Indis was a Vanyar Elf of Valinor.
She is closely related to Ingwë, the King of the Vanyar and High King of the Elves, for her mother is Ingwë's sister.[2] Indis was known for her great beauty and was thus referred to as Indis the Fair.[1]
Biography
In YT 1185,[3] Indis married Finwë, the High King of the Ñoldor and was his second wife after the death of Míriel Serindë. She bore two sons, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and two daughters, Findis and Irimë. Through Finwë's first marriage, she was the stepmother to Fëanor, his first and only son to Míriel.[4]
Unfortunately, Fëanor harbored very little love for her or her sons which probably contributed to his mistrust of Fingolfin when Melkor began spreading his poisonous lies amongst the Ñoldor.[5][6]
After the death of Finwë and the rebellion of the Ñoldor, Indis and her eldest daughter Findis returned to their people of the Vanyar and dwelt there until Manwë restored Finwë to life. Their second daughter Irimë, however, went into exile with her brother Fingolfin.[7]
Later Relatives
Through Fingolfin, Indis is the grandmother of Turgon and thus the great-great-great grandmother of Elrond and Elros, and through Elros, the line of the Dunedain.
Through Finarfin, Indis is the grandmother of the great Lady Galadriel of Lothlórien, thus adjoining her to Galadriel's daughter Celebrian as great grandmother and once more to Celebrian's children, Elladan, Elrohir, and Arwen Undómiel, as great-great grandmother. Also, in being connected to Arwen in this way, she is also distantly related to the Kings of Gondor, as Arwen married King Elessar of Gondor, and produced the heir to the throne, Eldarion.
House of Finwë
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(*Father of Celebrimbor)
(**Father of Orodreth)
Other versions in the legendarium
In earlier texts, she was the sister of Ingwë[2] and referred in The Silmarillion as his close kin.
In other versions, Indis bore five fair children to Finwë, two sons and three daughters (Findis, Faniel and Finvain).[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VI: "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", Chief names of Finwë and his descendants, Note 53
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion, The Second Phase, II: "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
