Morwen ( Sind. Morwen ) - the character of the legendary JRR Tolkien , a woman who lived in the First Epoch of Middle-earth , the wife of Hurin Talion , the mother of Turin Turambar . Mentioned in The Silmarillion , Unfinished Tales , The Children of Hurin , and The Journeys of Hurin .
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Short Description
Morwen was the daughter of Baragund of the House of Beor and cousin Ryan . She became the wife of Hurin and the mother of Turin Turambara and Nienor Niniel . Her name is translated from Sindarin , the language of the elves, invented by Tolkien, as "dark maiden", but she was also called "Elven radiance" ( English Elfsheen ) and "Elven maiden" ( Edelven , English Edhelwen ) [1] .
Morwen was tall and dark-haired, and for the light of her gaze and the beauty of her face, people called her Edelven, elf-bright; however, she possessed a stern disposition and pride. The sorrows of House Beor aggravated her heart, for she was an exile ... [2]
- Unfinished Legends : Narn and Hin Hurin, "Childhood of Turin"
History
After Dagor Bragollah in 455 P.E. and the ruin of her native country, Ladros , the wife of Barahir , Emeldir, gathered the surviving women and children and took them away from there; Morwen and Ryan were among those who eventually reached Dor Lomin . There they were given a good reception, and Morvien married Hurin , Lord Dor-Lomin. Their son Turin was born in the spring of 464 g. P.E., and two years later a daughter, Urven, was born, whose name was usually Lalaite . However, three years later, Lalayt died from the pestilence brought by the wind from Angband , while Morwen "suffered this grief in silence and with a cold heart" [3] .
In 472, Peter E. Hurin was called upon by Fingon to participate in the war with Morgoth ; later, in the battle of Nirnaet Arno-Ediad , he was captured, and Morgoth cursed his family. Hithlum was occupied by Easterlings who enslaved the people of Hador and plundered their property. Most of Hurin’s estate was captured by Isterling Broadd, but he and the rest of the newcomers from the east were afraid of Morwen and considered her “a witch who communicates with the white devils (elves)” [4] . Morwen, by then pregnant again, was afraid for her son, who was the hereditary Lord of Dor Lomin and could not remain hidden forever. She decided to send him to Doriath and entrust Thingol with taking care of him. As a result, Turin was sent there through a secret passage through Ered Vetrin at Amon Darter, under the protection of Getron and Gritnir.
The following year, Morvain gave birth to a daughter and named her Nienor . She refused the offer of Melian to move to Doriath, being too proud to live under someone else’s shelter. Nevertheless, she received news and help from Doriath for seven years. When help stopped coming, Morwen and Nienor lived in poverty, oppressed by Brodda. In 494 g. P.E. she finally decided to go to Doriath, since the lands through which the road passed there were now cleared of enemies by the efforts of Mormegil of Nargothrond .
Morwen and Nienor were well received by Melian and Thingol in the Hidden Kingdom, but they found that Turin was not there. Soon it was revealed to them that Turin was that Mormegil, however, his fate after the fall of Nargothrond was unknown. Morvain then decided to leave in search of news of her son, but Thingol sent a detachment of detainees under the command of Mablung after her , and Nienor secretly followed this detachment. In Amon Etir, the dragon Glaurung suddenly attacked the detachment, sending the forgetfulness spell to Nienor. The fog and stench from the dragon infuriated the horses, and the guard unit was scattered. Morvain was last seen there driving past "like a gray shadow on a furious mount" [5] , after which she disappeared into the fog, and new news about her did not come to Doriath.
Two years after the tragic death of Turin and Nienor and the murder of Glaurung, Morwen reappeared in Brethil at the grave of her children at Kabed Naeramart . There she was recently found by Hurin.
He was Sed, with a pointed nose and broken teeth ... although (her eyes) were now wild and full of fear, there was still a light in them that not everyone could tolerate, the elven light that had long given her the name "Edelven" most proud of the mortal women of ancient days.
- Wanderings of Hurin , p. 273
Hurin did not tell her about the fate of the children, and as the sun went down she died, exhausted by wanderings and anticipation. She remained at the grave for a long time and was not found by the people of the people of Halet , because they did not dare to go to the place of Glaurung's death. However, it was precisely the obvious death of Morwen from neglect that caused Hurin to go to the people of Brethil, which eventually led to his destruction in the civil war .
Later Hurin led Manthor and his followers to the body of Morvain and “it seemed to them that they see the great queen, whose dignity, neither age, nor poverty, nor all the grief of the world could take away from her” [6] . By order of Hurin, they buried Morvain on the western side of the Stone of the Disappointed and added another line to the inscription on it: “Here also lies Morvain Edelven”. The grave was preserved after the flooding of Beleriand in the form of Tol Morven Island.
Three Houses Edine
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Ram | Malach Aradan | Haldar | Halet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boron | Magor | Haldan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boromir | Hatol | Halmir of Brethil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bregor | Hador Lorindol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barahir | Bregolas | Gundor | Galdor | Gloredel | Haldir | Haret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luthien Tinuviel | Beren erkhamion | Belegund | Baragund | Handir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dior | Nimlot | Morwen | Hurin | Brandir Lame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elured | Elurin | Lalight | Turin Turambar | Nienor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ryan | Huor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idril | Tuor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elving | Earendil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elrond | Elros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ In the published Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, Morwen’s nickname in Sindarin is given in the form of Eledven ( English Eledhwen ). This form was the original one used by Tolkien, but was later rejected and replaced by Edelven ( born Edhelwen ). The reason was that the word " eled " ( eledh ), meaning "elf" in Sindarin, was likewise replaced with " edel " ( edhel ), and the preserved form " eledrim " ( Eledhrim , "elves as a people") most likely comes from the words " elene " ( elen , "star"). Christopher Tolkien’s use of the name "Eledven" from his father's earlier work is a mistake. See, for example, the War of Gems , pp. 142, 230, 273, 362-364, 377-378.
- ↑ This quote uses the nickname Morvain in the form of “Edelven” and not “Eledven”, as in the rest of the text included in “Unfinished Tales”, see comm. 1 to text
- ↑ Unfinished Legends : Narn and Hin Hurin , " Childhood of Turin "
- ↑ Tolkien J. R. R. Chapter I. The Childhood of Turin // Children of Hurin = The Children of Húrin / Ed. K. Tolkien ; Per. from English S. Likhacheva. -Moscow : AST-Moscow , 2008. - p. 37-55. - 313 s. - 25 000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9713-8948-4 .
- ↑ Unfinished Legends : Narn and Hin Hurin , “The Journey of Morvain and Nienor to Nargothrond ”
- ↑ Traveling Hurin , p. 295
Literature
- Tolkien J. R. R. Silmarillion (any edition)
- Tolkien J. R. R. The War of Gems (ed. K. Tolkien). - Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. - ISBN 0-395-71041-3 (eng.)
- Tolkien J. R. R. Unfinished Legends (ed. K. Tolkien). - Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. - ISBN 0-395-29917-9 (eng.)
- Tolkien J. R. R. The Children of Hurin = The Children of Húrin, Ed. K. Tolkien ; Per. from English S. Likhacheva. - Moscow : AST-Moscow , 2008. - 313 p. - 25 000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9713-8948-4 .
- David Day. Tolkien's Ring. - New York: Barnes & Noble, 1999. - 183 p. - ISBN 978-0-7607-1899-5 .