Adanedhel

Adanedhel

The Elf-man of Nargothrond

Dates: Túrin used this name for several years before the Sack of Nargothrond in I 495

Location: Nargothrond on the River Narog

Race: Men

Division: Edain

Culture: Nargothrond

Family: House of Hador

Pronunciation: ada'nethel ('th' as in 'rather')

Meaning: A combination of the Elvish words adan 'Man' and edhel 'Elf'

Other names: Agarwaen, Bloodstained, Dread Helm, Gorthol, Neithan, Mormegil, Túrin, Wildman of the Woods, The Wronged

Túrin the son of Húrin, though a Man, was raised from childhood in the halls of King Thingol of Doriath. When, later in his life, he went to dwell among the Elves of Nargothrond, they recognised the nobility he had learned in Thingol's kingdom, and gave him the name Adanedhel, meaning 'Elf-man'.