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Silmariën was a princess of Númenór known as the ancestor of the Lords of Andúnië, and receiver of many heirlooms passed to her descendants.

Biography[]

Silmariën was the oldest child of King Tar-Elendil. Her other siblings were Isilmë and Irimon. Women were not allowed to rule at the time of her father, so when Tar-Elendil relinquished the Sceptre, she was passed over for the throne in favor of her younger brother, Tar-Meneldur. After her marriage with Elatan, they had a son named Valandil who became the first Lord of Andúnië.[2]

Legacy[]

From her and her husband's lineage came the Kings of Gondor and Arnor living in exile in Middle-earth. She was one of the most significant of Númenor's royal family, as she presumably inherited both the sword Narsil and the Ring of Barahir from Tar-Elendil, her father.[3] These heirlooms were then handed down to her descendants, the Lords of Andúnië and later the Kings of Gondor and Arnor. The royal jewel, the Elendilmir, included a fillet of mithril that had once belonged to Silmariën, survived the Fall of Númenor to become the royal circlet of Arnor, and survived into the Fourth Age[4]

Etymology[]

Silmariën was a Quenya name that meant "silver maiden", from the words silma ("silver, shining white") and rien ("maiden, daughter"). Though unlikely, Silmariën could have meant "maiden crowned with silver", as the Sindarin word ríen means "crowned lady, queen".[5]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Arabic سيليمارن
Armenian Սիլմարիեն
Belarusian Cyrillic Сілмаріён
Bengali সিলমারিয়েন
Bulgarian Cyrillic Силмариен
Chinese 希爾瑪瑞恩
Georgian სილმარიენი
Greek Σιλμαριεν
Gujarati સિલમરીન
Hebrew סילמאריין
Hindi षिल्मरिएन
Japanese シルマリアン
Kannada ಸಿಲ್ಮರಿಯನ್
Kazakh Сілмаріен (Cyrillic) Silmarien (Latin)
Korean 실 마리 엔
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Силмариэн
Macedonian Cyrillic Силмариан
Marathi सिल्मरिन
Mongolian Cyrillic Силмариэн
Nepalese षिल्मरिएन
Persian صیلماریهن ?
Punjabi ਸਿਲਮਰਿਨ
Russian Сильмариэнь
Sanskrit षिल्मरिएन्
Serbian Силмариен (Cyrillic) Silmarien (Latin)
Sinhalese සිල්මරියන්
Tajik Cyrillic Силмариен
Tamil சில்மரின்
Telugu స్లిమరియెన్
Thai ซิลมาริเอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic Сілмаріен
Urdu سالمآرین
Uzbek Силмариен (Cyrillic) Silmarien (Latin)
Yiddish סילמאַריען

References[]

  1. Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, III: "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall
  2. Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, chapter II: "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
  3. Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, chapter I: "A Description of the Island of Númenor", Notes
  4. Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, chapter I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
  5. The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
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