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Adanel was a wise woman of the House of Marach. She was a daughter of Malach and Zimrahin, and the older sister of Magor. Adanel had many other brothers and sisters as well, and, like Magor her brother, they may have been younger than she.

Biography[]

Adanel married Belemir of the House of Bëor; he was a great-grandson of Bëor the Old. Adanel was the mother of five children, and her fifth and last child was a son: Beren.[1] His daughter, Emeldir "the Man-hearted", named her son after her father; this child was the renowned Beren Erchamion (Beren the One-handed). Thus, Adanel was the great-grandmother of Beren son of Emeldir, her granddaughter.

The Wise of the people of Marach were the only Men to preserve the tale of their original sin, when, soon after their awakening, the Men chose to worship Melkor instead of Eru. Adanel told this tale (called the Tale of Adanel in Morgoth's Ring) to Andreth of the House of Bëor.

Andreth was a very distant niece of Adanel's husband Belemir through the line of Baran, the eldest son of Bëor, and Belemir through the line of his grandfather Belen, who was the youngest son of Bëor. In addition, Andreth's nephew Barahir married Adanel's granddaughter Emeldir.[2]

Etymology[]

The name Adanel was a Sindarin name of unclear meaning. It is likely to have come from the words adan, meaning 'man' (as a race, rather than in gender), and el, meaning 'star'. This would give her name the meanings "star of man" or perhaps "man of the star".

House of Hador[]

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Marach
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Malach
   
   
Meldis (Zimrahin)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Adanel
   
   
Belemir
   
   
Magor
   
   
Others
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Hathol
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Gildis
   
   
Hador Lórindol
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Gundor
   
   
Galdor
   
   
Hareth
   
   
   
   
   
   
Glóredhel
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Haldir
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Handir
Morwen
   
   
Húrin
   
   
Huor
   
   
Rían
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Tuor
   
   
Idril
   
   
Brandir
Túrin
   
   
Urwen
   
   
Nienor
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Eärendil
   
   
Elwing
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Elrond
   
   
Elros


Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ዓዳነል
Arabic إدانيل
Belarusian Cyrillic Аданел
Bengali আদানেল
Bulgarian Cyrillic Аданел
Burmese အဒနေလ္
Dari ادانهل
Georgian ადანელ
Greek Αδανελ
Gujarati આદનેલ
Hebrew אדאניל
Hindi आदनेल
Kannada ಆದನೆಲ್
Kazakh Cyrillic Аданел
Korean 아다넬
Kurdish ئدانه‌ل (Arabic script) Idanel ? (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Аданэл
Macedonian Cyrillic Аданел
Marathi आदनेल
Mongolian Cyrillic Аданел
Nepalese आदनेल
Persian ادانهل
Punjabi ਆਦਨੇਲ
Russian Аданэль
Sanskrit आदनेल्
Serbian Аданел (Cyrillic) Adanel (Latin)
Sinhalese ආදනෙල්
Tajik Cyrillic Аданел
Tamil ஆதநெல்
Telugu ఆదనెల
Tibetan ཱདནེལ​
Ukrainian Cyrillic Аданел
Urdu ادانال
Uyghur ادانەل
Uzbek Аданел (Cyrillic) Adanel (Latin)
Yiddish אַדאַנעל

References[]

  1. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two, The Later Quenta Silmarillion (Chapter 14): "Of the Coming of Men into the West", Commentary, (ii)The House of Hador.
  2. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two: The Later Quenta Silmarillion, XIV: "Of the Coming of Men into the West", (i)The House of Bëor, pg. 231.
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