Ethir Anduin: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary
m (iw:fi)
Line 32: Line 32:
[[Category:Rivers]]
[[Category:Rivers]]
[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Gondor]]
[[de:Ethir Anduin]]
[[de:Ethir Anduin]]
[[fi:Anduinin suisto]]
[[fi:Ethir Anduin]]

Revision as of 15:12, 19 January 2009

Ethir Anduin
Delta
File:Ethir Anduin R-B RotK.JPG
General Information
Other namesMouths of Anduin
LocationSouth-west Middle-earth
TypeDelta
Descriptionwide delta
RegionsGondor
Reunited Kingdom
People and History
InhabitantsNandor, later Men
EventsWar of the Ring

The Ethir Anduin, also known as the Mouths of Anduin and Anduin's Mouths[1], was the delta of the river Anduin, south of Pelargir in Gondor.

History

The delta's first settlers were probably Nandor. Some of the Nandor who had lived upstream, in the Vales of Anduin under the Misty Mountains, passed to its Mouths southward.[2] After they were gone, the "lesser men" settled there,[3] though the were likely in conflict with Haradrim. After the coming of the Númenóreans, the confluence of cultures in the Ethir and Pelargir formed one of the earliest forms of Westron.[4]

The delta was populated mostly by fishermen and other sea-crafty folk,[5] and became an important part of Gondor in the days of Tarannon, the first Ship-king.[3]

During the War of the Ring, some hundred fishermen that could be spared from the boats were sent to the defense of Minas Tirith.[6] This left the Mouths themselves open to Umbarian conquest,[7] but the occupation did not last very long; Aragorn and the Grey Company liberated it several days later.[5]

Etymology

The Ethir Anduin was also known as the "Mouths of Anduin". Ethir is a Sindarin word meaning "Mouth of a river".[8] Anduin simply means "Long river".[9]

Portrayal in adaptations

1980: Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King:

Gandalf mentions the Ethir (wrongly pronounced Ee-thur) as he explains the coming of the Black ships to the audience.

References