Taur-im-Duinath

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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]

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