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The [[Sindarin]] name ''Celos'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KELU|KELU-]] ("flow out swiftly") + ending ''-sse'', ''-ssa''. The [[Quenya]] cognate is ''kelussë'' ("freshet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring").<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref><ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> | The [[Sindarin]] name ''Celos'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KELU|KELU-]] ("flow out swiftly") + ending ''-sse'', ''-ssa''. The [[Quenya]] cognate is ''kelussë'' ("freshet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring").<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref><ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> | ||
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:The river Celos is found in Upper [[Lebennin]] in the region of Eastern [[Gondor]]. It flows through the fortified valley of [[Tumladen (Gondor)|Tumladen]] before turning west to meet the [[Sirith]] below the [[Warning beacons of Gondor|beacon]] Sirthanc. The village of Erynos stands across from the mouth of the Celos. The Celos is the domain of the lighthearted River-maid Silverfroth, one of the Five Sisters, though she and her sisters were widely considered a myth by the time of the [[War of the Ring]]. | :The river Celos is found in Upper [[Lebennin]] in the region of Eastern [[Gondor]]. It flows through the fortified valley of [[Tumladen (Gondor)|Tumladen]] before turning west to meet the [[Sirith]] below the [[Warning beacons of Gondor|beacon]] "Sirthanc". The village of "Erynos" stands across from the mouth of the Celos. The Celos is the domain of the lighthearted River-maid "Silverfroth", one of the Five Sisters, though she and her sisters were widely considered a myth by the time of the [[War of the Ring]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:52, 26 August 2015
The Celos was a lesser river or stream that flowed out of the White Mountains into the Gondorian land of Lebennin, a little to the west of Minas Tirith. It was a tributary of the larger River Sirith.
Location
The smaller-scale map that accompanies The Lord of the Rings and Unfinished Tales shows the Celos flowing into the Sirith from the east,[1] while the large-scale contour map of Gondor shows it flowing from the west.[2] A brief reference in Unfinished Tales suggests that the Celos was the next river eastward from the Gilrain, which would make the large-scale map correct.[3][note 1] Christopher Tolkien noted the error of the small-scale map in The Treason of Isengard; the correct location of the Celos is thus being the western tributary.[4]
Etymology
The Sindarin name Celos derives from the root KELU- ("flow out swiftly") + ending -sse, -ssa. The Quenya cognate is kelussë ("freshet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring").[5][6]
Portrayal in adaptations
2014: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The river Celos is found in Upper Lebennin in the region of Eastern Gondor. It flows through the fortified valley of Tumladen before turning west to meet the Sirith below the beacon "Sirthanc". The village of "Erynos" stands across from the mouth of the Celos. The Celos is the domain of the lighthearted River-maid "Silverfroth", one of the Five Sisters, though she and her sisters were widely considered a myth by the time of the War of the Ring.
Notes
- ↑ The river's name on that map, incidentally, is spelled Kelos, but the pronunciation is the same in either case.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "XV. The First Map of The Lord of the Rings", p. 322 (note 9)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 11
