The daughter of Dior Eluchíl and wife of Eärendil the Mariner. Through the power of Ulmo she escaped the destruction of the Havens of Sirion in the form of a white bird, and came to her husband on the Sea with a Silmaril on her breast.
Notes
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Elwing's mother Nimloth had, as far as we know, pure Sindarin blood. The line of her father Dior, though, contained other strains; his grandmother Melian had been a Maia, and his father Beren was a mortal Man. Working back to her great-grandparents, Elwing was actually five-eighths Sinda, one quarter Mortal and one eighth Maia. |
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Elwing's name, 'Star-spray' comes from the starlight glinting on the waterfall of Lanthir Lamath, at her father's house in Ossiriand, on the night she was born. |
See also...
Aerandir, Aman, Aranel, Aranrúth, Dírhavel, Eärendil, Elu Thingol, Elurín, Elves of Sirion, Erellont, Falathar, Falathrim, Foam-flower, Gil-Estel, Half-elven, [See the full list...]Half-elven, Half-elves, Havens of Sirion, Heir of Eärendil, King’s Sword, Lanthir Lamath, Lay of Eärendil, Maglor, Night of Naught, Nimloth, Oath of Fëanor, Peredhil, Star of High Hope, Star-spray, The White, Three Jewels, Voyage of Eärendil
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