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Dates
Born in Ossiriand before the Ruin of Doriath, in about the year I 500
Race
Half-elven, counted among the Elves
Division
Primarily Sindar1
Meaning
'Star-spray'2

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  • Updated 27 August 2001
  • Updates planned: 4

Elwing

The spouse of Eärendil

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Dior
Nimloth
Eluréd
Elurín
ELWING
Eärendil
Elrond
Elros

The daughter of Dior Eluchíl and wife of Eärendil the Mariner. Through the power of Ulmo she escaped the destruction of the Havens of Sirion in the form of a white bird, and came to her husband on the Sea with a Silmaril on her breast.


Notes

1

Elwing's mother Nimloth had, as far as we know, pure Sindarin blood. The line of her father Dior, though, contained other strains; his grandmother Melian had been a Maia, and his father Beren was a mortal Man. Working back to her great-grandparents, Elwing was actually five-eighths Sinda, one quarter Mortal and one eighth Maia.

2

Elwing's name, 'Star-spray' comes from the starlight glinting on the waterfall of Lanthir Lamath, at her father's house in Ossiriand, on the night she was born.

See also...

Aerandir, Dírhavel, Elurín, Elves of Sirion, Erellont, Falathar, Falathrim, Gil-Estel, Half-elven, Half-elven, Havens of Sirion, Lanthir Lamath, Lay of Eärendil, Maglor, Nimloth, [See the full list...]

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