Hithlum

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{{Regno
| image = [[File: Peter Xavier Price - Hithlum.jpeg | 250px]]
| nome = Hithlum
| pronun = [[Sindarin | S]], {{IPA | [Hiθlum]}}
| Altri nomi = [[Quenya | Q]]. '' Hísilómë ''
| location = North-western [[Beleriand]], all'interno del [[Ered Wethrin]]
| capital = [[Barad Eithel]]
| città =
| regioni = [[Dor-lómin]], [[Mithrim]]
| popolazione = principalmente [[Elfi]] ([[[[Sindar]] e [[Noldor]]), ma [[Dor-lómin]] è stato recentemente occupato da [[Uomini]]
| lingua = [[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| govern1 = [[Fingolfin]]
| govern2 = Later [[Fingon]]
| govern3 =
| = valuta
| = vacanze
| precedente da =
| event1 = Noldor arriva
| event1date = {{YT | 1497}}
| event2 = Fingolfin diventa [[Alto Re dei Noldor | Alto Re]]
| event2date = {{FA | 5}}
| event3 = Sconfitta di [[Noldor]]
| event3date = {{FA | 472}}
| EVENTO4 =
| event4date =
| event5 =
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}}
'' 'Hithlum' '' era una regione a nord di [[Beleriand]] vicino al [[Helcaraxë]].

== Descrizione ==
Hithlum was separated from Beleriand proper by the [[Ered Wethrin]] mountain chain, and was named after the sea mists which formed there at times.<ref name="Bel">{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> The Ered Wethrin ("Mountains of Shadow") formed the southern and eastern wall, and had only a few passes; as such they formed a natural defensive line. The western wall was formed by the [[Ered Lómin]] or "Echoing Mountains", which curved north-westward to [[Helcaraxë]]. The land of [[Lammoth]] lay west of the Ered Wethrin and was not part of Beleriand or Hithlum, and the land of [[Nevrast]] was separated from Hithlum by the southern part of the Ered Lómin.<ref name="Map">{{S|Map}}</ref> Hithlum was cold and rainy, but quite fertile.<ref name="Bel"/>

Hithlum was subdivided in [[Mithrim]], where the High Kings of the [[Noldor]] had their halls,<ref name="Bel"/> and [[Dor-lómin]], which later became a fief of the [[House of Hador]].<ref>{{S|West}}</ref>

==History==
The northern highlands, such as the mountains about Hithlum, were raised during the battles of the [[Ainur]] during the [[Battle of the Powers]].<Ref>{{S|3}}</ref>

Hithlum was populated by the [[Elves of Mithrim]] who were [[Sindar]]. The Noldor entered Hithlum via the [[Firth of Drengist]] and first camped at the shores of [[Lake Mithrim]]. The land was covered by mists and vapours from the [[Thangorodrim]], and thus they named it '''Hísilómë''' or '''Land of Mist'''.<ref name="Bel"/> [[Thingol]] gave leave to the Noldor to settle it and was ruled by [[Fingolfin]] and [[Fingon]] from its northern lands.<ref name=return>{{S|Return}}</ref>

Later in the [[First Age]], Hithlum was [[assaults on Hithlum|continually under attack]] by [[Morgoth]], but its natural defenses, fortified by fortresses such as [[Barad Eithel]], proved impassable.<ref name="Map"/> Almost a century after the [[Dagor Aglareb]], a small number of [[Orcs]] came from the [[Firth of Drengist]] from the west, but once they were spotted, Fingon pushed them back into the sea.<ref name=return/>

In {{FA|416}} Fingolfin granted [[Hador]] a hereditary fiefdom in [[Dor-lómin]],<ref>{{S|Men}}</ref> where he gathered most of the people of his kin, thus forming the noble '''[[House of Hador]]'''.<ref>{{GA|136}}</ref> The mountains protected Hithlum during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], after which [[Edain]] of the [[House of Beor|First House]] came from [[Dorthonion]] as refugees and joined those of Hador.<ref name=ruin/>

Seven years after the Dagor Bragollach, Morgoth sent a great force against Hithlum, attacking the passes of the Ered Wethrin. [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]] died defending the [[Eithel Sirion]]; in a second attempt the [[Falathrim]] sailed up the Firth of Drengist, then assisted Fingon by striking the unsuspecting orcs from the west.<ref name=ruin>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref>

Hithlum eventually was lost after the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. The Hadorians were scattered, killed, or enslaved, the Noldor who could not flee in time were enslaved in Morgoth's mines. Morgoth gave the [[Swarthy Men]] the lands of Hithlum as a reward, but actually they were trapped there.<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref>

Hithlum was completely destroyed during the [[War of Wrath]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref>

==Etymology==
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''Hithlum'' is a [[North Sindarin]] word,<ref name=PE17/> meaning "Mist-shadow" (''[[hith]]'' + ''[[lum]]''), a translation from [[Quenya]] '''''Hísilómë''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˌhisiˈloːme]}}, stem ''Hisilómi-'').<ref>{{S|Index}}, ''Hísilómë''</ref> Its classical [[Sindarin]] name is said to be '''''Hithlũ'''''.<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 133</ref>

[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] initially marked the word as [[Noldorin]]; its second element was cognate to Quenya ''[[lumbe]]''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 370, entry "LUM-"</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In un [[A Song of Aryador | early poem]] e nel [[Turambar and the Foalókë | Lost Tale of Turambar]], la regione era chiamata '' Aryador '' nella lingua di [[Men]], sebbene secondo "'[[Gnomish Lexicon]]' ', era una parola [[Ilkorin]]. [[Qenya]] vengono dati ai compagni: '' Areandor '', '' Areanóre '', '' Areanor ''. <ref> {{LT2 | Appendice}}, p. 249 </ ref>
{{navigazione
| titolo = Hithlum
| nord-ovest = [[Helcaraxë]]
| = nord
| nord-est = [[Angband]]
| ovest = [[Lammoth]]
| east = [[Anfauglith]], [[Dorthonion]]
| sud-ovest = [[Nevrast]]
| south = [[Nargothrond]]
| sud-est = [[Doriath]]
}}
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