Nerdanel

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In this picture: Fëanor, Nerdanel, Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin (unborn)

Nerdanel

Biographical information

Other names

Nerdanel "the Wise"

Titles

Date of birth

YT ?, during the Noontide of Valinor

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

Presumably still alive

Realms ruled

Spouse

Fëanor

Weapon

Physical description

Race

Elf

Culture

Ñoldor

Gender

Female

Height

Hair color

reddish brown

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Voice

Character

Nerdanel also known as Nerdanel the Wise, was the daughter of the Ñoldorin smith Mahtan and the wife of Fëanor.

Nerdanel was a noted sculptor. She is said to have made statues so lifelike that people thought them real.

On a minor note, Nerdanel's family is interesting to fans of Tolkien's elves because they are the only attested examples of elves with red hair. Nerdanel's father Mahtan and three of her sons (Maedhros, Amrod, and Amras) are described by Tolkien as having red hair (actually a reddish brown) and this is described as a trait "of Nerdanel's kin". Nerdanel's own hair color is never specifically stated; although it is said that she possessed a ruddy complexion and it may be assumed that Tolkien did indeed intend Nerdanel to have red hair.

[edit] History

She bore Fëanor seven sons: Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod and Amras (see Sons of Fëanor). Nerdanel, unlike her husband, was of a peaceful nature and sought to moderate his fiery temper and pride with wisdom. For a time, she was the only one able to influence him.

Nerdanel refused to follow her husband to Middle-earth and their parting was not a happy one. When it became clear that he intended to leave Valinor for good, she came to him and pleaded with him to at least let her youngest sons, Amrod and Amras remain with her. Fëanor would hear nothing of it and accused her of being against him and in league with the Valar, namely Aulë saying that they wished to follow and obey their father and if she didn't follow him she would be abandoning all of their children. She then scorned him saying that he would not have them all and then she left, possibly retiring to her father's house where she apparently still lives in Aman.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ The Peoples of Middle-earth, XII: The Shibboleth of Fëanor pg. 354

[edit] The House of Fëanor

Finwë = Míriel   Mahtan
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    Fëanor = Nerdanel
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  Maedhros  Maglor  Celegorm  Caranthir  Curufin  Amrod  Amras 
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                                       Celebrimbor