Jul 3, 2023
@tolkiengenweek day one | family | findis and lalwen
Finwë had four children by Indis: a daughter Findis, a son, a daughter Írimë, and a son. Findis was made by combining the names of her parents. Little is said of her in The Silmarillion. She did not go into exile, but went with her mother after the slaying of Finwë and they abode among the Vanyar in grief… His second daughter was named Írimë and her mother-name was Lalwendë (laughing maiden). By this name, or in shortened form Lalwen, she was generally known. She went into exile with her brother Fingolfin, who was most dear to her of all her kin…
—The History of Middle-earth: Volume XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, “The Shibboleth of Fëanor”
