Nandini

Nandini (or the dryads) were the fays of the valleys, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.

They arrived to the world with Aulë and Yavanna, along with many other types of fays.

Etymology

The name Nandini is in Qenya, being the plural form of nandin ("dryad"); the Gnomish cognate of nandin was nandir.

The word nandin is most likely related to the word nan(d) ("woodland"), which was derived from the root NAŘA. See also the related Gnomish words nand or nann ("a field acre").

Other versions of the legendarium

In a later version of the legendarium from The Etymologies (1930s), the term "dryad" is instead applied to the tavari, a related group of beings.

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