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The '''Ered Wethrin''' ("Mountains of Shadow") was a mountain range in the north of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[First Age]].
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The '''Ered Wethrin''', or the '''Mountains of Shadow''', was a mountain range in the north of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[First Age]].  


In the south, it was an east-west range that divided [[Dor-Lomin]] and [[Mithrim]] to the north from [[Beleriand]] to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of [[Hithlum]]. A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of [[Nevrast]], while the '''Mountains of Mithrim''' were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-Lomin from Mithrim.
They were among the mountains raised about [[Hithlum]] during the [[Siege of Utumno]].<ref name="Captivity">{{S|Captivity}}</ref>


Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including [[River Narog|Narog]], [[Teiglin]], and [[Sirion]]. The easternmost point of the Ered Wethrin reached nearly to the [[Echoriath]], forming a steep-sided valley through which the upper Sirion ran.
A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of [[Nevrast]]. In the south, it was an east-west range that divided [[Dor-lómin]] and [[Mithrim]] to the north from [[Beleriand]] to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of [[Hithlum]] and separating it from [[Anfauglith]]. The [[Mountains of Mithrim]] were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-lómin from Mithrim.
 
Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including [[Narog]], [[Taeglin]], and [[Sirion]]; by the [[Eithel Sirion|source]] of Sirion, by the foothills of the Mountains, [[Fingolfin]] built [[Barad Eithel]]. <ref>{{S|Map}}</ref>


The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age.
The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age.


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==Etymology==
 
''Ered Wethrin'' means "Shadowy Mountains" in [[Sindarin]]. It consists of ''[[ered]]'' ("mountains") and ''[[gwathren|gwethrin]]'' ("shadowy").<ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/about.html (Note on the word ''*gwathren'', note 3)] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/ Hiswelokë] (accessed 19 November 2010)</ref>
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This article is about the mountain range of Beleriand. For the mountains of Mordor, see Ephel Dúath.
Ered Wethrin
Mountain Range
General Information
Other namesThe Mountains of Shadow
LocationNorthern Beleriand
TypeMountain Range
RegionsHithlum
InhabitantsNoldor, Sindar, Edain

The Ered Wethrin, or the Mountains of Shadow, was a mountain range in the north of Middle-earth in the First Age.

They were among the mountains raised about Hithlum during the Siege of Utumno.[1]

A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of Nevrast. In the south, it was an east-west range that divided Dor-lómin and Mithrim to the north from Beleriand to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of Hithlum and separating it from Anfauglith. The Mountains of Mithrim were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-lómin from Mithrim.

Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including Narog, Taeglin, and Sirion; by the source of Sirion, by the foothills of the Mountains, Fingolfin built Barad Eithel. [2]

The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age.

Etymology

Ered Wethrin means "Shadowy Mountains" in Sindarin. It consists of ered ("mountains") and gwethrin ("shadowy").[3]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
  3. ↑ (Note on the word *gwathren, note 3) at Hiswelokë (accessed 19 November 2010)
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