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'''Ras Morthil''' was the last mountain on a southern spur of the [[White Mountains]]. It stood on the cape of [[Andrast]]. The mountain chain that ran along the length of the cape was, for a long time, the home of tribes of the [[Drúedain]], but was vacated by the end of the [[Third Age]]. | '''Ras Morthil''' was the last mountain on a southern spur of the [[White Mountains]]. It stood on the cape of [[Andrast]]. The mountain chain that ran along the length of the cape was, for a long time, the home of tribes of the [[Drúedain]], but was vacated by the end of the [[Third Age]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[Ras]] is a [[Sindarin]] word for "horn" (cf. [[Caradhras]]); Morthil | [[Ras]] is a [[Sindarin]] word for "horn" (cf. [[Caradhras]]); Morthil likely contains the element ''[[mor]]'', "dark, black". | ||
[[Category:Gondor]] | [[Category:Gondor]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||
[[Category:Sindarin locations]] | [[Category:Sindarin locations]] | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 27 June 2012
Ras Morthil was the last mountain on a southern spur of the White Mountains. It stood on the cape of Andrast. The mountain chain that ran along the length of the cape was, for a long time, the home of tribes of the Drúedain, but was vacated by the end of the Third Age.
Etymology
Ras is a Sindarin word for "horn" (cf. Caradhras); Morthil likely contains the element mor, "dark, black".
