Thuringwethil was a Vampire servant of Sauron in his fortress of Tol-in-Gaurhoth (the former Tol Sirion), during her time serving Morgoth during the First Age.
Biography
Thuringwethil was Sauron's herald and was stationed at Tol-in-Gaurhoth by the time of the Quest for the Silmaril. She was probably slain or died during the fight between Sauron and Huan in the fortress.
She served as a herald, or a messenger, for Sauron at Tol-Sirion. Her origins were not mentioned, but her ability to take forms suggest that she could be a Maia. She was described to have fingered-wings and iron claws. Lúthien was disguised as Thuringwethil and introduced herself as such upon infiltrating Angband.[1]
'Thuringwethil I am, who cast
a shadow o'er the face aghast
of the sallow moon in the doomed land
of shivering Beleriand.'
- ― Lúthien in her disguise, Lay of Leithian, Canto XIII[2]
Etymology
Thuringwethil means "Woman of the Secret Shadow"[3] from the Sindarin thurin ("secret") and gwath ("shadow").[4]
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Amharic | ጥሁሪንግወትሂል |
| Arabic | ثورينجويثيل |
| Armenian | Տհուրինգւետհիլ |
| Belarusian | Тhурінгўетhіл |
| Bulgarian | Тхурингщетхил ? |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 瑟林威西 |
| Dari | طهورینگوهتهیل |
| Greek | Θυρινγωεθιλ |
| Gujarati | ઠુરિઙ્વેથિલ |
| Hindi | ठुरिङ्वेथिल |
| Hebrew | טהורינגwיתהיל ? |
| Kazakh | Тһұрінгуетһіл |
| Kurdish | تهورینگوهتهیل (Arabic script) Thuringwethil (Latinised) |
| Kyrgyz | Тhурингwэтhил |
| Macedonian | Тхурингwетхил |
| Mongolian | Тhурингwэтhил |
| Nepali | ठुरिङ्वेथिल |
| Pashto | طهورینګوېتهیل |
| Persian | طهورینگوهتهیل ? |
| Russian | Тхурингвэтиль |
| Sanskrit | ठुरिङ्वेथिल् |
| Serbian | Тхурингветхил (Cyrillic) Thuringwethil (Latinised) |
| Sinhala | ඨුරිඞ්෴එථිල් ? |
| Tajik | Тҳурингwетҳил |
| Tamil | ட்ஹுரிங்௰எத்ஹில் ? |
| Tibetan | ཏྷུརིནྒྭེཐིལ |
| Tigrinya | ጥሁሪንግወትሂል |
| Ukrainian | Тгурінґwетгіл ? |
| Urdu | ٹہورانگویتھال |
| Uyghur | تھۇرىنگۋەتھىل |
| Uzbek | Тҳурингwетҳил (Cyrillic) Thuringwethil (Latinised) |
| Yiddish | טהורינגוועטהיל |
References
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 3: The Lays of Beleriand, III: "The Lay of Leithian"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
