Of Night and Light and The Half-light by oshun

Sisters-in-law

Women of the Silmarillion O68: Sisters and Sisters-in-law.

Clips from originial art by:

1)John William Godward (August 9 1861 - December 13 1922), By the Wayside. In the public domain.
2) Edward Robert Hughes (5 November 1849 – 23 April 1914), The Valkyrie's Vigil. In the public domain.
3) John William Godward (1861-1922) A Classical Maiden with signature and dated 'J. W. Godward 99.' ) In the public domain.

The following is a graphic relating to the plight of three sisters-in-law. I must give credit for inspiration in part to Dawn Felagund's The Work of Small Hands for the vividness of its account of living in darkness and in an all but deserted city.

Note: the word "sisters" does not appear in The Silmarillion, although there are lots of "brothers." Also, the trend seems to be a single sister per named First Age hero. Turin had two, but not at the same time. There are sisters among the Valar, but among the Elves, harder to find, and sisters-in-law are rarely named. Just saying! (I have your number, Professor!)