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'''Hithui''' was the [[Sindarin]] name for the eleventh month of the year, equivalent to [[Quenya]] [[Hísimë]] and comparable to the [[Shire-hobbits]]' [[Blotmath]] and modern November. Its name comes from the Elvish word for 'mist', and it marked the descent of winter on [[Middle-earth]]. After the beginning of Hithui, no long journeys were attempted in the [[Northlands]] until the arrival of the following spring. | '''Hithui''' was the [[Sindarin]] name for the eleventh month of the year, equivalent to [[Quenya]] [[Hísimë]] and comparable to the [[Shire-hobbits]]' [[Blotmath]] and modern November. Its name comes from the Elvish word for 'mist', and it marked the descent of winter on [[Middle-earth]]. After the beginning of Hithui, no long journeys were attempted in the [[Northlands]] until the arrival of the following spring.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:20, 21 August 2012
Hithui was the Sindarin name for the eleventh month of the year, equivalent to Quenya Hísimë and comparable to the Shire-hobbits' Blotmath and modern November. Its name comes from the Elvish word for 'mist', and it marked the descent of winter on Middle-earth. After the beginning of Hithui, no long journeys were attempted in the Northlands until the arrival of the following spring.[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
