#Húrin

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

I deeply love all of the little echoes between the Silmarillion and LOTR, but this is one of my faves:

Last of all Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Húrin cried: ‘Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!’

-Húrin at the Battle of Unnumbered Tears (C. 20, the Silmarillion)

"Hail, Lord of the Mark," said Éomer. "The dark night has passed, and day has come again."

-Éomer at the Battle of Helm's Deep (C. 6, Two Towers)

Naturally, I adore the fact that Éomer is the echo of Húrin, almost definitely the single most badass human of the entire First Age (and arguably of the first two ages!). What an honor for our horse boy! The echoing quote could easily have gone instead to Aragorn or an elf, both of whom are descendants of traditions that go all the way back to those First Age events where Húrin did his thing. But instead, the line went to the heir of a newer, younger people—a people who are, in many ways, more representative of the future of Middle Earth than the old, historical communities that have been in decline or fading for some time. So I love that choice of pairing. Húrin and Éomer feels less expected but more fitting to me.

Of course, the outcomes for these two are starkly different. Húrin is facing a crushing defeat and is about to be subjected to the wrath and punishment of Morgoth himself, which leaves him permanently destroyed emotionally. Éomer has just come out of an unexpected victory and is headed for another, at the end of which he can rebuild a happy life and even come to carry the royal title of Éomer Éadig, the Blessed. But I think that's the point of the echo.

Húrin did all that was possible (and arguably more!) for a human to do in the circumstances he faced, and in the end it wasn't enough. He never gets to enjoy a new morning. But that doesn’t mean he was wrong. Day does come again. It comes for Éomer. Because if there is one thing Tolkien wants us to know, it’s that you never give in to despair. You keep going and you try again, because eventually someone will find that sunrise and live to enjoy its warmth and brightness.

#lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #tolkien #hurin #eomer #éomer #húrin #day shall come again #aurë entuluva #éomer is the cultural descendant of húrin

[cuthalions]

THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN by J.R.R. Tolkien Edited by Christopher Tolkien

'But upon all whom you love my thought shall weigh as a cloud of Doom, and it shall bring them down into darkness and despair. Wherever they go, evil shall arise. Whenever they speak, their words shall bring ill counsel. Whatsoever they do shall turn against them. They shall die without hope, cursing both life and death. [...] For you have dared to mock me, and have questioned the power of Melkor, Master of the fates of Arda. Therefore with my eyes you shall see, and with my ears you shall hear, and nothing shall be hidden from you.'

#the children of húrin #silmarillion #tolkien #tolkiensource #silmedit #tolkienedit #fancast #cohedit #mgifs* #posting this before i start hating it #morwen #túrin #húrin #niënor

[outofangband]

Morgoth about Húrin

#the children of húrin #the silmarillion #Húrin #morgoth #melkor #sorry I am off my meds (shortage) so this is most of what I have today

[lightofsorrows]

Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lómin cursed Húrin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: "Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world."

— THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, CHAPTER III: THE WORDS OF HÚRIN AND MORGOTH

#tolkienedit #tolkiensource #silmedit #cohedit #the children of hurin #the children of húrin #the silmarillion #húrin #morwen #túrin #lalaith #nienor #tolkien #fancast #gf* #this turned out more depressing that expected #a nice family set! that was the original plan

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

i think there’s something in tuor being the effectively the opposite of húrin. favored by a god vs. hated and condemned by a god…divinely called to action vs. divinely removed from it…fathered a notably fair-haired child of prophecy vs. a notably dark-haired child under a curse…escaped over the sea and out of history in an act of hope vs. consumed by the sea and by history in an act of despair..

#united in their love for tough-cookie wise women from doomed peoples #húrin #tuor #the silmarillion #the children of húrin #every day i wake up + get on my little soapbox #brought to you by me #meta + analysis #the professor's world #tcoh #edain

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Doing Silmarillion Daily has made me notice more about the Edain, and wow, some of the lesser-noticed characters had incredibly hard lives once you put the pieces together.

Take Galdor and Hareth, the father and mother of Húrin and Huor. They get married in Brethil (Hareth’s home), in a big double wedding (Galdor’s older sister and Hareth’s older brother also marry each other), at an incredibly young age - they’re nineteen and sixteen respectively, though they don’t have kids until they’re in their twenties. Hareth has to move to Hithlum, away from all of her family, while she’s still a teenager. When her kids are still fairly young, she has to send them off to Brethil to be fostered by their uncle according to Haladin custom, so she’s separated from her kids as well as parents and other relatives.

Then, while the boys are in Brethil, the Battle of Sudden Flame happens. The times of relative safety are over. Galdor’s father and his younger brother are both killed. Only a couple years later, they learn that their sons (teenagers, 16 and 13) fought in a battle against orcs and are missing, presumed dead.

A year later their sons return under mysterious circumstances and will say nothing about where they’ve been.

And only three years after that, Galdor is killed in defence of Eithel Sirion, the same place his father and brother died defending, and his son Húrin - only 21 years old - leads the counterattack.

Hareth has now lost her husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and spent a year thinking her kids were dead or worse, in addition to having been separated from all the rest of her family since her mid-teens - and her son, barely out of his teens, is now fighting in the same war that took everyone else from her and is called the head of the House of Hador.

And then, nine years later when she’s 51 years old, her father Halmir dies in Brethil, and a year after that comes the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the occupation of Hithlum, and one of her sons is missing-presumed-dead for the second time in her life and her other son is dead. And after that all the tragedies of Húrin’s family.

Just…ouch that is a lot!

#tolkien #the silmarillion #silmarillion daily #edain #hareth #galdor #húrin #huor

[helyannis]

Laughter

Húrin and Lalaith

#tolkien #Húrin #Urwen Lalaith #sketchy sketch #what direction is the light coming from? shhhh. #something loose for a change #I have a completely normal amount of hcs for húrin's family thank you very much #finding reference pics for this was ...unexpectedly hard?? #for strange reasons to do with advertising #i don't even like children why am i doing this to myself

[camille-lachenille]

Niënor Níniel fan movie - English version

#crying and sobbing #screaming into my pillow #foaming at the mouth #clawing at the walls #tolkien #the silmarillion #the children of húrin #niënor #níniel #túrin #túrin turambar #morwen #morwen eledhwen #húrin #finduilas #glaurung #youtube

[baba-the-yagaa]

Look listen I'm not gonna apologize for the person i have become after the Silmarillion pointed a sword to my chest, burned my ships, pinned my arm to a cliff, burned it with big shiny rock, made me watch all its events through a strange color lens whilst in a chair on a different cliff, yeeted me into the Halls of Mandos and then yoinked me back out at the expense of my partner's immortality ok im not apologizing

-all of the elves (mostly the House of Finwë) learning about their history

#the silm #the silm fandom #Silmarillion #the Silmarillion #fëanor #fingolfin #Maedhros #silmarils #teleri #teleri ships #Beren #Luthien #Beren and Luthien #Húrin #Morgoth #house of finwe #lotr #i guess

[carlandrea]

I couldn’t decide so I hope it’s ok I sent a choice?

Morwen in far away or Húrin in dawn? If you want to do either!

-@outofangband

#silm #Morwen #Húrin

[melestasflight]

Every time I read the Children of Húrin, I get feelings about Húrin and Fingon's friendship.

How after living in Gondolin for a year and being close in council with Turgon, Húrin returns to Hithlum and ends up serving and fighting under Fingon for 10 years, often spending more time with him than his own family. The fact that he is bound under an Oath of Silence and he can say nothing to his King about his brother or the beautiful city he has built.

But I like to think that there is some mutual understanding between them. At times, when Húrin is asleep or absent-minded, Fingon allows himself to touch upon his mind. Use indemmar to search Húrin's thoughts and memories and see his long-lost family, if only for an instant.

Now Húrin is more perceptive than most of his people, having spent much time with the Elves, and he sometimes senses Fingon's gentle intrusion. He doesn't really mind, knowing that he himself would not resist such an opportunity if Huor was locked away without contact in a hidden city. Instead, when Fingon gets weary of his kingship, Húrin purposefully thinks about Gondolin more than he normally would. In this way, he shows Fingon the wonders of Gondolin as he had seen them; he recalls Turgon's wisdom, Idril's beauty, and even Maeglin's sharp mind.

After long years of friendship, they become aware of each other's game, although they never speak of it. Húrin keeps his Oath intact, and Fingon is reminded that all his efforts and all the battles are worth it if at least some of his family is safe and away from Morgoth's clutches.

#húrin #fingon #friendship #turgon #gondolin #thoughts and feels #I'm rereading the Narn #there's going to be a lot of these posts over the next few days #the children of hurin #the silmarillion #the narn musings

[ettelenethelien]

Since the first of the Ruling Stewards begun to govern, we are told, because there were no witnesses to the king's presumed death... did it often happen that captives of the enemy would reappear after years?

That said, there is no need for any examples that do not appear in the books to have existed -- Hurin Thalion would be precedent enough to hope Eärnur was dead and keep on waiting just in case -- especially if you're trying to avoid another war over succession.

#my post #Gondor #Mardil #Eärnur #peoples of arda #Húrin

[cuthalions]

Then Morwen bade farewell to Húrin without tears; and she said: 'I will guard what you leave in my keeping, both what is and what shall be.' And Húrin answered her: 'Farewell, Lady of Dor-lómin; we ride now with greater hope than ever we have known before. Let us think that at this midwinter the feast shall be merrier than in all our years yet, with a fearless spring to follow after!' Then he lifted Túrin to his shoulder, and cried to his men: 'Let the heir of the House of Hador see the light of your swords!' And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee Night! Then at last Húrin sprang into his saddle, and his golden banner was unfurled, and the trumpets sang again in the morning; and thus Húrin Thalion rode away to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

— THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, CHAPTER I: THE CHILDHOOD OF TÚRIN

#cohedit #tolkienedit #silmedit #morwen #húrin #silmarillion #the children of húrin #tolkien #fancast #nirnaeth arnoediad #* #i shall follow and i shall find you. #HE WAS SO HOPEFUL

[outofangband]

Currently obsessed with the contrasting descriptions of Húrin and Morwen from Christopher Tolkien’s introduction to the 2007 Children of Húrin

Planning on doing a read through and analysis of the introduction because there’s some really fascinating commentary on the nature of the curse and similar topics but for now please enjoy this with me because I love them 💙

#the silmarillion #the children of húrin #morwen #musing and meta #so true Christopher #Húrin #I’m sorry my content has all been like this I’ve been so exhausted:(

[child-of-hurin]

SALMON @SALMON_Line Sep 27, 2021 Her embrace relieves pain Morwen & Hurin #silmarillion #Tolkien #Morwen #Hurin

Art by @SALMON_Line on Twitter (source)

#morwen #hurin #silmarillion #tolkien #húrin #the children of húrin #SALMON_Line #@SALMON_Line #i literally CANNOT HANDLE how smug húrin looks in this sgdbhnfjgmkh #this is also the expression i make when someone intrudes on me and my beautiful wife's chaste cuddle time #this artist's morwen hurin art is a gift to mankind i stg....... absolute fave #her embrace relives pain <<< u bet it does!!!!!!!!!!! #queue cutie

[kevin-sedai]

Just wanted to say your tags on my silly Húrin meme were some of my favorites, you’re so correct

-@outofangband

Lmao I'm glad you enjoyed them! I mean, Morgoth ties him to a chair to watch how all his plans unfold and his family be cursed, and we're not expected to read that like Dr. Doofenschmirtz!? He's so extra lmfao.

And I bet that Sauron caught Morgoth on his way out of wherever he put Húrin and said, "Hey, boss, that's pretty gay." And Morgoth said, "I know, bestie💅"

In other news, Morgoth now speaks as Doofenschmirtz in my head lmaoo

#asks #silmarillion #húrin #melkor #morgoth #sauron #mairon