Fumellar
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| Fumellar | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lórien |
| Appearance | Redly glow |
Fumellar, the flowers of sleep, were poppies growing in the gardens of Lórien in Valinor. The fumellar are said to have glowed "redly in the dusk". The Vala Lórien often used the fumellar in his enchantments.[1]
Etymology
The name fumellar is Quenya: fúmella, fúmellot means "poppy". The first element is related to fúmë ("sleep"; noun).[2] Variant Gnomish names for "poppy" are humilos, humlos, humethla, and humloth.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor", p. 74
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 253
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 14
