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After the passing of [[Sauron]] and the [[Fall of Dol Guldur|cleansing]] of Mirkwood that was renamed [[Eryn Lasgalen]], the Mountains became the southern border of the [[Woodland Realm]].<ref>{{app|Great}}</ref> | After the passing of [[Sauron]] and the [[Fall of Dol Guldur|cleansing]] of Mirkwood that was renamed [[Eryn Lasgalen]], the Mountains became the southern border of the [[Woodland Realm]].<ref>{{app|Great}}</ref> | ||
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The [[Sindarin]] name ''Emyn Duir'' is translated as "Dark Mountains" because of the growths of firs on their slopes, without any evil connotations of [[Darkness]]. That was the case with their later name, ''Emyn-nu-[[Fuin]]''<ref name=ut/> which probably means *"Mountains under | The [[Sindarin]] name ''Emyn Duir'' is translated as "Dark Mountains" because of the growths of firs on their slopes, without any evil connotations of [[Darkness]]. That was the case with their later name, ''Emyn-nu-[[Fuin]]''<ref name=ut/> which probably means *"Mountains under Darkness", paralelling the Sindarin name of Mirkwood: [[Taur-nu-Fuin]].<ref>{{S|Elements}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Mountain ranges|Mirkwood]] | [[Category:Mountain ranges|Mirkwood]] | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 7 December 2020
| Mountains of Mirkwood | |
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| Mountain range | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | Emyn Duir, Dark Mountains, Emyn-nu-Fuin |
| Location | Northern Mirkwood, south of the Woodland Realm |
| Type | Mountain range |
| Inhabitants | Silvan Elves; later other creatures |
The Mountains of Mirkwood lay in the central parts of northern Mirkwood, north of the Old Forest Road. A jumble of fir-covered, low-lying hills to the west rose to greater heights in the east, together forming a range nearly one hundred miles in length.[1] Historically, the Second Age saw these mountains inhabited by Silvan Elves, who knew the range as the Emyn Duir, the Dark Mountains.
During the Third Age, the power of Sauron spread across the Mountains as it did throughout the rest of the Forest, they became populated by hideous creatures. Just as Greenwood the Great was renamed Mirkwood at this time, its northern hills also took on a new name: Emyn-nu-Fuin, the Mountains of Mirkwood.[2]
After the passing of Sauron and the cleansing of Mirkwood that was renamed Eryn Lasgalen, the Mountains became the southern border of the Woodland Realm.[3]
Etymology
The Sindarin name Emyn Duir is translated as "Dark Mountains" because of the growths of firs on their slopes, without any evil connotations of Darkness. That was the case with their later name, Emyn-nu-Fuin[2] which probably means *"Mountains under Darkness", paralelling the Sindarin name of Mirkwood: Taur-nu-Fuin.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Map of Wilderland"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Note 14
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
