Amras

This article is about the Tolkien character. For the Indian sweet made from mangoes, see Aamras. For former village in Austria, see Innsbruck#Boroughs and statistical divisions.
Amras
Tolkien's legendarium character
Aliases Pityafinwë, Ambarussa
Race Elves
Book(s) The Silmarillion

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Amras (IPA: [ˈamras]) is a fictional character, the twin brother of Amrod being the youngest sons of Fëanor and Nerdanel. Through their maternal grandfather Mahtan they inherited red hair (probably a dark red), instead of Fëanor's black.

Amras' father name in Quenya is Pityafinwë, "Little Finwë". His mother name is Ambarussa, "Top-russet", and this refers to his hair. His younger twin Amrod was also called Ambarussa, and they both answered to the name.[1] In Tolkien's late revisions, the name of the elder twin Ambarussa was "Amros" in Sindarin, instead of the older form "Amras".[2] The name of the younger twin, Amrod, was the Sindarin version of "Ambarto".[3]

Amras became a hunter, who held the southern lands of the March of Maedhros. Amras survived most of the War of the Jewels, but eventually fell in the Kinslaying of Sirion.

Other versions of the legendarium

In the published Silmarillion Amras only appears together with his twin brother Amrod, but in late writings which were left out of the edited Silmarillion by Christopher Tolkien the story of Amrod's death at Losgar appeared. For this reason wherever both Amrod and Amras appear in the published material it should be read as Amras alone.

House of Fëanor

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1996), Christopher Tolkien, ed., The Peoples of Middle-earth, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", ISBN 0-395-82760-4
  2. ↑ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1996), Christopher Tolkien, ed., The Peoples of Middle-earth, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor": "It may be mentioned, however, that Sindarin Maedros is explained as containing elements of Nelyafinwe's mother-name Maitimo (Common Eldarin magit-'shapely', Sindarin maed) and of his epesse Russandol (Common Eldarin russa, Sindarin ross); and also that the Sindarin form of Ambarussa (numbered 6, i.e. the elder twin) is here Amros, not Amras., ISBN 0-395-82760-4
  3. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 41. From the Shibboleth of Fëanor: "Had Amros (2) Ambarto lived, it [i.e. the name Ambarto] would probably have been [Sindarized] as Amrod."
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 24, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.