|
|
|
|
|
CurufinCurufin is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth. Curufin was a prince of the oldor of the race of Elves, the fifth of the seven sons of Fanor and Nerdanel. Curufin is the father of Celebrimbor, master jewel-smith of Eregion who forged the three Elvish Rings of Power. His father name — the traditional name given by an Elvish father to his offspring — was Curufinw, which was also Fanor's original name. This was because Curufin was most like his father both in appearance, temperament and skill. He was also Fanor's favorite. ("Finw" was a common family name among his House, it being the name of his grandfather Finw, patriarch of the House and the High King of the oldor.) Nerdanel gave him the mother name of Atarink, which means "Little Father" in Quenya, because of Curufin's physical resemblance to Fanor. As with the other Sons of Fanor, Curufin was bound by an oath to recover his father's Silmarils, which had been stolen by the Dark Lord Morgoth. His oath took him and his brothers to Middle-earth during the First Age where they established realms in exile, waged war against the armies of Morgoth, fought their own Elvish kind, and eventually brought ruin upon themselves. Curufin fell in the Second Kinslaying, when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath to seize a Silmaril in the possession of the Elvish King Dior the Beautiful. His brother Celegorm died with him during the assault.
|
 |
|
| Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|