Barahir

Barahir was an Edain man of Dorthonion during the First Age, heir to the House of Bëor and youngest child of Bregor, fifth chieftain of the People of Bëor. He was also the fourth Lord of Ladros and the seventh and probably last Chieftain of the Bëorians after his deceased elder brother Bregolas.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XII: "Of Men"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVII: "Of the Coming of Men into the West" Besides his elder brother, Barahir had three elder sisters: Bregil, Hirwen, and Gilwen.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part Two: The Later Quenta Silmarillion, XIV: "Of the Coming of Men into the West" Barahir was the husband of Emeldir, who was also of the House of Bëor through the line of Belen, the youngest son of Bëor, and with her he had a son, the renowned Beren Erchamion, and a daughter, Hiril.
== Biography ==
Earlier, Barahir had fought at the Dagor Bragollach, saving Finrod Felagund's life earning him and his house the friendship of the House of Finarfin. For this, he received the Ring of Barahir, which was then handed down the family line. After the Dagor Bragollach by FA 456,http://www.annalsofarda.dk/annals-of-arda/Humans-index-tables/Humans/Barahir.htm Barahir lived with his faithful XII Bëorings on the highland of Dorthonion at Tarn Aeluin as outlaws defying the will of Morgoth, whose forces hunted him and his company like wild beasts.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" The members of Barahir's XII Bëorings was his son Beren, his nephews Baragund the elder and Belegund the younger, Radhruin and Dairuin, Dagnir and Ragnor, Gildor and Gorlim the Unhappy, Arthad, and Urthel, and Hathaldir the Young. As for his wife Emeldir, she parted from Barahir when she became the leader of the women and children of Bëor's folk that fled Dorthonion. For her bravery in this, Barahir's wife was known as Emeldir the Man-hearted,
For five years, Barahir led his doomed band of outlaws until FA 460 when they were betrayed to Sauron by Gorlim, a lovesick member of Barahir's outlaw band and Barahir was killed at Tarn Aeluin, along with everyone in his company save for Beren his son, who was gone on an errand for them and thus luckily happened to not be there. Barahir's remains were buried in a cairn by his son at Tarn Aeluin, other than his hand which was chopped off by Gorgol, an Orc captain of Sauron. Beren later slew Gorgol and recovered the Ring of Barahir. Barahir's son then escaped Dorthonion after all and lived on to fulfil a great destiny.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
=== Legacy ===
Barahir's service to Finrod and House of Finarfin left behind a legacy of respect between the House of Bëor, later generations of Men, and Elves. This friendship led to the close association of the Elves and the Dúnedain of Númenor and Arnor and Gondor. His ring also became an heirloom of the Dúnedain of the North of Middle-earth.
== Later namesakes ==
Barahir was also the name of the eighth Steward of Gondor and was also the name of the grandson of Faramir and Éowyn in the Fourth Age, who wrote The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen.
== Behind the scenes ==
The character of Barahir was originally Egnor bo-Rimion (see The Book of Lost Tales and Beren and Lúthien novel). In the original Barahir was originally a Gnome, an Elf. "The Tale of Tinúviel" saw a 1925 (and later) edit that changed Egnor into Barahir a Noldoli Elf. At some point the character evolved into a Man. However, its noted in Beren and Luthien that the in the original pre-1917 transcript which J.R.R. Tolkien erased and wrote over that Beren was originally a Man, before he rewrote the character as an Elf, and would go back to making him a Man in The Lay of Leithian (though the narrative included in the new novel has Beren switching between both races depending on the section documents).
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ባራሂር
Arabic 	باراهير
Armenian 	Բարահիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Барахір
Bengali 	বড়হির
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Барахир
Cambodian 	បារាហិរ
Catalan 	Bàrahir
Chinese (Hong Kong)	巴拉漢
Dogri 	बराहिर
Georgian 	ბარაჰირი
Greek 	Μπάραχιρ
Gujarati 	બારહીર
Hebrew 	באראהיר
Hindi 	बरहिर
Japanese 	バラヒア
Kannada 	ಬರಾಹಿರ್
Kazakh 	Бараһір (Cyrillic) Barahir (Latin)
Korean 	바라히르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бараhир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Барахир
Maithili 	बराहिर
Marathi 	बरहिर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Бараhир
Nepalese 	बराहिर
Pashto 	باراهیر
Persian 	باراهیر
Punjabi 	ਬਰਹਿਰ
Russian 	Барахир
Sinhalese 	බරහිර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Бараҳир
Tamil 	பராஹிர்
Telugu 	బరాహిర్
Thai 	บาราเฮียร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Барагір
Urdu 	بآرہیر
Uzbek 	Бараҳир (Cyrillic) Barahir (Latin)
Yiddish 	באַראַהיר
== References ==
Category:Bëorians
Category:Lords of Ladros
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Deaths in battle
Category:Sindarin names & words
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