Nienor is the daughter of Húrin and Morwen and one of the victims of Melkor’s curse of sorrow on Húrin’s family. While searching for her brother Túrin, Nienor falls under the dragon Glaurung’s spell, which takes her memory. Túrin discovers her, terrified, near the forest of Brethil, names her Níniel, and later marries her, not realizing who she is. When Glaurung comes to Brethil, Túrin mortally wounds him, but he reveals Nienor’s identity to her before he dies. Pregnant and horrified, she throws herself into a ravine. Her body is never found, but her name is written on Túrin’s gravestone.
Nienor/Níniel Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Nienor/Níniel or refer to Nienor/Níniel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 21
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‘Farewell, O twice beloved! A Túrin Turambar turun ambartanen: master of doom by doom mastered! O happy to be dead!’
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Nienor/Níniel Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Nienor/Níniel or refer to Nienor/Níniel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 21
Quotes
‘Farewell, O twice beloved! A Túrin Turambar turun ambartanen: master of doom by doom mastered! O happy to be dead!’
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