Taur-im-Duinath
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| Taur-im-Duinath | |
|---|---|
| Forest | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | "Forest between Rivers" |
| Location | Southern Beleriand. South of the Andram; between the rivers Sirion and Gelion[1][2] |
| Type | Forest |
| Description | Dark and gloomy forest |
| Inhabitants | Avari[3][2] |
Taur-im-Duinath, called the "Forest between Rivers" since it lay between the rivers Sirion and Gelion,[2] was the dark and gloomy forest that extended over a vast area of land to the south of the Andram.[1] None but a few Avari ever wandered there.[3][2]
Etymology[edit]
The name Taur-im-Duinath literally means "forest between rivers" in Sindarin, consisting of taur ("forest") + im ("between") + duin ("river") + -ath (collective plural suffix).[4][5]
In the revised version of the second Silmarillion map appears the names Taur-i-Melegyrn ("Forest of the Great Trees") and Taur-na-Chardhîn ("Forest of the Southern Silence") for this region,[6] although it is unknown if they were intended as replacements or alternative names.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 38
- ↑ Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth at Tolkiendil.com (accessed 14 December 2011)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", p. 185
