Talk:Fëanor

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[edit] Quotes

This article cites most of the major points, but if we are going to have a discussion of Feanor, could we not at least list a couple of his major quotes? They fit in quite easily. I don't have the Sil in front of me, but one quote is very like "The deeds that we shall do shall be the stuff of legend until the last days of Arda." And Manwe himself, hearing this, is moved. And in some ways, this quote is the theme of the entire Silmarillion. Another quote I might include is something like "We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least. But one thing is not said. That we shall suffer from cravens or the fear of cravens." That's Feanor - straightforward, unapologetic, and in your face. If you told him later in the Halls of Mandos what had become of the whole thing, I am sure he would still say he was right to pursue Morgoth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.74.239 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Quenya Name of Fëanor

There seems to be some confusion between Quenyan names of Fëanor:

  • Amras refers to him as Telufinwë, "Last Finwë"
  • Amrod refers to him as Pityafinwë, "Little Finwë"
  • Fëanor includes Curufinwë/Kurufinwë, "Skillful (son of) Finwë"

--Thisisbossi 05:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

There is no confusion, it is just easy to misread. In the twins' articles it does not read nor mean "Amrod's/Amras' father's name", but "Amrod's/Amras' father name". Their father's name would be Fëanor, but the twins' father name means the name they were given by their father. Fëanor himself has the father name Curufinwe, and the mother name Fëanáro. If you are not familliar with the naming traditions of Tolkien Elves, you can read it in Elf (Middle-earth)#Naming conventions. 217.95.222.4 11:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] High King of the Noldor?

I have a hard time with this title. Feanor gave up his birth right by virtue of his crimes. He was still serving his sentence when Finwe was killed. He may have claimed the kingship during his big hissy fit about the silmarils, but just claiming it doesn't make it so.Ninquerinquar 21:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


Fingolfin acknowledged Feanor as the eldest at the feasts of reuniting basically gaving the kingship back to Feanor. --67.186.34.122 22:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)