Indis

Indis a Vanyarin Elf-maiden of Valinor and second wife of Finwë, King of the Ñoldor.
She was the niece of Ingwë, King of the Vanyar and High King of the Elves, for her mother was his sister.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor" Indis was known for her great beauty and was thus referred to as Indis the Fair.
== Biography ==
In YT 1185,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman Indis married Finwë, High King of the Ñoldor, and was his second wife after the death of Míriel Serindë. She bore two sons, Fingolfin and Finarfin, and two daughters, Findis and Irimë. Through Finwë's first marriage, she was the stepmother to Fëanor, his first and only son to Míriel.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
Unfortunately, Fëanor harbored very little love for her or her sons which probably contributed to his mistrust of Fingolfin when Melkor began spreading his poisonous lies amongst the Ñoldor.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
After the death of Finwë and the rebellion of the Ñoldor, Indis and her eldest daughter Findis returned to their people of the Vanyar and dwelt there until Manwë restored Finwë to life. Their second daughter Irimë, however, went into exile with her brother Fingolfin.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
== Descendants ==
Through her elder son Fingolfin, Indis was the grandmother of Turgon, his second son; and thus she was the great-great-great grandmother of Elrond and Elros, and from Elros descended the Kings of the Dúnedain.
Through her younger son Finarfin, Indis was the grandmother of his only daughter the great Lady Galadriel of Lothlórien, thus adjoining Indis to Galadriel's daughter Celebrian as her great grandmother and once more to Celebrian's children, Elladan, Elrohir, and Arwen Undómiel, as their great-great grandmother. Also, in being connected to Arwen in this way, Indis was distantly related to the Kings of Gondor, as Arwen married King Elessar of Gondor, and produced the heir to the throne, Eldarion.
== Other versions in the legendarium ==
In earlier texts, she was the sister of Ingwë and referred in The Silmarillion as his close relative.
In other versions, Indis bore five fair children to Finwë: two sons and three daughters (Findis, Faniel, and Finvain).The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Later Quenta Silmarillion, The Second Phase, II: "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዒንዲስ
Arabic 	ىنديس
Armenian 	Ինդիս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Індзіс
Bengali 	ইন্ডিজ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Индис
Chinese 	茵迪絲
Danish 	Indis (dronning af Vanjar-elverne)
Georgian 	ინდისი
Greek 	Ίντις
Gujarati 	ઈન્ડિસ
Hebrew 	אינדיס
Hindi 	इंडिस
Japanese 	インディス
Kannada 	ಇಂಡಿಸ್
Kazakh 	Ындіс (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin)
Korean 	인디스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Индис
Laotian 	ິນດິຊ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Индис
Marathi 	इंडिस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Индис
Nepalese 	इंदिस
Pashto 	انډیس
Persian 	ایندیس
Russian 	Индис
Sanskrit 	ईन्दिस्
Serbian 	Индис (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඉන්ඩිස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Индис
Tamil 	இண்டீஸ்
Telugu 	ఇండీస్
Thai 	อินดิส
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Індіс
Urdu 	اندیس
Uzbek 	Индис (Cyrillic) Indis (Latin)
Yiddish 	ינדיס
== References ==
ca:Indis
de:Indis
es:Indis
fr:Indis
it:Indis
pl:Indis
ru:Индис
pt-br:Indis
Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Vanyar
Category:Queens
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Elves
Category:Elves of Beleriand