Ulmonan

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Ulmonan was the name of Ulmo's halls, located at the bottom of the Outer Ocean, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Ulmonan is apparently a Qenya name; the first element is of course Ulmo, while the second element was, according to Christopher Tolkien, never explained by his father.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, pp. 61-2, 68, 83, 85-6, 214
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 270
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