Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 12:48:09 GMT -5
Finduilas
Wife of Denethor II, mother of Boromir and Faramir. Finduilas was born in 2950. She was the second daughter of Prince Adrahil of Dol Amroth. She had an older sister named Ivriniel and a younger brother named Imrahil, who was the Prince of Dol Amroth during the War of the Ring.
Finduilas was a beautiful and gentle-hearted woman. In 2976, she married Denethor II, the Steward of Gondor. She bore him two sons: Boromir, born in 2978, and Faramir, born in 2983. But Finduilas was unhappy in Minas Tirith far from Dol Amroth and the Sea and she greatly feared the growing Shadow in Mordor across the Anduin. She died in 2988, and after her death her husband Denethor became more grim and remote.
Faramir gave a mantle that had once belonged to his mother to Eowyn of Rohan as they waited in the Houses of Healing while the Host of the West marched to Mordor in March of 3019. The mantle was of deep blue set with silver stars around the hem and collar and it reminded Faramir of his mother's beauty and the grief he felt at her loss.
Etymology:
The name Finduilas may be Telerian in origin. The meaning is uncertain. The element fin means "hair, golden hair" and the element las means "leaf."
Genealogy:
For the family tree of Finduilas, see Imrahil: Genealogy.
Sources:
The Return of the King: "The Steward and the King," p. 239-40
Appendix A of LotR: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion: The Stewards," p. 336-37
The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Appendix on Languages," p. 36; "The Heirs of Elendil," genealogical chart of the Princes of Dol Amroth, p. 221
Wife of Denethor II, mother of Boromir and Faramir. Finduilas was born in 2950. She was the second daughter of Prince Adrahil of Dol Amroth. She had an older sister named Ivriniel and a younger brother named Imrahil, who was the Prince of Dol Amroth during the War of the Ring.
Finduilas was a beautiful and gentle-hearted woman. In 2976, she married Denethor II, the Steward of Gondor. She bore him two sons: Boromir, born in 2978, and Faramir, born in 2983. But Finduilas was unhappy in Minas Tirith far from Dol Amroth and the Sea and she greatly feared the growing Shadow in Mordor across the Anduin. She died in 2988, and after her death her husband Denethor became more grim and remote.
Faramir gave a mantle that had once belonged to his mother to Eowyn of Rohan as they waited in the Houses of Healing while the Host of the West marched to Mordor in March of 3019. The mantle was of deep blue set with silver stars around the hem and collar and it reminded Faramir of his mother's beauty and the grief he felt at her loss.
Etymology:
The name Finduilas may be Telerian in origin. The meaning is uncertain. The element fin means "hair, golden hair" and the element las means "leaf."
Genealogy:
For the family tree of Finduilas, see Imrahil: Genealogy.
Sources:
The Return of the King: "The Steward and the King," p. 239-40
Appendix A of LotR: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion: The Stewards," p. 336-37
The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Appendix on Languages," p. 36; "The Heirs of Elendil," genealogical chart of the Princes of Dol Amroth, p. 221
