Finarfin

Finarfin was a Ñoldorin Elf of Valinor.
He was said to be the fairest and wisest of Finwë's sons.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië" Like all of Finwë's sons, Finarfin founded his own royal house. Uniquely among the Ñoldor, he and his descendants had golden hair inherited from his Vanyarin mother Indis, thus his house was sometimes called "The Golden House of Finarfin".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One: "The Fall of Númenor and the Lost Road" Finarfin is regarded as one of the most powerful Elves in all of Arda.
== Biography ==
Finarfin was the youngest child and third son of Finwë, High-King of the Ñoldor in Aman, with his second wife Indis of the Vanyar. His elder siblings were Findis, Fingolfin, and Írimë; his elder half-brother was the infamous Ñoldorin High-prince Fëanor, son of Finwë and his first wife Míriel. In YT 1280, Finarfin married Eärwen, the daughter of Olwë, King of the Teleri, which therefore made him related to Thingol, King of Doriath, Olwë's brother. Together, they had four (or five) children: Finrod Felagund, Orodreth (according to the published Silmarillion) Angrod, Aegnor, and an only daughter Galadriel who was the youngest child.
After the death of Finwë, Finarfin was there when Fëanor gave his wrathful speech before the Ñoldor of Tirion; listening to the hasty words, he tried in vain to persuade the Ñoldor to pause and not be rash. Nevertheless he departed with his brothers for Middle-earth. He turned back when Mandos pronounced the Doom of the Ñoldor. Finarfin and his people were pardoned by the Valar,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, VII: "The Flight of the Noldoli", Notes and Commentary and he became King of the residual Ñoldor in Aman and presumably still rules from Tirion on Túna.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Ñoldor"
Finarfin took part in the War of Wrath by leading the Ñoldorin-remnant from Aman.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
== Etymology ==
His father-name is Arafinwë, the "Noble-Finwë", from the Quenya ara ("noble, high, royal").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin namesParma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien His amilessë (mother-name) is Ingoldo ("the Ñoldo").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
=== Other names ===
An Old English translation for his name was Finred Felanop, in which "Felanop" means "very bold".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, III: "The Quenta", Appendix 1: Translation of Quenta Noldorinwa into Old English
== Descendants ==
Through Galadriel, he is the grandfather of Lady Celebrían of Rivendell (wife of Elrond), and consequently, the great-grandfather of her three children Elladan and Elrohir, and Arwen Undómiel, future Queen of Gondor. 
== In other versions ==
In earlier versions of the legendarium, Finarfin was referred as "Finrod" his son Finrod Felagund was "Inglor Felagund". As such, he appears in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings as Finrod. This was changed in later editions, but not all references to Inglor were removed. (See Gildor Inglorion)
There was an error to a character's name, wherein J.R.R. Tolkien changed Ingwiel son of Ingwë to Finarfin son of Finwë.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, IV: "The First 'Silmarillion' Map"
== Notes ==
# Orodreth appears as one of Finarfin's sons in the published Silmarillion. In Tolkien's writings however he clearly is Angrod's son, but this was changed in The Silmarillion by Christopher Tolkien, which he later admitted was a mistake.
== See also ==
*House of Finarfin
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ፊናርፊን
Arabic 	فينارفين
Armenian 	Ֆինարֆին
Belarusian Cyrillic	Фінарфін
Bengali 	ফিনারফিন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Финарфин
Chinese 	費納芬
Georgian 	ფინარფინი
Greek 	Φινάρφιν
Gujarati 	ફિનરફિન
Hebrew 	פינרפין
Hindi 	फ़िनर्फ़िन
Japanese 	フィナルフィン
Kannada 	ಫಿನಾರ್ಫಿನ್
Kazakh 	Финарфин (Cyrillic) Fïnarfïn (Latin)
Korean 	피나르핀
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Финарфин
Macedonian Cyrillic	Финарфин
Marathi 	फिनारफिन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Финарфин
Nepalese 	फ़िनर्फ़िन
Pashto 	فینارفین
Persian 	فینارفین
Punjabi 	ਫਿਨਰਫਿਨ
Russian 	Финарфин
Serbian 	Финарфин (Cyrillic) Finarfin (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ෆිනර්ෆින්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Финарфин
Tamil 	பைனபின்
Thai 	ฟินาร์ฟิน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фінарфін
Urdu 	فینارفین
Uzbek 	Финарфин (Cyrillic) Finarfin (Latin)
Yiddish 	פֿינאַרפֿינ
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