Tar-Atanamir

Tar-Atanamir also known as Atanamir the Great was the thirteenth King of Númenor. He is best known for being the first to openly question the Ban of the Valar.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
== Biography ==
Tar-Atanamir succeeded his father, King Tar-Ciryatan, in SA 2029. He was married to an unnamed woman and had a son named Tar-Ancalimon and another unnamed child that eventually led up to Herucalmo.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Two, III: "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", Note 10 Tar-Atanamir began to speak against the Valar in particular the Ban of the Valar and the Gift of Ilúvatar. He was also the first king who was unwilling to give up his throne voluntarily before his death, and to let himself die while he was still strong in mind and body. His reign is thus generally considered to constitute the beginning of Númenor's moral decline.
The Valar were perturbed that the Númenóreans spoke against the Ban of the Valar and sent ambassadors to Tar-Atanamir to attempt to reassure them and halt their growing fear of death. The king demanded to know why his ancestors Eärendil and Tuor lived in Valinor and had eternal life yet he did not. The ambassadors answered that theirs was a fate apart and that the Undying Lands did not themselves make their inhabitants immortal, but were named for those that dwelled in them. Tar-Atanamir was not satisfied with these answers.
He was the first king to refuse to die willingly and give up the Sceptre; death instead took him by force and thus his reign ended. Thus every ruler afterwards did not renounce their reign and accept death before dotage. Tar-Atanamir ruled for one hundred ninety-two years and was succeeded by his son, Tar-Ancalimon. After his death the lifespans of the House of Elros would begin to wane.
== Etymology ==
Tar-Atanamir is a Quenya word that means "Jewel of Man" from atan ("man") and mir ("jewel").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጣር፡ዓታናሚር
Arabic 	قطران-اتانامير
Armenian 	Թար-Աթանամիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тар-Атанамир
Bengali 	তার-যাতনামীর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тар-Атананамир
Chinese 	塔爾-阿塔那馬
Danish 	Tar-Atanamir (13. konge af Númenor)
Georgian 	ტარ-ატანამირი
Gujarati 	તાર-અતાનમીર
Hebrew 	טאר אטאנאמיר
Hindi 	टर्-आतनमिर
Japanese 	タル＝アタナミア
Kannada 	ತಾರ್-ಅಟನಮಿರ್
Korean 	타르 - 아타나 미르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тар-Атанамир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тар-Атанамир
Marathi 	तार-अतनमिर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тар-Аланамир
Nepalese 	टर्-आतनमिर
Russian 	Тар-Атанамир
Serbian 	Тар-Атанамир (Cyrillic) Tar-Atanamir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ටර්-අටානමීර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тар-Атанамир
Tamil 	தார்-அதனமிர்
Tatar 	Тар-Атанамир
Telugu 	టార్-అతనమీర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Тар-Атанамір
Yiddish 	טאַר-אַטאַנאַמיר
== References ==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:Númenórean Kings
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Quenya names & words
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