Simbelmynë, also called Evermind and initially named Alfirin, was a white flower of Arda, known for its significance in Rohan.
History[]
Upon Tuor's arrival in Gondolin, he found these flowers and named them uilos.[1] These flowers also grew on Elendil's tomb on Amon Anwar, and were there called alfirin.[2] Later, in the Third Age, simbelmynë, as the Rohirrim called it, grew notably on the graves of the Kings of Rohan outside Edoras, and most abundantly on the burial mound of Helm Hammerhand.[3]
The Elf Legolas used the same term alfirin (and mallos) to refer to an apparently different type of flower, described as "golden bells", found in Lebennin in Gondor.
Etymology and inspiration[]
Simbelmynë is an Old English term which means "ever-mind", and was the term used commonly in Rohan. The Elves called the same flower uilos ("snow white") and alfirin ("not mortal"[4]).
This flower was inspired by wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), a European flower of the buttercup family. J.R.R. Tolkien stated this in Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings.[5]
In adaptations[]
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Théoden holds one of these flowers in front of his son Théodred's tomb, when he is there with Gandalf after the burial procession. Simbelmynë is shown covering all the surrounding mounds under which Théoden's forebears had been buried.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጺምበልምይነ |
| Arabic | صيمبيلميني |
| Armenian | Սիմբելմյնե |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Сімбелмынe |
| Bengali | সিম্বলিম্যানে |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Симбелмыне |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 永誌花 |
| Chinese (Mainland) | 辛贝穆奈 |
| Georgian | სიმბელმინე |
| Greek | Σιμβελμυνε |
| Gujarati | સિમ્બેલ્મીની |
| Hebrew | סימבלמינה |
| Hindi | षिम्बेल्म्य्ने |
| Kannada | ಸಿಂಬೆಲ್ಮಿನಾ |
| Kazakh | Сімбелмйне (Cyrillic) Simbelmyne (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Симбэлмйнэ |
| Laotian | ສິມບເລມຢນເ |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Симбелмyне |
| Marathi | सिम्बलमेनी |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Симбэлмынё |
| Nepalese | सिम्बलमेनी |
| Persian | صیمبهلمینه |
| Punjabi | ਸਿਮਬਲੇਮਨੀ |
| Russian | Симбельминэ |
| Sanskrit | षिम्बेल्म्य्ने |
| Sinhalese | සිම්බල්මිනි |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Симбелмyне |
| Tamil | சிம்பெலாமினே |
| Telugu | సింబల్మినే |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сімбельмине |
| Urdu | صیمبےلمینے |
| Yiddish | סימבעלמינע |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pgs. 100 & 101
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pg. 780