Finwe

by Fingolfin-(TV)
September 26, 2006

Elves > Finwe Index > Finwe
 
    Finwe was the first king of the Noldor.
    Finwe came to life near Lake Quivienen (Cuivienen in the English translation). He was chosen as one of the three ambassadors of the Eldar, along with Ingwe and Elwe. They went to Valinor in order to speak up on behalf of their people.
    Finwe got married to Muriel who gave birth to his son, Kurufinwe (Curufinwe), also called Feanor. But Muriel died after childbirth because of exhaustion. Years after her death Finwe married Indis and together they had two sons, Fingolfin and Finarfin.
    When his son, Feanor, was banished from Valinor to Formenos, Finwe followed him to exile and left the leadership of his people to Fingolfin, his second son.
    Finwe was killed by Melkor in front of the gates of Formenos while Feanor was in Valinor, because he was the only one that didn’t flee in fear of Melkor’s darkness.
 
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Author's note:
I had the Greek edition of Silmarillion and translation wasn’t easy at all.
The Silmarillion edition that I used was:
    “1st edition of Silmarillion in the Greek language”. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: The Silmarillion, 1977.
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