Melian

Melian [ˈmeli.an] the Maia is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She appears in The Silmarillion, the epic poem The Lay of Leithian and the novel The Children of Húrin.

Character overview

A visual description of Melian is given in the Lay of Leithian:

and dark and long her tresses lay,
beneath her silver girdle seat

She is a Maia of the race of the Ainur, akin to Yavanna. Before the First Age, in the Years of the Trees, she left the gardens of Lórien and went to Middle-earth, and there she fell in love with the Elven-king Elu Thingol, King Greymantle, and with him ruled the kingdom of Doriath. She had a child with Thingol, a daughter named Lúthien, said to be the fairest and most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar. Melian's line of descent is the half-elven and Kings of Númenor.

Her name Melian means Beloved in Tolkien's invented language of Sindarin. In Quenya, another of Tolkien's languages, it translates to "Melyanna", either "Dear Gift" or "Gift of Love" (Q. melya, "dear, lovely" < Q. mel-, "love"; Q. anna, "gift").

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Melian (disambiguation)

Melian is a character of the fantasy book The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Melian may also refer to:

  • the adjectival formation of Milos or Melos, a city in Greece
  • the Melian dialogue by Thucydides
  • Méliane, a character in Tyr et Sidon, ou les funestes amours de Belcar et Méliane by Jean de Schelandre
  • Melian Stokes, a character in Pugs and Peacocks by Gilbert Cannan

    • People with "Melian" or "Melián" as last name

  • Michaela Melián, a member of FSK (band)
  • Juan Carlos Melian, member of Vital Information jazz group
  • Daniel Sarmiento Melián, member of BM Ciudad de Almería handball team
  • Jackson Melián, member of All-Star Futures Game

    • People with "Melian" or "Melián" as first or middle name

  • Luis Melián Lafinur (1850–1939), a Uruguayan politician
  • Florence Stawell (middle name Melian) (1869–1936), an Australian classical scholar
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    Bo Bo's Party

    by: Melanie

    Once I bought a curious bottle,
    Once I bought a bottle for fun.
    Tell me what you gonna do with the bottle
    When the curiousity's done.
    Well I brought it out to the Bo Bo's party
    Then I got it in to the company,
    Then I brought it up to the boys in the backroom,
    They got the knack to tune in on me,
    Then I brought it up to the boys in the backyard.
    I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
    I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
    You know, I've been bad, but
    I would be good instead.
    Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
    I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
    I wouldn't have to go to the company,
    I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
    With their knack to tune in on me,
    I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
    I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
    I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
    You know, I've been bad, but
    I would be good instead.
    Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
    I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
    I wouldn't have to go to the company,
    I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
    With their knack to tune in on me,
    I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
    I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold on me,
    I find it hard to hold.




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