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"Starspray" is the translation of the elvish name Elwing.
I've always loved the deeply romantic story by J.R.R.Tolkien.

Elwing's story is told in the Silmarillion. She was the daughter of Dior (the son of Beren and Lúthien) and Nimloth and was born in Ossiriand. She lost her parents, as well as her brothers Eluréd and Elúrin, in the attack on Doriath, but escaped to the Havens of Sirion, bringing with her the Silmaril. She married Earendil who was lord of the people that dwelt by the mouths of the Sirion River, and they had two sons: Elrond and Elros. While Eärendil was away at sea, the remaining sons of Feanor descended upon the Havens, killing many Elves. Rather than be captured, Elwing cast herself into the sea with the Silmaril upon her breast. But Ulmo changed her into a great white bird, in which form she found her husband. Lacking a home to return to, they instead went together west to Aman. The Valar gave her the choice of kindred just as for her husband and sons, and she elected to be with the Elves and live in the Blessed Realm. But instead of traveling with Eärendil and the Silmaril on his nightly sky-voyages, she lived in a white tower next to the Sundering Seas, conversing with the seabirds and flying among them, and some have seen her soaring through the air to meet the Vingilot on its return from its many voyages through the skies above Arda and the starless voids as the Morning Star.