Eluréd and Elurín

Eluréd and Elurín were the twin sons of Dior Eluchîl, the Half-elven son of Beren and Lúthien, and Dior's Elven wife, Nimloth.
==Biography==
Eluréd and Elurín were born in the short-lived renewed Kingdom of Doriath under their father Dior. They were named after their great-grandfather Elu Thingol, the King of Doriath. They had a younger sister named Elwing.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
The boys lived peacefully with their father and mother in Menegroth until the dreaded Oath of Fëanor descended on Doriath due to Dior's failure to turn over the Silmaril under the threat of war. When the Sons of Fëanor attacked, the twins were seized by the cruel servants of Celegorm and abandoned in the forest to die. However, Maedhros, the eldest of the Sons of Fëanor, bitterly regretted this deed and sought for them in vain in the surrounding forest.
They were never found and were presumed to have perished in the forest. Tradition among the Nandor of Ossiriand held that they were led to the safety of the woodlands by birds and beasts and thereby survived.
==Etymology==
The name Elurín was a Sindarin word that means "Remembrance of Elu", which came from the words Elu, which was another name for Thingol, and ren ("recall, have in mind").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XII: "The Problem of Ros"
Eluréd has less clear origins. The latter element réd may have come from the Bëorian word rêda ("heir").
==Other versions==
Eluréd and Elurín were initially called Eldún and Elrún. In other writings, they were given the name Elboron and Elbereth. These names were also the earlier names for the sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VIII: The War of the Ring, Part Three: Minas Tirith, chapter 4: "Many Roads Lead Eastward"
Initially, the characters Eluréd and Elurín were not twins, and were born in FA 492. They died in FA 506, but their father Dior died six years later, in FA 511. Christopher Tolkien later corrected this mistake.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two: The Later Quenta Silmarillion, chapter 6: "Of the Coming of Men into the West", (i) The House of Bëor
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Eluréd en Elurín
Albanian 	Eluréd dhe Elurín
Amharic 	ዐሉረድ እና ዐሉሪን
Arabic 	ىلوريد و ىلورين
Armenian 	Էլուրեդ եւ Էլուրին
Azerbaijani 	Eluréd və Elurín
Basque 	Eluréd eta Elurín
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елуред і Елурін
Bengali 	এলুরেদ এবং এলুরিন
Bosnian 	Eluréd i Elurín
Breton 	Eluréd ha Elurín
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елуред и Елурин
Catalan 	Elured i Elurín
Cebuano 	Eluréd ug Elurín
Chinese 	埃盧瑞及埃盧林
Czech 	Eluréd a Elurín
Croatian 	Eluréd i Elurín
Danish 	Elúred og Elurín
Dutch 	Eluréd en Elurín
Esperanto 	Eluréd kaj Elurín
Estonian 	Eluréd ja Elurín
Faroese 	Eluréd og Elurín
Fijian 	Eluréd kei na Elurín
Filipino 	Eluréd at Elurín
Finnish 	Eluréd ja Elurín
French 	Eluréd et Elurín
Frisian 	Eluréd en Elurín
Galician 	Eluréd e Elurín
Greek 	Ελορεδ και Ελοριν
Georgian 	ელურედი და ელურინი
German 	Eluréd und Elurín
Gujarati 	ઍલુરેદ અને ઍલઉઇન
Hebrew 	ילוריד ו ילורין
Hindi 	एलुरेद तथा एलुरिन
Hungarian 	Eluréd és Elurín
Icelandic 	Elúred og Elurín
Indonesian 	Elúred dan Elurín
Irish Gaelic 	Elúred ná Elurín
Italian 	Elúred e Elurín
Japanese 	エルレードとエルリーン
Javanese 	Eluréd lan Elurín
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ಯುರೆಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಯುರಿನ್
Kazakh 	Елұред пен Елұрін (Cyrillic) Elured pen Elurin (Latin)
Korean 	엘루레드 / 엘루린
Kurdish 	Eluréd û Elurín (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элурэд жана Элурин
Latin 	Eluréd et Elurín
Latvian 	Eluréd un Elurín
Lithuanian 	Eluréd ir Elurín
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елуред и Елурин
Malagasy 	Eluréd sy Elurín
Maltese 	Elúred u Elurín
Manx 	Eluréd as Elurín
Maori 	Eluréd me Elurín
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элурэд ба Элурин
Navajo 	Elúred dóó Elurín
Nepalese 	एलुरेद र एलुरिन
Norwegian 	Elúred og Elurín
Novial 	Eluréd e Elurín
Occitan 	Eluréd e Elurín
Old English 	Eluréd ge Elurín
Persian 	هلورهد و هلورین
Polish 	Eluréd i Elurín
Portuguese 	Eluréd e Elurín
Punjabi 	ਏਲੂਰਡ ਐਂਡ ਏਲੁਰਿਨ
Romanian 	Eluréd și Elurín
Romansh 	Eluréd e Elurín
Russian 	Элуред и Элурин
Samoan 	Eluréd ma le Elurín
Sanskrit 	एलुरेद् च एलुरिन्
Scottish Gaelic 	Eluréd agus Elurín
Serbian 	Елуред и Елурин (Cyrillic) Elured i Elurin (Latin)
Shona 	Eluréd naElurín
Slovak 	Eluréd a Elurín
Slovenian 	Eluréd in Elurín
Somalian 	Elúred iyo Elurín
Spanish 	Elúred y Elurín
Swahili 	Elúred na Elurín
Swedish 	Elúred och Elurín
Tajik Cyrillic 	Елуред ва Елурин
Telugu 	ఏలూరెడ్ మరియు ఎలురిన
Thai 	เอลูเรด และ เอลูรีน
Turkmen 	Elúred we Elurín
Turkish 	Eluréd ve Elurín
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елуред і Елурін
Urdu 	ےلورےد اور ےلورین
Uzbek 	Елуред ва Элурин (Cyrillic) Elured va Elurin (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Eluréd và Elurín
Volapük 	Eluréd e Elurín
Welsh 	Eluréd a Elurín
Yiddish 	עלוריד און עלור
Yoruba 	Eluréd ati Elurín
== References ==
Category:Sindarin names & words
Category:Half-elves
Category:Grey Elves
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Twins
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