Nellas

Nellas was an Elf-maiden of Doriath during the First Age.
== Biography ==
Being a lady of nature, she lived in the woods and never came to the city but she knew much and was very wise. Nellas was young during the latter-half of the fourth century of the Sun of the First Age and it was during that time that Túrin had come to Doriath as a boy. With the blessings of Melian, she befriended him and became his teacher and he learned much about the wilderness and nature. She also taught him an older and richer form of Sindarin and the many manners of its pronunciation. As he began to grow into manhood, he drifted away from her but she still continued to watch over him be it in secrecy.
Sitting in a tree watching over him, she witnessed the incident between Túrin and Saeros and saw that Saeros had indeed provoked Túrin and was the cause of his own peril. Summoned to appear before the King in one of the few times she walked in the city, she told him about what happen in the woods with great difficulty. After the King pronounced his judgment, she wept over Túrin’s departure and sought to find him but she never saw him again. Her fate is unknown in the latter days of the First Age; other than that Túrin's shadow passed from her.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Chîn Húrin" (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, V: "Túrin in Doriath"
== Etymology ==
Although there appears to be no clear origin of the name Nellas, it is likely to have been Sindarin and may have come from the Sindarin words nellad, nella or nelladel, which all mean "the sound of bells" (or "to sound the bells"), or perhaps the word nell, meaning "bell".
The element nel- may also connect with Elvish words for the number "three", and the final -las could mean "leaf" (as in the name Legolas, Greenleaf), though it is not apparent why a child should be called by a name meaning something like "three leaves".
== See also ==
* Túrin in Doriath
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኘልላስ
Arabic 	نيللاس
Armenian 	Նելլաս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Неллас
Bengali 	নেল্লাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Неллас
Georgian 	ნელლას
Greek 	Νελλας
Gujarati 	નેલ્લાસ
Hebrew 	ןיללאס
Hindi 	णेल्लस
Japanese 	ネラス ?
Kannada 	ನೆಲ್ಲಸ್
Kazakh 	Неллас (Cyrillic) Nellas (Latin)
Korean 	넬 라스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Нэллас
Macedonian Cyrillic	Неллас
Marathi 	णेल्लस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Неллас
Nepalese 	नेल्लस
Pashto 	نېللاس
Persian 	نهللاس
Punjabi 	ਨੇਲਸ
Russian 	Неллас
Sanskrit 	णेल्लस्
Serbian 	Неллас (Cyrillic) Nellas (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නෙලස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Неллас
Tamil 	நெல்லஸ்
Telugu 	నెల్లస్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Неллас
Urdu 	ںےللاس
Uzbek 	Неллас (Cyrillic) Nellas (Latin)
Yiddish 	נעללאַס
== References ==
Category:Grey Elves
Category:Elves of Doriath
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
Category:Characters in The Children of Húrin
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