Hanstovánen
Amnos was the beaching place of the ship Mornië in The Book of Lost Tales.
Mornië, the ship that ferried the dead, was often beached at Amnos, a northern harbour at the end of the path that led there from Mandos. As the Noldoli travelled along the coasts of Eldamar during their exile from Valinor, they came to Amnos before they reached the Helkaraksë. A servant of Vefántur saw them there and asked that they turn back. When they refused, he stood on a tall rock and spoke the Prophecies of Amnos, which warned of hardships to come. The prophecy was named for Amnos, as that was the place where it was spoken. Amnos was later called Hanstovánen.[1]
Other versions of the legendarium
The name Amnos was emended from Emnon, which was an emendation from Morniento. Hanstovánen was also written as Mornielta, Vane, and Hansto, but some of these were struck out, and Hanstovánen appears to be the final form.[2]:170
A prophecy by Amnon referenced by Turgon in The Tale of the Fall of Gondolin resembled the Prophecies of Amnos, but here Amnon was a prophet rather than a location. A few other notes for Lost Tales mention a Prophecy of Amnon, but these do not specify whether Amnon was a person or place.[2]:172
See Also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "VII. The Flight of the Noldoli", p. 167
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "VII. The Flight of the Noldoli": "Notes and Commentary"
