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'''Emyn Arnen''' was a cluster of hills in [[Ithilien]]. The hills, being an outlier of the [[Ephel Dúath]],<ref name=VT/> were situated south of [[Osgiliath]], on the east bank of the [[Anduin]].<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 512</ref>
'''Emyn Arnen''' was a cluster of hills in [[South Ithilien|South]] [[Ithilien]]. The hills, being an outlier of the [[Ephel Dúath]],<ref name=VT/> were situated south of [[Osgiliath]], on the east bank of the [[Anduin]].<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 512</ref>
==History==
==History==


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Emyn Arnen was home to a family of [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] nobles, and from them came a [[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]], who became steward to King [[Minardil]] of [[Gondor]] and later founded the line of the [[House of Húrin]].<ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref>
Emyn Arnen was home to a family of [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] nobles, and from them came a [[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]], who became steward to King [[Minardil]] of [[Gondor]] and later founded the line of the [[House of Húrin]].<ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref>


After the events of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Faramir]] son of Steward [[Denethor|Denethor II]] became Prince of [[Ithilien]], and made Emyn Arnen his home.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>
After the events of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Faramir]] son of Steward [[Denethor|Denethor II]] became [[Prince of Ithilien]], and made Emyn Arnen his home.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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Revision as of 21:41, 30 November 2014

Emyn Arnen was a cluster of hills in South Ithilien. The hills, being an outlier of the Ephel Dúath,[1] were situated south of Osgiliath, on the east bank of the Anduin.[2]

History

Old records preserved in Gondor indicate that Arnen was once used for the larger part of the region later known as Ithilien.[1]

Emyn Arnen was home to a family of Númenórean nobles, and from them came a Húrin of Emyn Arnen, who became steward to King Minardil of Gondor and later founded the line of the House of Húrin.[3]

After the events of the War of the Ring, Faramir son of Steward Denethor II became Prince of Ithilien, and made Emyn Arnen his home.[4]

Etymology

The name Emyn Arnen translates as "the hills of Arnen" (cf. emyn). One historian of Gondor claimed that Arnen was likely a word invented by the Númenórean settlers of Gondor, intended to resemble an Elvish tongue (but wrongly mixing Quenya ar- "beside" with Sindarin nen "water"). Other historians derived Arnen from an unattested pre-Númenórean word arn- ("rock"), although this was based on pure guessing.[1]

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