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| event=The Hunting of the Wolf
| othernames=The Wolf-hunt of Carcharoth
| location=[[Doriath]] ([[Neldoreth]])
| date={{FA|466}}
| result=Death of [[Carcharoth]], [[Huan]], and [[Beren]]
| partof=[[The War of the Jewels]]
| participants=[[Thingol]], [[Beleg]], [[Mablung]], [[Beren]], [[Huan]], [[Carcharoth]]
| description=Confrontation between [[Iathrim]] and Carcharoth
| references=
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The '''Hunting of the Wolf''' is the confrontation between [[Iathrim]] and [[Carcharoth]], forming the final adventure of the [[Quest of the Silmaril]].
The '''Hunting of the Wolf''' is the confrontation between [[Iathrim]] and [[Carcharoth]], forming the final adventure of the [[Quest of the Silmaril]].



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Ted Nasmith - Huan's Leap.jpg
The Hunting of the Wolf
Event
Other namesThe Wolf-hunt of Carcharoth
LocationDoriath (Neldoreth)
DateF.A. 466
ResultDeath of Carcharoth, Huan, and Beren
Part ofThe War of the Jewels
ParticipantsThingol, Beleg, Mablung, Beren, Huan, Carcharoth
DescriptionConfrontation between Iathrim and Carcharoth

The Hunting of the Wolf is the confrontation between Iathrim and Carcharoth, forming the final adventure of the Quest of the Silmaril.

At the gates of Angband, the mighty wolf Carcharoth had bitten Beren's hand from his wrist, and with it the Silmaril it held. The Silmaril was a hallowed jewel, and burned the innards of the evil monster. In searing pain, the wolf blindly chased through Beleriand and, breaking the Girdle of Melian, roamed madly through the lands of Doriath.

King Thingol set out to hunt the wolf with the greatest of his warriors. With him went Mablung of the Heavy Hand and Beleg Cúthalion, and Beren Erchamion, and Huan the Hound of Valinor. They found Carcharoth under the eaves of Neldoreth, drinking beneath a waterfall of the River Esgalduin. Eventually, after a mighty battle, Huan slew Carcharoth, but both he and Beren were mortally wounded.

From the wolf's belly, Thingol recovered the Silmaril and carried it back to Menegroth.[1] This was the same jewel that he fastened in the Nauglamir,[2] which Eärendil would bear as he sailed to Aman and that, according to legend, became the Evening and the Morning Star.[3]

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