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Krait ([personal profile] krait) wrote2025-01-13 10:37 pm

Tolkien question

Is there a list, somewhere, of every female character who appears in The Silmarillion? There has to be, right?

I would definitely appreciate a link if someone has one...
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[personal profile] chestnut_pod 2025-01-14 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry that I don't have it at hand at this very moment, but Elleth/Vefanyar on tumblr definitely made one some years ago.
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[personal profile] hhimring 2025-01-14 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
It is possible to get that out of Tolkien Gateway with the right know-how, which I don't have, because they tag characters both for being female and for being in the Silmarillion. Or possibly you can just do it with the Advanced Search, which might be easier!

I have seen various quick-and-dirty lists that I can't lay my fingers on.

It is also a question of whether you are looking only for named characters or also for unnamed ones. ETA: Also a question of what you actually mean by Silmarillion. The whole book? The section in the book on the First Age? All pre-Third Age characters in the Legendarium?
Edited 2025-01-14 09:23 (UTC)