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| Bay | |
| Bay of Eldamar | |
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| General Information | |
| Location | Eastern coast of Aman, western coast of the Great Sea |
| Type | Bay |
| Description | A coastal bay containing Tol Eressëa |
| Major Settlements | Alqualondë |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Teleri |
| Events | Kinslaying at Alqualondë, Voyage of Eärendil |
The Bay of Eldamar was a wide bay in the coasts of Aman on the western shores of the Great Sea. It was here that the island of Tol Eressëa would finally come to be anchored.
History
For many years the Teleri dwelled on Tol Eressëa. Eventually, Ossë guided them across the windless surface of the Bay to the shores of Aman, where they would come to dwell in the haven of Alqualondë.[1]
The Bay of Eldamar was visited long afterwards by the mortal Eärendil the Mariner during the War of Wrath. He anchored his ship Vingilot in the Bay while he entered the Blessed Realm on his embassy to the Powers who dwelled there.[2]
Other versions of the legendarium
The Bay of Eldamar is referenced in Tolkien's Roverandom. In the story, written down in 1927, the great whale Uin takes the enchanted dog Roverandom (formerly known as Rover) on adventures through the seas. Uin takes Roverandom through the Shadowy Seas to the "Bay of Fairyland" beyond the Magic Isles where Rover saw the Mountains of Elvenhome and the light of Faery. Roverandom thought he could see the white glint of a city of Elves on a green hill far away in the distance.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond (eds.), Roverandom, pp. 73-4