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@finweanladiesweek day four | later generations | arwen undómiel

So it was that Frodo saw her whom few mortals had yet seen; Arwen, daughter of Elrond, in whom it was said that the likeness of Lúthien had come on earth again; and she was called Undómiel, for she was the Evenstar of her people.

—The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, “Many Meetings”

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@finweanladiesweek day five | ladies who married in | nerdanel x anairë x eärwen

She felt like an intruder, at first. Anairë and Eärwen had each other, from even before the departure of their husbands; she, who left her husband before he departed, had no one. And yet, in the aftermath of the darkness and the slaughter, the sorrow and the fires, they came to her and took her in their arms and held her close. Sisters, they once may have been, had circumstance allowed; now they are lovers, deep and true, in a way Nerdanel barely understands.

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@finweanladiesweek day three | aredhel and galadriel

          The sons of Fingolfin were Fingon...and Turgon...; their sister was Aredhel the White. She was younger in the years of the Eldar than her brothers; and when she was grown to full stature and beauty she was tall and strong, and loved much to ride and hunt in the forests. There she was often in the company of the sons of Fëanor, her kin; but to none was her heart's love given. Ar-Feiniel she was called, the White Lady of the Noldor, for she was pale though her hair was dark, and she was never arrayed but in silver and white.

          The sons of Finarfin were Finrod..., Orodreth, Angrod, and Aegnor; ... A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwë; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië”

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@finweanladiesweek​ day five | ladies who married in | nerdanel

Nerdanel also was firm of will, but more patient than Fëanor, desiring to understand minds rather than to master them, and at first she restrained him when the fire of his heart grew too hot; but his later deeds grieved her, and they became estranged. Seven sons she bore to Fëanor; her mood she bequeathed in part to some of them, but not to all.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor”

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@finweanladiesweek day four | later generations | idril celebrindal

But fairer than all the wonders of Gondolin was Idril, Turgon's daughter, she that was called Celebrindal, the Silver-foot, whose hair was as the gold of Laurelin before the coming of Melkor. 

—The Silmarillion, “Of the Noldor in Beleriand”

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@finweanladiesweek day four | later generations | finduilas faelivrin

Finduilas daughter of Orodreth the King knew [Gwindor] and welcomed him, for she had loved him before the Nirnaeth, and so greatly did Gwindor love her beauty that he named her Faelivrin, which is the gleam of the sun on the pools of Ivrin.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Túrin Turambar”

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@finweanladiesweek day two | findis and írimë 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…

—History of Middle-earth: Volume XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, “The Shibboleth of Fëanor”

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@finweanladiesweek day one | míriel þerindë and indis

And when [Míriel] learned of Finwë all that had befallen since her departure...she was greatly moved; and she said to Finwë in her thought: ‘I erred in leaving thee and our son... But [...] Indis hath my love. How should I bear grudge against one who received what I rejected and cherished what I abandoned!’

—The History of Middle-earth: Volume X: Morgoth’s Ring, “Laws and Customs among the Eldar”