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'''Taur-im-Duinath''', called the "Forest between Rivers" since it lay between the rivers [[Sirion]] and [[Gelion]],<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> was the dark and gloomy forest that extended over a vast area of land to the south of the [[Andram]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> None but a few [[Dark Elves]] ever wandered there.<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref>
'''Taur-im-Duinath''', called the "Forest between Rivers" since it lay between the rivers [[Sirion]] and [[Gelion]],<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> was the dark and gloomy forest that extended over a vast area of land to the south of the [[Andram]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> None but a few [[Avari]] ever wandered there.<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==


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Taur-im-Duinath
Forest
General Information
Other names"Forest between Rivers"
LocationSouthern Beleriand. South of the Andram; between the rivers Sirion and Gelion[1][2]
TypeForest
DescriptionDark and gloomy forest
InhabitantsAvari[3][4]

Taur-im-Duinath, called the "Forest between Rivers" since it lay between the rivers Sirion and Gelion,[5] was the dark and gloomy forest that extended over a vast area of land to the south of the Andram.[6] None but a few Avari ever wandered there.[7][8]

Etymology

The name Taur-im-Duinath literally means "forest between rivers" in Sindarin, consisting of taur ("forest") + im ("between") + duin ("river") + -ath (collective plural suffix).[9][10]

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,[11] although it is unknown if they were intended as replacements or alternative names.[9]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
  7. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
  8. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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
  10. ↑ Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth at Tolkiendil.com (accessed 14 December 2011)
  11. ↑ 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
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