Eärwen
Mother of Galadriel
Eärwen, known as the "swan-maiden of Alqualondë", was the daughter of Olwë, lord of the Teleri.
History
In Years of the Trees 1280, she married Finarfin, the youngest prince of the House of Finwë. She became the mother of Finrod, Angrod, Aegnor, and Galadriel. She was said to be close friends with Anairë, the wife of Fingolfin, her husband's older brother.
Her children, being also in part Sea-elves, had a love of the sea and a longing for distant places; and it was in part due to this inheritance that all four of Eärwen's children chose to return to Middle-earth, exiling themselves from Valinor, although Eärwen herself stayed in Aman.
Because of their Telerin blood, Eärwen's children were well received in Doriath, the realm of her father's elder brother, Thingol.
Etymology
Eärwen is clearly Quenya. As Paul Strack explains, it probably means "Sea-maiden", being a compound of eär ("sea") + -wen ("maiden").
Referencias
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