Vëantur was the Númenórean captain of the royal fleet of Tar-Elendil. He was likewise grandfather of Tar-Aldarion. Vëantur was also the commander of the first ship that returned to Middle-earth.
Biography[]
Vëantur was a great Mariner and Navigator, serving as Captain of the King's Ships under Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor, and the first of the Númenoreans to achieve a voyage back to Middle-earth, in the year SA 600 of the Second Age. His ships' names were Entulessë and Númerrámar, which were docked at a quay attached to his house, located in the southern side of the firth of Rómenna. He had a daughter named Almarian who married Tar-Meneldur, relating him to the royal family.[1][2][3] On his subsequent travels, he took his grandson Anardil with him on a journey to Lindon in SA 725. Anardil would later become Tar-Aldarion and found the Guild of Venturers.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Amharic | ቬኣንቱር |
Arabic | فينتر |
Armenian | Վեանտուր |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Вёантур |
Bengali | ভান্তুর |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Веантур |
Georgian | ვეანტური |
Greek | Βουαντούρ ? |
Gujarati | વેન્ટુર |
Hebrew | ויאנטור |
Hindi | वेअन्तुर |
Kannada | ವಾಂಟೂರ್ |
Kazakh | Веантұр Cyrillic Veantur (Latin) |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Вэантур |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Веантур |
Marathi | व्हॅनटूर |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Вёантур |
Nepalese | वेअन्तुर |
Pashto | وېانتور |
Persian | وهانتور ? |
Punjabi | ਵੇਅਨ੍ਤੁਰ |
Russian | Вэантур |
Serbian | Веантур (Cyrillic) Veantur (Latin) |
Sinhalese | වේන්තූර් |
Tajik Cyrillic | Веантур |
Tamil | வேண்டூர் |
Telugu | వెఅంటూర్ |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Веантур |
Urdu | وینٹور |
Uzbek | Веантур (Cyrillic) Veantur (Latin) |
Yiddish | וועאַנטור |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, I: "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, II: "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ 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