Stone of the Hapless

The Stone of the Hapless, also known as the Talbor (Standing Stone)The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pp. 257, 309 (note 15), was the memorial stone of Túrin and Niënor by Cabed Naeramarth on the banks of the River Taeglin.The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
== History ==
In FA 499, when Túrin commanded his sword, Gurthang, to take his life, Mablung and his eleven Elven huntsman along with Men from Nen Girith lifted up his body, laying him in a high mound with the shards of Gurthang beside him. Afterwards, the mistrals of Elves and Men made laments as a great gray stone was set upon the mound. In the Runes of Doriath, the Elves engraved the words: TÚRIN TURAMBAR DAGNIR GLAURUNGA with the words NIËNOR NÍNIEL beneath it.The Children of Húrin, Chapter 18: "The Death of Túrin''
In the days after, the Men of the Forest of Brethil became afraid to dwell there very long. Sometime later, the elderly Morwen found the graven stone in her witless wanderings, read it and knew her children were dead, but did not understand how they died, and awaited death in the shadow beside the stone.The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pp. 258, 259.
In FA 501, Húrin was released from Angband. During his wanderings, he eventually came upon the Stone of the Hapless in time to meet Morwen one last time before she died in his arms. Believing that the Haladin knowingly let her starve, Húrin swore over Morwen's body to bring ruin upon the Forest of Brethil.The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pp. 273, 274.
During the Folkmoot for Judgement at the Moot-ring, Húrin accused Harding of leaving Morwen to starve to death beside the Talbor, initiating a riot that brought about Húrin's objective.The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pp. 290, 291.
Afterwards, Húrin led the survivors back to the Talbor, where they helped him bury Morwen and carve into the stone the words: Here lies also Morwen Eðelhwen. Afterwards, they sang laments while a gray rain came down. In the days following, the land around the Talbor remained leafless and bare, yet fear no longer kept Men from wandering to the Talbor as until the end of Beleriand, the women of the Forest of Brethil would come to the stone, bringing flowers in spring and berries in autumn, singing of the Grey Lady who sought for her son. During that time, a seer and harp-player by the name of Glirhuin, made a song that Morgoth would never defile the Talbor and that it would remain standing ever after no matter what would happen to the land and the seas. Later, Glirhuin's prediction was proven correct as during the drowning of Beleriand during the War of Wrath, the site of the Stone of the Hapless did not drown with the rest of Beleriand into Belegaer, but remained atop an island, Tol Morwen,The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", p. 296. some one-hundred and fifty miles off the coast of Forlindon in later ages.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
== Etymology ==
The Stone of the Hapless was also known as the Talbor (Standing Stone), a word in the Halethian language comprised of the element bor ("Stone").
== Other versions ==
During the Dagor Dagorath, when Túrin rises from the dead, it is unknown what would happen to the Stone of the Hapless; whether it would survive or whether it would be destroyed or removed as collateral damage due to it being placed directly above Túrin's corpse.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ongelukkige klip
Albanian 	Guri i fatkeqve
Arabic 	حجر سيئ الحظ
Armenian 	Անբախտի քար
Azerbaijani 	Bədbəxtin daşı
Basque 	Zoritxarreko harria
Belarusian Cyrillic	Камень няшчасных
Bengali 	আনলাকি স্টোন
Bosnian 	Nesretni kamen
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Нещастие камък
Cambodian 	ថ្មនៃអកុសល
Catalan 	Pedra dels Desgraciats
Chinese 	不幸的石头
Corsican 	Pietra di i disgraziati
Croatian 	Kamen nesretnika
Czech 	Nešťastné kámen
Danish 	De Ulyksaliges Sten
Dutch 	Steen van de ongelukkigen
Esperanto 	Ŝtono de la Malfeliĉulo
Estonian 	Õnnetu kivi
Filipino 	Bato ng Kapus-palad
Finnish 	Kovaonnisten kivi
French 	Pierre des Infortunés
Frisian 	Stien fan 'e ûngelokkige (Western)
Galician 	Pedra do desgraciado
Georgian 	სამწუხარო ქვა
German 	Stein der Unglücklichen
Greek 	Άτυχη πέτρα
Gujarati 	કમનસીબ પથ્થર
Hawaiian 	ʻO ka pōhaku o ka poʻe ʻino
Hebrew 	אבן האומללים
Hindi 	अशुभ पत्थर
Hungarian 	A szerencsétlen kő
Icelandic 	Óheppilegur steinn
Indonesian 	Batu yang tak beruntung
Irish Gaelic 	Cloch na Mí-ámharach
Italian 	Pietra dello Sfortunato
Japanese 	アンラッキーストーン
Kazakh 	Бақытсыздардың тасы (Cyrillic) Baqıtsızdardıñ tası (Latin)
Korean 	불행한 돌
Kurdish 	Kevirê bêhêvî (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бактысыз таш
Laotian 	ຫີນຂອງໂຊກບໍ່ດີ
Latvian 	Nelaimīgs akmens
Lithuanian 	Nelaimingas akmuo
Luxembourgish 	Steen vum Ongléck
Macedonian Cyrillic	Камен на несреќниот
Maltese 	Ġebla tal-Sfortunati
Marathi 	दुर्दैवी दगड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Азгүй хүмүүсийн чулуу
Norwegian 	Uheldig stein
Persian 	سنگ بد بخت
Polish 	Kamień Nieszczęsnych
Portuguese 	Pedra dos Infelizes
Punjabi 	ਮੰਦਭਾਗਾ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ
Romanian 	Piatra ghinionist
Russian 	Невезучий камень
Scottish Gaelic 	Clach na mì-fhortanach
Serbian 	Камен несрећних (Cyrillic) Kamen nesrećnih (Latin)
Sindhi 	بدقسمت جو پٿر
Sinhalese 	අවාසනාවන්ත ගල
Slovak 	Kameň nešťastných
Slovenian 	Nesrečni kamen
Somalian 	Dhagxaanta nasiib darada
Spanish 	Piedra de los Desventurados
Sundanese 	Batu tina Nasib
Swahili 	Jiwe la bahati mbaya
Tajik Cyrillic 	Санги нохуш
Tamil 	துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமான கல்
Tatar 	Бәхетсезләр ташы
Telugu 	దురదృష్టవంతుల రాయి
Thai 	หินแห่งโชคร้าย
Turkish 	Şanssız Taş
Turkmen 	Bagtsyzlaryň daşy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Нещасний камінь
Urdu 	ناخوش پتھر
Uyghur 	بەختسىزلەرنىڭ تېشى
Uzbek 	Бахцизларнинг тошлари (Cyrillic) Baxtsizlarning toshlari (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Đá không may
Welsh 	Carreg Anlwcus
Xhosa 	Ilitye leNtshutshiso
== References ==
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Category:Graves and tombs
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