#atarince

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

@dfwbwfbbwfbwf I finally finished this and Curufin and Caranthir still look like they’ve swapped clothes. Too late now.

[cats-spilled-wine]

So! I finally finished Curufin the Crafty! Having an existential crisis in his forge. How appropriate.

I've taken a fairly long break from my digital art project - meaning the seven sons of the FA's well-known destructive troublemaker commonly known as Feänor. But! I'm back!

[earthshine-moon]

The Fëanorians’ names

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently and I wanted all of their names and etymologies in one place so I thought I’d share it ❤️

Feel free to let me know in the notes if I’ve missed any or gotten anything wrong

Maedhros

The Tall (sobriquet)

Nelyafinwë (fn, Quenya) - ‘third Finwë’

Nelyo (s fn, Q) - ‘third’

Maitimo (mn, Q) - ‘well-shaped one’

Russandol (epessë, Q) - ‘copper-top’ (from russa - ‘red-haired’). Given by his brothers due to his red hair. He also wore a copper circlet

Maedhros (Sindarin) - from maed - ‘shapely’ and ross - ‘red-haired’. Derived from Maitimo and Russandol

Maedros (S) - proper spelling of Maedhros due to the etymology

Maidhros/Maedhros (Noldorin) - ‘pale-glitter’ (from maidh - ‘pale’ / ‘fallow’ / ‘fawn’ and rhoss - ‘flash’ / ‘glitter of metal’)

Maglor

The Minstrel (s)

Kanafinwë (fn, Q) - ‘strong-voiced Finwë’

Kano (s fn, Q) - ‘commander’ / ‘crier’ / ‘herald’

Macalaurë (mn, Q) - ‘forging gold’ / ‘gold-cleaver’. Prophetic reference to his harping skill with laurë being poetic and not referring to the metal

Maglor (S) - ‘forging gold’ (from Macalaurë)

Magalor (pure S rendition) - presumably ‘forging gold’ (from Macalaurë)

Maglor (N) - ‘gold-cleaver’ (from Macalaurë)

Celegorm

The Fair (s)

Turcafinwë (fn, Q) - ‘strong, powerful (in body) Finwë’

Turco (s fn, Q) - ‘strong, powerful (in body)’ / ‘chief’

Tyelcormo (mn, Q) - ‘hasty-riser’. Reference to his quick temper and habit of standing up when angry (from tyelka - ‘hasty’ and (I think) ormë - ‘haste’ / ‘violence’ / ‘rushing’)

Celegorm (S) - ‘hasty riser’ (from Tyelcormo). North Sindarin as it keeps the m

Celegorn (N) - presumably ‘swift-impetuous’

Celecormë (Q) - early form of Quenya version of Celegorm. Relating to Oromë

Caranthir

The Dark (s)

Morifinwë (fn, Q) - ‘dark Finwë’. Referring to his black hair inherited from Finwë

Moryo (s fn, Q) - from morë - ‘black’ / ‘dark’ / ‘darkness’

Carnistir (mn, Q) - ‘red-face’. Referring to his ruddy complexion inherited from Nerdanel

Caranthir (S) - ‘red-face’ (from Carnistir)

Cranthir / Cranthor (N) - ‘perfect’

Curufin

The Crafty (s)

Curufinwë (fn, Q) - ‘skilful Finwë’. Fëanor’s father-name. Given because Curufin was his father’s favourite and most like him in looks and mind

Curvo (s fn, Q) - ‘skill’ (from curu)

Atarincë (mn, Q) - ‘little father’. Referring to his resemblance to his father in both looks and mind

Curufin (S) - from curu - ‘skill’ and fin - Sindinarised Finwë

Cyrefinn Facensearo (Old English) - translation of his name in The Earliest Annals of Valinor. Defined as cyre - ‘choice’, facen - ‘deceit, guile, wickedness’, searu - ‘skill, cunning’, facensearu - ‘treachery’

For reference: Amrod is noted as the older twin for most of the legendarium. Inverted in a later story when Tolkien was working out the etymology of their names when he also changed Amrod’s fate

Amrod

huntan (s) - ‘the hunters’. Collectively known as in The Earliest Annals of Valinor

Pityafinwë (fn, Q) - ‘little Finwë’. Name of the older twin

Pityo (s fn, Q) - ‘little’ (from pitya)

Ambarto (mn, Q) - amba - ‘up’ / ‘upwards’ / ‘top’ and arata - ‘high’ / ‘noble’ / ‘exalted’ / ‘lofty’ / ‘excellent’

Minyarussa (Q) - ‘first-russa’. Called by others

Ambarussa (Q) - ‘top-russet’. Name they called each other

Umbarto (Q) - ‘fated’ (masculinised form of umbar - ‘fate’. In the 12th volume of The History of Middle-earth, it was given by Nerdanel after Fëanor begged for their names to be different. He changed it to Ambarto and gave it to the youngest twin. Used by no one

Damrod (Q) - Noldorin translation of the Qenya name Nambarauto (from namba - ‘to hammer’ and rauta - ‘metal’). Used in earlier Silmarillion material

Déormód (OE) - ‘brave-hearted’. Translation of Damrod

Amras

huntan (s) - ‘the hunters’. Collectively known as in The Earliest Annals of Valinor

Telufinwë (fn, Q) - ‘last Finwë’. Name of the younger twin

Telvo (s fn, Q) - ‘last’ / ‘final’ (from telda)

Ambarussa (mn, Q) - ‘top-russet’. Also the name they called each other

Atyarussa (Q) - ‘second-russa’. Called by others

Diriel (Exilic Noldorin) - derived from the Old Noldorin name Dirghel (from dîr - ‘adult male’ (of any race) and gel - ‘joy’ / ‘shout’ / ‘triumph’)

Maithog / Mailweg - possible initial names for Amras before written over with either Dinithel or Durithel

Tirgeld (OE) - from tîr - ‘glory’ and geld - ‘gild’ (in names meaning ‘of worth’)

[lovefairymina]

*little [y/n] tugging Curufin pants and looking up to him with big smile.*

[y/n] : "Daddy! Daddy! I think I know what I wish for my birthday!"

*[y/n] jump in exitement.*

[y/n] : "I want little sister or brother! I want to be a big sister! Like uncle nelyo!"

You could see his gaze softening as he looked down at you, his expression a mix of surprise and affection. He crouched down, ruffling your hair with a small smirk. “A sibling, hmm? Well, you’ll have to be a very good big sister, while I speak with ammë.”

[starsofarda]

Silm Fashion - Part 8/? - Curufin

Or, as I like to call him, Junior.

Look, you can't tell me that Feanor didn't do that on purpose, Curufinwe Sr. and Curufinwe Jr.

At Least Celebrimbor didn't get Curufinwe Jr-Jr and I 100% believe that his mother decided. Anyway, we are here for Curufin and, as mentioned in my Celebrimbor post, the pipeline goes Feanor -> Curufin -> Celebrimbor even when it comes to fashion.

It doesn't mean that Curufin did not add his own flare to it.

Under cut!

So, because he is Junior, his first outfits were heavily influenced by Father. So we are seeing gold, Feanorian red, but also animals because Celegorm and Curufin bond quickly over shenanigans.

We kind of move on, we know what happens and he estalishes himself in Nargothrond with brother and child. He adds black and flames and becomes more practical (I am also going with that HC that he was the one holding Crispy Father as Feanor was dying, so a lot of the decor is to cover the scars)

He's gonna keep this silhouette until death, although he has more informal outfits that don't have any red in them, for when he has to go in stealth mode, or he has to go to battle. In the latter occasion he adds a leather armor lined with metal that sacrifices a bit aesthetics for practicality (unlike Father)

And there you have it. Junior.

Ah, as a smith, he has tattoos, mainly on his shoulders and back.

[aldanil]

Because I have this Headcanon that Atarinkë helped Fëanáro to create the first prototypes of the Palantíri

[windrelyn]

I always think Curufin died protecting his brother 

[thefatedfinwe]

House of Curufinwë Fëanáro (Fëanor, Nerdanel, Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Celebrimbor, Amrod & Amras)

[swords-andsandals]

Nie Huaisang knows all the gossip

[entrelesloups]

And then there was steam... (a Feanorian AU)

Lately I’ve been studying Karen Wynn Fonstad’s amazing Atlas of Middle-earth which brought me to musings about the landscape of Himring and the surrounding lands. It occurred to me, that this part of Middle-earth must be incredibly rich on all sorts of volcanic/tectonic activity (being so close to Angband and all). And suddenly I couldn’t stop thinking about Iceland.

This in turn led me to think about the incredible variety of ways Feanorians could harness the geothermal energy which they would find everywhere: heating, spas, weapons... And then I came across this incredible image and of course I couldn’t stop thinking about Maitimo and Atarince. And not just cos the man is ginger and has (sort-of) a prosthetic arm;) Like I once said in one of my earlier posts, I’d love to see the steampunk version of the Feanorian story:)

Source: wikimedia.org

[sanjidysphoria]

[kanafnwe]

a notebook design i made for myself feat. the feanorians! if the silm goes mainstream one day (or not) i want to try and sell them at a con haha ((sorry for the ugly watermark idk how to make it look decent))

separate heads:

[thegirlwhohid]

The seven sons of Fëanor were Maedhros the tall; Maglor the mighty singer, whose voice was heard far over land and sea; Celegorm the fair, and Caranthir the dark; Curufin the crafty, who inherited most his father’s skill of hand; and the youngest Amrod and Amras, who were twin brothers, alike in mood and face.

Feanorian Week - Day 5: Curufin

Curufin moodboard

The Silmarillion characters: (21/?)

Characters’ moodboards: (181/?)

[earthshine-moon]

Part 5 of the ‘a name is yours already’ polls

Same rules apply: vote for the name he would identify with more before the Noldor left Valinor

The other polls:

Maedhros’ poll

Maglor’s poll

Celegorm’s poll

Caranthir’s poll

Amrod’s poll

Please consider reblogging to increase sample size 🖤

[lovefairymina]

Curvo...I just need a hug..please

Sighing from the interruption in his reading, he caught a glimpse of your fatigue figure. A frown easily marred his face at the lethargy. “Come,” he beckoned calmly with arms opened. “You can lie in my arms while I continue to read.”

[ales-art]

Curufin and Celebrimbor lived in Himlad, east of his brother Maedhros' fortress Himring and south of Aglon, a Pass between Himring and Dorthonion, leading into Doriath. — J.R.R.Tolkien, Silmarillion Curufin, Celebrimbor © ALEF Club, Journey to The Middle-Earth Project