Dates

Dior lived between I 470 and I 509

Race

Division

Culture

Elves of Doriath

Family

Grandson to King Thingol

Settlements

Dior was raised on Tol Galen, and later ruled in Menegroth

Pronunciation

e'loocheel ('ch' as in Scots 'loch')

Meaning

'Thingol's Heir'¹

Title of

Dior, son of Beren and Lúthien

Other names

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Eluchíl

‘Thingol’s Heir’

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

'Heir of Thingol' (or, literally, 'he that follows Elu'); the son of Beren and Lúthien and grandson of Elu Thingol of Doriath, who ruled there for a short time after the slaying of his grandfather.

Notes

1	Thingol's full name in Sindarin was Elu Thingol, and it is the Elu element that appears in this title. Eluchíl literally means 'Elu follower', but is normally translated 'Thingol's Heir'.

See also...

Thingol’s Heir

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