Annael

Annael was a Sindarin Elf who lived with his people in the caves of Androth in the region of Hithlum, called Mithrim, in northern Beleriand. He was known for fostering Tuor in his youth.

Biography

Annael was born in Beleriand during the Years of the Trees. He was the leader of a band of Grey Elves living in Mithrim. He fought in the First Battle of Beleriand before the return of the Ñoldor. After the Noldor returned, Fingolfin allowed his people to remain in Hithlum. He later fought under Fingolfin in Dagor Aglareb, the Siege of Angband and Battle of the Firth of Drengist. After fighting in Dagor Bragollach, where Morgoth broke the siege, he fought in the Second Assault on Hithlum and he led a small force of Elves from Mithrim in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad. Of the Elves in Mithrim, only Annael survived the war. Annael was mentioned only shortly in "Narn i Chîn Húrin", the Tale of Húrin's Children, as the caretaker of Tuor, son of Huor, after Tuor's mother Rían left him in his care. Rían then went north to the Haudh-en-Nirnaeth, the Hill of the Fallen, where her husband Huor had fallen in the fifth battle of Beleriand, the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, and she lay down and died.

When Tuor was sixteen and able to fight, he desired to avenge the suffering and death of his people; however, Annael restrained him from any rash action. Annael told him of his peoples' intention to leave the caves and escape into the south through the Annon-in-Gelydh, and it was from here that he first learned of King Turgon and Gondolin.

When Annael's people left Androth, they were ambushed by a force of Easterlings under their chief Lorgan, and they took Tuor as a slave. Annael survived the attack and he and his people eventually came to Círdan in the southern part of Beleriand.^[1][2] After the Fall of Gondolin in YS 510, Tuor, Idril his wife, and Earendil their son came to the Havens of Sirion, so it is possible (but not definite) that Tuor eventually reunited with his foster father.

Etymology

The name Annael is clearly Sindarin, containing the elements anna ("gift") and el ("star").

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዓንናአል
Arabic	إننايل
Armenian	Աննաել
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аннаел
Bengali	অন্নায়েল
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Аннаел
Georgian	ანნაელი
Greek	Ανναελ
Gujarati	અન્નાલ
Hebrew	אננאיל
Hindi	अन्नाइल
Japanese	アンナイル
Kannada	ಅನ್ನಾಲ್
Kazakh	Аннаел (Cyrillic) Annael (Latin)
Korean	안넬레
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Аннаэл
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аннаел
Marathi	आन्नाएल
Mongolian Cyrillic	Аннаел
Nepalese	आन्न​एल
Pashto	آڼاېل ?
Persian	انناهل
Punjabi	ਆਨ੍ਨਾਏਲ
Russian	Аннаэль
Serbian	Аннаел (Cyrillic) Annael (Latin)
Sinhalese	ඇනානෙල්
Tamil	அன்னையில்
Telugu	అన్నల్
Urdu	اننایل
Uzbek	Аннаел (Cyrillic) Annael (Latin)
Yiddish	אַננאַעל

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