The Dwimorberg or Haunted Mountain was a mountain east of the Firienfeld in Dunharrow[1] in the centre of the White Mountains.[2][3]
The Dwimorberg was brooding and black. Its lower slopes were covered with sombre pines, which included the Dimholt,[4] a wood of dark trees.[5] In a hollow place in front of the root of the mountain stood a single mighty standing stone. Beyond in a deep glen in the wall of rock in a deep glen was the Dark Door, which led inside the Dwimorberg to the haunted Paths of the Dead.[6]
The folk of Rohan said that the wraiths of the Oathbreakers haunted the mountain, prevented the living to use the Paths of the Dead and came out like shadows into the Harrowdale at times of great unquiet and coming death.[7]
Etymology
The name means "Phantom Mountain" or "Haunted Mountain"[1] in Old English, representing the Rohan language,[8] from dwimor ("phantom", "ghost") and beorg ("mountain").
The first element dwimor is also seen in the names Dwimordene (Lothlórien)[9] and Dwimmerlaik (given to the Witch-king) in the language of Rohan.[10][11]
Portrayal in adaptations
2013: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Dwimorberg is looming over the entrance to the Paths of the Dead both in Harrowdale of Rohan and the Blackroot Vale of Gondor.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Dwimorberg, p. 533
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Muster of Rohan", p. 794
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Dimholt, p. 768
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company", p. 786
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Muster of Rohan", p. 797
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 101
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 404
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, citing from J.R.R. Tolkien's comment on dwimmerlaik in the 1966 index of The Lord of the Rings, p. 562
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Ring, "Part Three: Minas Tirith", "IX. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields", note 2, p. 372