Elendilmir

The Elendilmir, also known as the Star of Elendil, was the name given to the two star-shaped white gems set upon mithril fillets.^[1] These great gems seemed to burn with an inner light. The second Elendilmir was borne as the token of royalty on the brows of the Kings of Arnor. As such, the second was known by the names Star of the North and Star of the North Kingdom.

History

First Elendilmir

The first jewel dated back to the early centuries of Númenor, and belonged to Silmariën, the daughter of King Tar-Elendil. From her, it passed to her descendants the Lords of Andúnië.^[1] Much later, following the same custom of Númenor, the Sceptre was the main symbol of royalty in Arnor, not the crown, so they bore the Elendilmir, bound on their brows with a silver strand.^[2]

Isildur had only been King for two years when he was waylaid by Orcs and lost in the Great River during the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. When he put on the One Ring to escape from the battle he became invisible but the Elendilmir did not, blazing instead like a red and wrathful star. Much later the Elendilmir was found by Saruman's trackers who had been sent to find the One Ring. They did not discover the Ring but they brought to him the Elendilmir and other things.^[1]

Second Elendilmir

The original Elendilmir was lost with Isildur, and so a copy was made by the elven smiths of Rivendell for his son Valandil. This second Elendilmir became the royal symbol of Arnor along with the Sceptre of Annúminas. After that kingdom's fall, it remained an heirloom of the Heirs of Isildur and kept in Rivendell.^[2] It remained in Isildur's line down to the time of Aragorn II,^[1] who wore it upon his brow during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.^[3] After the Siege of Gondor, Aragorn gave the Elendilmir to the keeping of the sons of Elrond before his healing work in Bair Nestedrui.^[4] He used it again during his coronation, bound with a silver strand.^[5]

After the War of the Ring, King Elessar ordered the restoration of the Tower of Orthanc. During the restoration, a steel closet was found behind a hidden door by Gimli, in which was discovered a small golden tube without any inscription, containing the original Elendilmir. Elessar brought it back to Annúminas, but only wore it upon his brow during special occasions to risk no harm to it. During other occasions, he would wear the second Elendilmir that had descended to him.^[1][6]

Etymology

Elendilmir is a Quenya name meaning "Star of Elendil", being derived from Elendil ("lover of the Elves or of the Stars") and mírë ("jewel; gem; a treasure, precious thing").^[7]

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ኤሌንዲልሚር
Arabic	الينديلمير
Armenian	Էլենդիլմիր
Assamese	এলেণ্ডিলমিৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Элендыльмір
Bengali	এলেন্ডিলমির
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Елендилмир
Chinese	伊蘭迪爾之星
Dogri	एलेंडिलमिर
Georgian	ელენდილმირი
Greek	Ελεντιλμίρ
Gujarati	એલેન્ડિલમીર
Hebrew	אלנדילמיר
Hindi	एलेंडिलमिर
Japanese	エレンディルミア
Kannada	ಎಲೆಂಡಿಲ್ಮಿರ್
Kazakh	Еленділмир (Cyrillic) Elendilmïr (Latin)
Konkani	एलेंडिलमिर
Korean	엘렌딜미르
Kurdish	ئێلێندیلمیر (Sorani)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Элендильмир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елендилмир
Maithili	एलेन्डिलमिर
Malayalam	എലെൻഡിൽമിർ
Marathi	एलेंडिलमिर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Элэндилмир
Pashto	ایلینډیلمیر
Persian	الندیلمیر
Punjabi	ਏਲੇਂਡਿਲਮੀਰ
Nepalese	एलेन्डिलमिर
Russian	Элендильмир
Sanskrit	एलेण्डिलमिर्
Serbian	Елендилмир (Cyrillic) Elendilmir (Latin)
Sindhi	ايلنديلمير
Sinhalese	ඒලෙඳිල්මිර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Элендилмир
Tamil	எலண்டில்மிர்
Tatar	Елендимир
Telugu	ఎలెండిల్మిర్
Thai	เอเลนดิลเมียร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Елендільмір
Urdu	ایلندلمیر
Yiddish	עלענדילמיר

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