Talk:Ossiriand

It's cumbersome to have separate articles on Ossiriand and Lindon. I'll probably change this article to an etymological/linguistic article instead (if not someone disagrees!). --Morgan 10:11, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I have to say that I'd prefer the two to be completely different. Lindon refers to the post-First Age realm (which geographically isn't the same as Ossiriand, what with the loss of its seven rivers and a massive gulf through the middle) and Ossiriand refers to the prior region. If we merge Ossiriand and Lindon we would have to follow a precedent: Sea of Helcar and Sea of Rhûn will have to be merged; Fangorn Forest and Eryn Vorn into some unnamed giant forest; Iron Hills and Iron Mountains... Logically they should really be separate (and no other encyclopaedia or wiki ignores the distinction). --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 13:25, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

No, the separation between Lindon and Ossiriand seems to be based on a misconception. The misconception is that Ossiriand was the name of the realm before the Second Age, and that Lindon was the name given to the region later and formally adopted by Gil-galad for the Kingdom. I've been reading a lot today (!) in the HoMe series and other sources (as you can see in the reference section of the Lindon article). But if I'm proven to be wrong, I'll gladly restore any changes I've made. --Morgan 16:15, 19 October 2010 (UTC)