Tavros (wood-fay)
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Tavros was the chief wood-fay, described as the "Blue Spirit of the Woods", according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1]
His home was called Inthavros.[2]
Etymology
The name Tavros is in Gnomish. It is based on the word tavros ("forest, wooded land"), used as a proper name.[1]
Other versions of the legendarium
In later versions of the legendarium, Tavros (and afterwards Tauros and Tauron) became a name of Oromë.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 69
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 51
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 267