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Aegnor, son of Finarfin, by Filat

Aegnor

Biographical information

Other names

Aikanár, Aikanáro

Titles

Lord of Dorthonion with Angrod

Date of birth

YT ?

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

FA 455

Realms ruled

Spouse

Lover of Andreth but they never married

Weapon

Physical description

Race

Elves

Culture

Ñoldor (House of Finarfin)

Gender

Male

Height

Hair color

Golden

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Voice

Character

Aegnor was a Ñoldorin elf, the third son of Finarfin, elder brother of Galadriel, younger brother of Finrod Felagund and Angrod and lord of the Ñoldor of Dorthonion in the First Age.

BiographyEdit

Aegnor was born in Tirion. When Fëanor spoke in Tirion, Aegnor was moved by his words as was his brother but neither spoke against their father; however, he and his brothers followed the host of the Ñoldor to Middle-earth. When the Ñoldor returned to Middle-earth, he together with Angrod held the northern slopes of the highlands of Dorthonion against Morgoth throughout the time of the Siege of Angband.

Aegnor never married. He was in love with the Bëorian woman Andreth, and she returned his feelings. They spent much time discussing Men and Elves and their fates in the world, which are fully explained in the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth. However, it was wartime and he did not make his intentions towards her clear enough, and was killed along with his brother soon after when Morgoth broke the Siege at the start of Dagor Bragollach (Battle of Sudden Flame) in FA 455.^[1][2][3][4]

EtymologyEdit

The name Aegnor is a Sindarized form of his Quenya name Aikanár or Aikanáro, meaning "Sharp Flame" or "Fell Fire".

Other versions of the legendariumEdit

In the early versions of Tolkien's legendarium (see The History of Middle-earth), a character named Egnor appears. In some of the earliest stories (see: The Book of Lost Tales), this was the name of the father of Beren (who then was a Ñoldorin elf, not a Man as in later writings). It is far from certain if this Egnor was the same character.

TriviaEdit

The name Aegnor was also assigned to the movie-only character Figwit for the trading card game.

The House of FingolfinEdit

       Finwë = Indis
             |
       -----------------------
       |                     |
Finarfin          Fingolfin = Anairë
                             |
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        |                |               |                 | 
     Fingon           Turgon           Aredhel            Argon
                     

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ The Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië pg. 61
2. ↑ The Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor pg. 84
3. ↑ The Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms pg. 120
4. ↑ The Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin pgs. 150-1

External linkEdit

• Aegnor at Tolkien Gateway