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Túrin Turambar, the Glossary

Túrin Turambar (pronounced) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.^[1]

61 relations: A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, Alliterative verse, Aragorn, Arwen, Beleriand, Carl F. Hostetter, Charles Moseley (writer), Christopher Tolkien, Cirth, Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium, Die Walküre, Dragons in Middle-earth, Dwarves in Middle-earth, Eärendil and Elwing, Elves in Middle-earth, Fáfnir, Finland, Folklore, Greek mythology, Húrin, History of Arda, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, Kalevala, Kullervo, Lúthien and Beren, List of weapons and armour in Middle-earth, Matter of Britain, Melian (Middle-earth), Men in Middle-earth, Middle-earth, Morgoth, Mythlore, Mythopoeic Society, Norse mythology, Oedipus, Orc, Richard C. West, Richard Wagner, Routledge, Sigmund, Signy, Sigurd, The Book of Lost Tales, The Children of Húrin, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-earth, The Silmarillion, The War of the Jewels, Thingol, ... Expand index (11 more) »
Characters in The Children of Húrin
Characters in The Silmarillion
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Literary characters introduced in 1917
Middle-earth Edain

A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien

A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien is a 2014 book edited by Stuart D. Lee and published by Wiley-Blackwell.

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Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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Aragorn

Aragorn is a fictional character and a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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Arwen

Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Beleriand

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.

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Carl F. Hostetter

Carl Franklin Hostetter is a Tolkien scholar and NASA computer scientist.

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Charles Moseley (born 24 April 1941), who also publishes as C. W. R. D. Moseley, is an English writer, scholar, and teacher, and a former fellow of Wolfson College and Life Fellow of Hughes Hall in Cambridge, as well as a fellow of the English Association, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Society of Arts.

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Christopher Tolkien

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor.

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Cirth

The Cirth (meaning "runes"; sg. certh) is a semi‑artificial script, based on real‑life runic alphabets, one of several scripts invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for the constructed languages he devised and used in his works.

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Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium

The cosmology of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium combines aspects of Christian theology and metaphysics with pre-modern cosmological concepts in the flat Earth paradigm, along with the modern spherical Earth view of the Solar System.

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Die Walküre

(The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).

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Dragons in Middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons based on those of European legend, but going beyond them in having personalities of their own, such as the wily Smaug, who has features of both Fafnir and the ''Beowulf'' dragon.

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Dwarves in Middle-earth

In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Arda in an imagined mythological past.

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Eärendil and Elwing

Eärendil the Mariner and his wife Elwing are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Túrin Turambar and Eärendil and Elwing are characters in The Silmarillion and fictional dragonslayers.

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Elves in Middle-earth

In J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, Elves are the first fictional race to appear in Middle-earth.

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Fáfnir

In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Húrin

Húrin is a fictional character in the Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien. Túrin Turambar and Húrin are characters in The Children of Húrin, characters in The Silmarillion, fictional suicides and Middle-earth Edain.

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History of Arda

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the fictional universe.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.

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J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia

The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, edited by Michael D. C. Drout, was published by Routledge in 2006.

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Kalevala

The Kalevala is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the epic mythical wealth-making machine Sampo.

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Kullervo

Kullervo is an ill-fated character in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot.

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Lúthien and Beren

Lúthien and Beren are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth. Túrin Turambar and Lúthien and Beren are characters in The Silmarillion, fictional outlaws and Middle-earth Edain.

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List of weapons and armour in Middle-earth

The weapons and armour of Middle-earth are all those mentioned J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain (matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Melian (Middle-earth)

Melian is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Túrin Turambar and Melian (Middle-earth) are characters in The Children of Húrin and characters in The Silmarillion.

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Men in Middle-earth

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, Man and Men denote humans, whether male or female, in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other humanoid races.

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Middle-earth

Middle-earth is the setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy.

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character, one of the godlike Valar, from Tolkien's legendarium. Túrin Turambar and Morgoth are characters in The Children of Húrin and characters in The Silmarillion.

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Mythlore

Mythlore is a biannual (originally quarterly) peer-reviewed academic journal founded by Glen GoodKnight and published by the Mythopoeic Society.

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Mythopoeic Society

The Mythopoeic Society (MythSoc) is a non-profit organization devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature, particularly the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and C. S. Lewis.

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Norse mythology

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.

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Oedipus

Oedipus (Οἰδίπους "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes.

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Orc

An orc (sometimes spelt ork), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".

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Richard C. West

Richard Carroll West (August 13, 1944 – November 29, 2020) was an American librarian and one of the first Tolkien scholars.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sigmund

In Germanic mythology, Sigmund (Sigmundr, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. Túrin Turambar and Sigmund are fictional outlaws.

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Signy

Signy or Signe (Signý, sometimes known as Sieglinde) is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Norse mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia.

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Sigurd

Sigurd (Sigurðr) or Siegfried (Middle High German: Sîvrit) is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon—known in some Old Norse sources as Fáfnir—and who was later murdered.

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The Book of Lost Tales

The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyses the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form (begun in 1917) of the complex fictional myths that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion.

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The Children of Húrin

The Children of Húrin is an epic fantasy novel which forms the completion of a tale by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lays of Beleriand

The Lays of Beleriand, published in 1985, is the third volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Shaping of Middle-earth

The Shaping of Middle-earth – The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals (1986) is the fourth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth in which he analysed the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The War of the Jewels

The War of the Jewels (1994) is the 11th volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, analysing the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Thingol

Elu Thingol or Elwë Singollo is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Túrin Turambar and Thingol are characters in The Children of Húrin and characters in The Silmarillion.

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Tolkien research

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of research covering many aspects of his fantasy writings.

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Tolkien's legendarium

Tolkien's legendarium is the body of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic writing, unpublished in his lifetime, that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings, and which his son Christopher summarized in his compilation of The Silmarillion and documented in his 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth.

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Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth

Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter on the 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth, relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction and compiled and edited by his son, Christopher.

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Unfinished Tales

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.

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University Press of Kentucky

The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press.

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Valar

The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Völsung

Völsung (Vǫlsungr, Wæls) is a figure in Germanic mythology, where he is the eponymous ancestor of the Völsung family (Vǫlsungar, Wælsings), which includes the hero Sigurð.

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Völsunga saga

The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild and the destruction of the Burgundians).

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Verlyn Flieger

Verlyn Flieger (born 1933) is an author, editor, and Professor Emerita in the Department of English at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she taught courses in comparative mythology, medieval literature, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Túrin_Turambar

Also known as Adanedhel, Agarwaen, Agarwaen son of Úmarth, Beleg, Celebros, Dagnir Glaurunga, Dread Helm, Gelmir and Arminas, Gorthol, Mormegil, Neithan, Niënor, Niënor Níniel, Níniel, Niёnor, Thurin, Turamarth, Turambar, Turumarth, Túrin, Úmarth.

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Túrin Turambar, the Glossary

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See also

Characters in The Children of Húrin

Characters in The Silmarillion

Fictional dragonslayers

Literary characters introduced in 1917

Middle-earth Edain

References