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| caption="[[Húrin]] Finds [[Morwen]]" by [[Ted Nasmith]]
| type=Memorial marker
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| location=On the river Taeglin
| othernames=Standing Stone, Talbor<br/>[[Tol Morwen]]
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The '''Stone of the Hapless''' was the hallowed stone on the banks of the River [[Taeglin]] that commemorated [[Túrin]] and [[Nienor]],<ref>{{S|21}}</ref> and [[Morwen]] their mother.
The '''Stone of the Hapless''' was the hallowed stone on the banks of the River [[Taeglin]] that commemorated [[Túrin]] and [[Nienor]],<ref>{{S|21}}</ref> and [[Morwen]] their mother.
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The stone had two other names the Standing Stone, and Talbor.<ref>{{HM|WJ}}, "[[The Wanderings of Húrin]]" (see especially Notes 15 and 55)</ref> Talbor is [[Taliska|Taliskan]] and the latter part of the word, ''[[bor (Taliska)|bor]]'', means 'stone'.  
The stone had two other names the Standing Stone, and Talbor.<ref>{{HM|WJ}}, "[[The Wanderings of Húrin]]" (see especially Notes 15 and 55)</ref> Talbor is [[Taliska|Taliskan]] and the latter part of the word, ''[[bor (Taliska)|bor]]'', means 'stone'.


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Revision as of 15:48, 18 March 2018

Stone of the Hapless
Memorial stone
Ted Nasmith - Húrin Finds Morwen.jpg
"Húrin Finds Morwen" by Ted Nasmith
General Information
Other namesStanding Stone, Talbor
Tol Morwen
LocationBy the river Taeglin
TypeMemorial stone

The Stone of the Hapless was the hallowed stone on the banks of the River Taeglin that commemorated Túrin and Nienor,[1] and Morwen their mother.

Fate

Later, during the drowning of Beleriand, the site of the Stone of the Hapless did not drown (as predicted by Glirhuin), but remained as an island, Tol Morwen.[2]

Etymology

The stone had two other names the Standing Stone, and Talbor.[3] Talbor is Taliskan and the latter part of the word, bor, means 'stone'.

References