Ered Wethrin
| Ered Wethrin | |
|---|---|
| Mountain Range | |
| File:VunastiMamut - Ered Wethrin.jpg | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | The Mountains of Shadow |
| Location | Northern Beleriand |
| Type | Mountain Range |
| Regions | Hithlum |
| Inhabitants | Noldor, 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]
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. 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-lómin from Mithrim.
Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including Narog, Taeglin, 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.[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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ (Note on the word *gwathren, note 3) at Hiswelokë (accessed 19 November 2010)
