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'''Remmirath''', or '''the Netted Stars''',<ref name="TiC">{{HM|FR}}, "[[Three is Company]]"</ref> was a constellation in the skies over [[Arda]]. It is the constellation known today as [[wikipedia:Pleiades|Pleiades]].<ref name="VT42">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Carl F. Hostetter]] (ed.), "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", published in [[Vinyar Tengwar 42]] (July [[2001]]), pages 5-31</ref><ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Gilson]] (ed.), "Words, Phrases and Passages in ''The Lord of the Rings''", published in [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 17 (July [[2007]]), page 24</ref>
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'''Remmirath''', or '''the Netted Stars''',<ref name="TiC">{{FR|I3}}</ref> was a constellation in the skies over [[Arda]]. It is the constellation known in the [[real world]] as [[wikipedia:Pleiades|Pleiades]].<ref name="VT42">{{VT|42a}}, pp. 5-31</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 24</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
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Though not mentioned specifically, Remmirath's origin is likely the same to that of other constellations: it was created by [[Varda]] to signal the [[Elves]] to [[Valinor]].<ref>{{HM|S}}, "[[Of the Beginning of Days]]"</ref> In the [[Third Age]], it could be clearly seen in the Eastern sky during the autumn.<ref name="TiC"/>
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Though not mentioned specifically, Remmirath's origin is likely the same to that of other constellations: it was created by [[Varda]] to signal the [[Elves]] to [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|1}}</ref> In the [[Third Age]], it could be clearly seen in the Eastern sky during the autumn.<ref name="TiC"/>
  
 
==Etymology==
 
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''Remmirath'' is quite accurately translated with its [[Westron]] name ''the Netted Stars''. The word is composed of three elements: ''rem'', "mesh", ''[[mir]]'', "jewel", and the collective plural suffix ''[[-ath]]''. It has been translated as "group of gems in a net" and "group of jewels caught in a net".<ref name="VT42"/> Two other names were used for Pleiades at early stages of the [[legendarium]]: [[Gnomish]] ''Sithaloth'' or ''Sithaloctha'', which means "fly-cluster",<ref>{{HM|LT1}}, "Appendix: Names in the ''Lost Tales'' - Part I", page 255</ref> and [[Qenya]] ''Itselokte'' of similar meaning.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Gilson]] (ed.), "Qenyaqetsa, The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", published in [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 12 ([[2003]]), page 43</ref>  
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''Remmirath'' is quite accurately translated with its [[Westron]] name ''the Netted Stars''. The word is composed of three elements: ''rem'', "mesh", ''[[mir]]'', "jewel", and the collective plural suffix ''[[-ath]]''. It has been translated as "group of gems in a net" and "group of jewels caught in a net".<ref name="VT42"/> Two other names were used for Pleiades at early stages of the [[legendarium]]: [[Gnomish]] ''Sithaloth'' or ''Sithaloctha'', which means "fly-cluster",<ref>{{LT1|Appendix}}, p. 255</ref> and [[Qenya]] ''Itselokte'' of similar meaning.<ref>{{PE|12}}, p. 43</ref>  
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Remmirath, or the Netted Stars,[1] was a constellation in the skies over Arda. It is the constellation known in the real world as Pleiades.[2][3]

[edit] History

Though not mentioned specifically, Remmirath's origin is likely the same to that of other constellations: it was created by Varda to signal the Elves to Valinor.[4] In the Third Age, it could be clearly seen in the Eastern sky during the autumn.[1]

[edit] Etymology

Remmirath is quite accurately translated with its Westron name the Netted Stars. The word is composed of three elements: rem, "mesh", mir, "jewel", and the collective plural suffix -ath. It has been translated as "group of gems in a net" and "group of jewels caught in a net".[2] Two other names were used for Pleiades at early stages of the legendarium: Gnomish Sithaloth or Sithaloctha, which means "fly-cluster",[5] and Qenya Itselokte of similar meaning.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 5-31
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 24
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Beginning of Days"
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part One, p. 255
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 43
Middle-earth Cosmology
 Constellations  Anarríma · Durin's Crown · Menelmacar · Remmirath · Soronúmë · Telumendil · Valacirca · Wilwarin
Stars  Alcarinquë · Borgil · Carnil · Elemmírë · Helluin · Luinil · Lumbar · Morwinyon · Nénar · Star of Eärendil · Til 
The Airs  Aiwenórë · Fanyamar · Ilmen · Menel · Vaiya · Veil of Arda · Vista
Narsilion  Arien · Moon (Isil, Ithil, Rána) · Sun (Anar, Anor, Vása) · Tilion
See Also  Abyss · Arda · Circles of the World · Eä · Timeless Halls · Two Lamps · Two Trees · Void
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