change into blue

And though my love is so wise and so pretty

Some nights I'll still dream of you

#silmarillion #silmarillion fanart #finrod #edain #Beor #Barahir #Beren #Andreth #anna draws

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warrioreowynofrohan · 3 months

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Silmarillion Daily - Of the Finding of the Elves

This was one that struck me hard on the reread, because the parallels between Oromë encountering the Elves for the first time, and Finrod encountering Men for the first time in Beleriand, are so strong.

In both cases, they come upon them while hunting, on the edge of the eastern mountains, when they hear them singing:

And on a time it chanced that Oromë rode eastward in his hunting, and he turned north by the shore of Helcar and passed under the shadows of the Orocarni, the Mountains of the East. Then on a sudden Nahar set up a great neighing, and stood still. And Oromë wondered and sat silent, and it seemed to him that in the quiet of the land under the stars he heard afar off many voices singing.

Finrod Felagund lord of Nargothrond journeyed east of Sirion and went hunting with Maglor amd Maedhros…In a valley among the foothills of the mountains, below the springs of Thalos, [Finrod] saw lights in the mountains, and far off he heard the sound of song.

In both cases they see these new people and love them not in spire of, but because of, the fact that they are different from themselves:

And Oromë looking upon the Elves was filled with wonder, as though they were beings sudden and marvellous and unforeseen…And Oromë loved the Quendi, and named them in their own tongue Eldar, the people of the stars.

Then Felagund, standing silent in the night-shadow of the trees, looked down into the camp, and there he beheld a strange people…Long Felagund watched them, and love for them stirred in his heart.

Here is where things diverge - and I think this is very intentional on Finrod’s part. He grew up among the Valar. He would have heard the story of Oromë first encountering the Elves hundreds of times, and he’s suddenly found himself in a parallel situation. And he would remember from the story how so e Elves reacted when Oromë, a Vala, suddenly appeared among them:

Yet many of the Quendi were filled with dread at his coming; and this was the doing of Melkor. For by after-knowledge the Wise declare that Melkor, ever watchful, was first aware of the awakening of the Quendi, and sent shadows and evil spirits to spy upon them and waylay them. So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Oromë, that if any of the Elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish, and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and were afraid…Thus it was than when Nahar neighed and Oromë indeed came among them, some of the Quendi hid themselves, and some fled and were lost.

And some of these elves who hid or fled were captured by Melkor and turned into Orcs.

So Finrod thinks of this, and decides he doesn’t want to risk startling them and thereby endangering them. So he waits until they are all sleeping, and then goes down and plays music, and because of the beauty and the dreamlike feel of things, they are not afraid and don’t run.

Now men awoke and listened to Felagund as he harped and sang, and each thought that he was in some fair dream, until that he saw that his fellows were awake also beside him; but they did not speak or stir while Felagund still played, because of the beauty of the music and the wonder of the song.

In a way, it’s no wonder that Men at first mistake Finrod for a Vala - he’s reliving the experience of the Vala who first discovered the Elves, and he’s trying (and succeeding) to use that history to do better. And this continues in his later dealings with Men. The Valar gave the Elves a binary choice: come to Valinor and we’ll teach you and keep you safe, or stay in Middle-earth and you’re on your own. But Finrod leaves the choice up to Men: Bëor wants to come with him to Nargothrond, the others choose to stay in Estolad, later generations come to live in Dorthonion, and he does his best to look out for them and advise them whichever of those choices they make. I suspect he’s thinking of the history between the Elves and the Valar again here, and wondering what might have happened if the Valar had taken a different approach.

Now, that does not last. The Valar were not able to keep the Elves free from harm even in Valinor, and Finrod, who does not have a Vala’s power, is still less able to keep them safe in Beleriand. But he’s doing the best he can. And I think it’s the shock of that moment in the Fen of Serech, when not only is he unable to get to Dorthonion to help his little brothers and the House of Bëor, but the men of the House of Bëor are saving him and losing their lives doing it, that prompts his oath to Barahir. On the flip side, for Barahir, you can contrast this reaction to that of Fëanor and many of the Noldor at the Darkening. The Darkening is when the Noldor realize the Valar can lose; and the Bragollach is similarly when Men see that Elves can lose. But because Men’s relationship with Elves is already to some extent a collaborative one, seeing them lose just makes them seem more ‘human’ rather than prompting the sense of betrayal the Noldor seem to have felt towards the Valar.

#tolkien #the silmarillion #finrod #oromë #elves #noldor #edain #house of beor #barahir #silmarillion daily

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