Húrin
Húrin is a fictional character in the Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien. He is introduced in The Silmarillion as a hero of Men during the First Age, said to be the greatest warrior of both the Edain (Men of Númenor and their descendants) and all Men in Middle-earth. His actions, however, bring catastrophe and ruin to his family and to the people of Beleriand.
| Húrin | |
|---|---|
| Tolkien character | |
| In-universe information | |
| Aliases | Thalion, the Steadfast, Lord of Dor-lómin |
| Race | Men |
| Gender | Male |
| Book(s) | The Silmarillion, The Children of Húrin, The War of the Jewels, Unfinished Tales |
Scholars have remarked the power and grimness of the tale. Tom Shippey calls the scene where Húrin is freed after 28 years by the Dark Lord Morgoth the "lyric core" of the tale of the fall of Gondolin. Christopher Garbowski comments that when Húrin cries aloud, revealing the hidden entrance to Gondolin, the effect is quite unlike that of The Lord of the Rings. Helen Lasseter Freeh comments on the version in Unfinished Tales where Húrin and Morgoth discuss luck and fate in Middle-earth. Shippey remarks that Tolkien often provides double explanations of events throughout his Middle-earth writings, so that their cause could be luck, but could equally be fate, the will of the godlike Valar.