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Lúthien and Beren are two characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories, appearing in the Quenta Silmarillion. They lived in the First Age, were the first elf/human inter-marriage, and are the ancestors of many characters appearing in subsequent stories.

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What nicknames did J.R.R Tolkien give himself and his wife?

J.R.R. Tolkien referred to himself as "Tollers." His wife, Edith, was often called "Luthien," after a character from his Middle-earth legendarium. Tolkien considered himself Beren, the fictional character who fell in love with Luthien in his stories.


In what cemetery was J.R.R Tolkien buried at and where is it located?

In Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. The grave even makes reference to his Tale of Beren and Luthien: the name "Luthien" is engraved below Edith's name and "Beren" is engraved below Tolkien's.


What is is written on Tolkien's tombstone?

Edith Mary Tolkien, Luthien, 1889-1971John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Beren, 1892-1973


Who are Beren and Lúthien in J R R Tolkien's story that will be published a century after it was written?

First: spoiler alert. Though really they shouldn't be very big spoilers; a version of Beren and Luthien's story was published in the Silmarillion in the 1970s.Short version:Beren and Luthien are the ancestors of the Half-Elven. They're Elrond's great-grandparents on his mother's side, and therefore Arwen's great-great grandparents. They're the great-to-the-several-dozenth grandparents of Aragorn.Longer version (though it's still shorter than the Tale of Beren and Luthien):Luthien was the daughter of King Thingol ("Greycloak"), the Elven king of Doriath in Beleriand, and his wife Melian the Maia (the Maiar aren't mentioned much in by name in the Lord of the Rings, but Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, and presumably the two otherwise unmentioned "blue wizards" are also Maiar). Beren was the great-great grandson of Bëor, leader of the first tribe of Men to meet and befriend Elves.Thingol also known as Elwë, disliked Men and did not wish his daughter to marry Beren, so he set an extremely high bride-price for her: nothing less than a silmaril from the iron crown of Morgoth, Sauron's master. Beren and Luthien eventually did get married, but since Beren was a mortal Man fated to die and Luthien was an immortal Elf (Elves can be killed, but they do not die of old age), Luthien ... and later her descendants ... were given the choice to remain immortal, and live on after Beren died, or to accept the Gift of Men (death) and become mortal, dying with him.Their only son Dior was killed in his thirties, so the choice wasn't much of an issue for him. Dior's son Elros (from whom Aragorn is descended) chose mortality, and his other son Elrond chose immortality. THEIR decendants seem for the most part to have been locked into the choice made by these brothers, though Elrond's daughter Arwen, upon marrying Aragorn, was given the same options as her great-great grandmother and made the same choice.


Which character in 'The Lord of the Rings' did J.R.R Tolkien like the most and why?

Luthien, though only mentioned in LOTR. It's the name he had put on his wife's grave. He put Beren on his own. Aragorn sang of this. He and Arwen were the modern version of this.


When was Luthien's Gamble created?

Luthien's Gamble was created in 1996.


Whom did J.R.R. Tolkien base his characters Aragorn and Arwen on?

None directly. ____ He didn't directly base them on any particular persons or other characters, but he did draw inspiration from his own life. Tolkien was in love with Edith Bratt, who eventually became his wife, but was forbidden by his guardian to marry her until he turned 21. We can see two similar relationships in Tolkien's legendarium, in the love of Beren and Luthien (which can be read about in The Silmarillion) and in the love of Aragorn and Arwen. In both cases there is a father figure who does not allow Beren and Aragorn to take the hand of their daughters until they have proven themselves in some way. The importance of his own tale of Beren and Luthien to Tolkien is quite clear, as he had 'Beren' engraved on his tombstone, and 'Luthien' on his wife's. He has also mentioned that the tale of Aragorn and Arwen is the most important of the tales in the Appendices. But that's not to say Tolkien was aiming for a simplistic reading one might get from an everyday romance story, or that Tolkien intended solely to project his experience onto these stories. On one level the tales of Beren and Luthien and of Aragorn and Arwen function as simple romances and as something that was part of Tolkien's own experience, but they can be read much more deeply than that, of course.


When was Beren created?

Beren was created in 1977.


Does beren have husband?

Beren Saat ? No ,she is not married yet.


When was Steve Beren born?

Steve Beren was born in 1951.


How tall is Beren Gayle?

Beren Gayle is 5' 2".


When was Daniel Beren born?

Daniel Beren was born on 1929-11-03.