Tol Sirion
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[[Image:Matěj Čadil - Tol Sirion.jpg|thumb|''Tol Sirion'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]] | [[Image:Matěj Čadil - Tol Sirion.jpg|thumb|''Tol Sirion'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]] | ||
| − | '''Tol Sirion''' was the island on the upper reaches of the River [[Sirion]] where [[Finrod|Finrod Felagund]] built the tower of [[Minas Tirith | + | '''Tol Sirion''' was the island on the upper reaches of the River [[Sirion]] where [[Finrod|Finrod Felagund]] built the tower of [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]], renamed [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]] (Isle of the Werewolves) after its capture by [[Sauron]].<ref>{{S|14}}</ref><ref>{{S|18}}</ref> It was called Wizard's Isle in the [[Lay of Leithian]].<ref>{{LB|3}}, ''passim''</ref> |
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*''[[tol]]'' + ''[[sirion]]'' | *''[[tol]]'' + ''[[sirion]]'' | ||
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Tol Sirion was the island on the upper reaches of the River Sirion where Finrod Felagund built the tower of Minas Tirith, renamed Tol-in-Gaurhoth (Isle of the Werewolves) after its capture by Sauron.[1][2] It was called Wizard's Isle in the Lay of Leithian.[3]
Etymology
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "III. The Lay of Leithian", passim