Ninwi was a city of Men in the Great Lands, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales. It was identified with the city of Nineveh.[1]
It was mentioned in the tale of the Fall of Gondolin by Littleheart, where he compared its fall as even being worse than Ninwi's.[2]
Etymology
The name Ninwi is in Qenya, according to Paul Strack, but its meaning is unclear. However, it was probably a phonological imitation of Nineveh.[3]
An earlier form of the name was Ninwë.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin": "Notes and Commentary", p. 203
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 196
- ↑ . "ᴱQ. Ninwi pn.". Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon. Retrieved 14 May 2022