Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, ' Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor' Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, ' The Council of Elrond' Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, pp. ? The Shibboleth of Fëanor', Note on Mother-names, p. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, 'XI. ↑ The word is not attested directly by itself but extrapolated from apacenye and tercen.

Ivorwen also saw a vision of the Elessar on the chest of baby Aragorn. These premonitions were a reason at first to oppose the marriage, but later to concede to it. Dírhael and his wife Ivorwen, grandparents of Aragorn, were gifted in foresight and had premonitions about Arathorn II who wanted to marry their daughter.Glorfindel foretold King Eärnur that the Witch-king of Angmar would not fall by the hand of man.By the time of the Downfall, they all had left the island. On Númenor, the Drúedain were noted for their 'strange foresight' already since the time of Aldarion they felt the land 'unstable under their feet', millennia before the Downfall of Númenor, and gradually abandoned it to return to Middle-earth.Idril felt a dark shadow upon her heart in the last years of Gondolin, which moved her to build a secret tunnel as a way to escape in case of siege.Túrin, however, came too late, and the loss of Finduilas enabled him to meet Níniel much later, and follow his dark fate. Before dying, Gwindor had the foresight that if Túrin managed to save Finduilas, she would save him from the Curse of Morgoth.Huor's last words to Turgon in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad foretold the birth of Eärendil: ' This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and from me a new star will arise'.After the coming of Men in Beleriand, Melian told Galadriel that a man, probably of the house of Bëor would be able to cross the Girdle of Melian moved by a doom greater than her power, 'and the songs that shall spring from that coming shall endure when all Middle-earth is changed'.Eöl cursed his son Maeglin to die in the same way as him.Caranthir foretold Eöl that if he chased his runaway wife and child, he would not come back to Nan Elmoth.After being inquired by his sister Galadriel, Finrod stated nothing would remain of his kingdom to be inherited by a child.In his last moments, Fëanor 'with his last sight he beheld far off the peaks of Thangorodrim, mightiest of the towers of Middle-earth, and knew with the foreknowledge of death that no power of the Noldor would ever overthrow them'.The building of Menegroth before the return of Melkor to Middle-earth was done out of Melian's intense foresight 'after the manner of the Maiar'.This was later celebrated by Yavanna as providential foresight. Although not clearly stated, Fëanor was probably moved by foreknowledge to preserve the light of the Two Trees, creating the Silmarils.Foresight was also seen in dreams: Frodo Baggins saw prophetic dreams during his adventure, and Boromir and Faramir saw a puzzling dream, prompting Boromir to travel to Rivendell to seek counsel. There are several mentions of Seers or Prophets namely Amnon, Glirhuin and Malbeth. Įlven mothers would give their children a name, known as essi apacenye or just apacenye, having insight into the characters and abilities of their children, and many also had the gift of prophetic foresight. In turn, the Númenóreans credited the Drúedain with a 'strange foresight'. Many elves appear to have varying amounts of foresight, while some of the more noble men ( Númenóreans/ Dúnedain) appear to have degrees of foresight on special occasions. apacen ) is a gift or power apparently given to picked Elves and Men.

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