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The Gliding Water was the name of a river passing through Kortirion, according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1] It is only mentioned in the poem Kortirion among the Trees.
According to the poem, elms grew about it, and it flowed westward from Kortirion, passing through meadows before reaching the sea.[1]
Inspiration[edit | edit source]
The Gliding Water might have been inspired by the river Avon, which flows through the town of Warwick, the main inspiration behind the city of Kortirion.[2]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In later reworkings of the poem, the river was called the River Gliding instead.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", Kortirion among the Trees (pre-1937), p. 33
- ↑ John Garth, The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, "Rivers, Lakes and Waterlands", p. 108
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", The Trees of Kortirion, p. 40
