Tar-Anducal
Tar-Anducal was the royal name assumed by Herucalmo after the death of his wife, Tar-Vanimeldë, the third Ruling Queen of Númenor.
History
Herucalmo was a descendant of Tar-Atanamir and married Tar-Vanimeldë, the daughter of Tar-Telemmaitë and an older relative and descendant of the same degree from Tar-Atanamir. Together they had a son, Alcarin. Tar-Vanimeldë had little interest in her duties as a ruler (preferring to indulge in music and dance) so Herucalmo wielded the power of the Sceptre of Númenor. When his wife died, Herucalmo usurped the kingship that should have passed on to their son, and ruled Númenor for twenty years until he died in Second Age 2657.
Upon his death the Kingship reverted to the rightful heir, Tar-Alcarin.
"Tar-Anducal" being an usurper was not reckoned in the Line of Kings as the seventeenth ruler of Númenor.
Etymology
Herucalmo is a Quenya name. As Paul Strack suggests it seems to be a combination of heru ("lord"), cala ("light") with the masculine agentive suffix -mo.
Anducal is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Paul Strack suggests that it perhaps means "Light of the West" as a combination of andu ("west") and cala ("light"). Like all the rulers of Númenor who took their royal names in Quenya, Anducal added the prefix tar- ("high") to his name when he received the Sceptre.
Referencias
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