Niënor

Niënor, also called Níniel, was Húrin and Morwen's third child, the sister of Túrin Turambar. She was born in Hithlum in the year of Nírnaeth Arnoediad. After this battle, the Easterlings settled in the land and oppressed the people of Hador.
== Biography ==
Niënor remained in Hithlum with her mother Morwen for twenty years, subsequently moving to Doriath in hopes of finding Túrin, who has been sent there earlier. After she and her mother heard a rumour that the mysterious Mormegil of Nargothrond was actually Túrin, they set out with a company of Elves for that place. Unfortunately, the dragon Glaurung had just sacked that Elven city, and, sensing their approach, he caused a cloud of foul vapor to rise from the Narog. The party's horses panicked and Niënor was separated, at which point the worm Glaurung used his abilities to put her in a state of total amnesia.
Eventually, the amnesiac woman was found by Mablung, who intended to take her back to Doriath but they were attacked by Orcs while attempting to cross the Taeglin. In confusion and terror, Niënor ran away, tore off her clothes and ran naked through the forest until she fainted.
Her brother Túrin found her, naked and terrified, at Haudh-en-Elleth, lying on the grave of his dead lover Finduilas. Because Niënor did not remember her identity and Túrin did not know his sister, as he had never seen her before, he named her Níniel which means "Tear-Maiden", and brought her to safety at the Forest of Brethil.
The men of Brethil returned to Obel Halad soon after. When "Níniel" fell sick, Brandir tended to her, secretly falling in love. However, "Níniel" loved Túrin more, and after three years, they were wed. By the next spring, she was halfway through her first pregnancy.
It was then that rumours of Glaurung's approach reached Túrin, who went out to slay him. Unfortunately, the dragon envenomed him even as he dealt the worm a mortal blow, and Túrin fell into a swoon.
At this unfortunate moment, "Níniel", who feared for her husband's life, went out and found him apparently dead. Glaurung then set off his hidden weapon against Túrin - he removed Niënor's amnesia with his last words. Realising she had married her own brother, was carrying his unborn child and believing he was dead, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the ravine at Cabed-en-Aras. Her death sparked a series of events culminating in his suicide, thus fulfilling Glaurung's vengeance.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Narn i Chîn Húrin (The Lay of the Children of Húrin)"
== Etymology ==
Niënor means "mourning" and Níniel means "tear-maiden" in Sindarin.The Silmarillion, Index of Names
== Translations ==
	 
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኚአኖር
Arabic 	نِيهينورْ
Armenian 	Նինյոր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ниэнор
Bengali 	ণিএনোর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ниенор (Nienor)
Ниенор Ниниел (Nienor Niniel)
Catalan 	Níenor
Georgian 	ნიენორ (Niënor)
ნიენორ ნინიელი (Niënor Níniel)
Greek 	Νιενορ
Gujarati 	નિનિયોર
Hebrew 	ניינור (Nienor)
ניינור ניניאל (Nienor Niniel)
Hindi 	णिएनोर
Japanese 	ニエノール
Kannada 	ನೀನೋರ್
Kazakh 	Ниенор (Cyrillic) Niënor (Latin)
Korean 	니에노르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Νиэнор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ниенор
Marathi 	णिएनोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ниёнор
Nepalese 	निएनोर
Pashto 	نیېنور
Persian 	نیهنور
Punjabi 	ਣਿਏਨੋਰ
Russian 	Ниэнор (Niënor)
Ниэнор Ниниэль (Niënor Níniel)
Sanskrit 	णिएनोर्
Serbian 	Νиенор (Cyrillic) Nienor (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නීනෝර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Νиенор
Tamil 	ணிஎநொர்
Telugu 	ణిఎనొర
Thai 	ณิเนโร ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ніенор
Urdu 	نیناور
Uzbek 	Ниенор (Cyrillic) Nienor (Latin)
Yiddish 	ניענאָר
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