Amras

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Character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium Name Amras Other names Telufinwë, Ambarussa, Ambarto Titles Prince of the Noldor Race Elves Culture Noldor, House of Fëanor Date of birth Y.T. ? Date of death Y.T. 4997 Book(s) The Silmarillion

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Amras is a fictional character, the twin brother of Amrod being the youngest sons of Fëanor and Nerdanel. Through their maternal grandfather Mahtan they inherited red hair (probably a dark red), instead of Fëanor's black.

Amras' father name in Quenya is Telufinwë, "Last Finwë", for he was the last of Fëanor's sons. His mother name was originally Ambarussa ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his brother Amrod, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel later called him Umbarto, "the Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to Ambarto. Nevertheless both twins called each other Ambarussa.

However "Umbarto" proved to be a prophetic name, for Amras was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the Teleri, when his father ordered them to be burnt at Losgar.^[1]

Contents 1 Other versions of the legendarium 1.1 The House of Fëanor 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Other versions of the legendarium

There is no trace of the death of Amras at Losgar in the published The Silmarillion, as it was a very late idea by Tolkien, omitted by Christopher Tolkien as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of The Silmarillion. Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amrod alone. The information regarding Amras' naming, especially, comes from The Peoples of Middle-earth.

[edit] The House of Fëanor

Finwë

Míriel

Mahtan

Fëanor

Nerdanel

Maedhros

Celegorm

Curufin

Amras

Maglor

Caranthir

Amrod

Celebrimbor

[edit] See also

• House of Fëanor

[edit] References