Lothlann
Lothlann, a "wide and empty" plain,[1] lay to the northeast of Beleriand, beyond the March of Maedhros and Maglor's Gap[2] until it was drowned by the sea at the end of the First Age.
In the Dagor Bragollach the riders of the people of Fëanor were overwhelmed in Lothlann when the dragon Glaurung came and passed through Maglor's Gap. Many of Maglor's cavalry were burnt alive on the plain as Morgoth set fire to it.[3]
Etymology
The name means "empty and wide". In the Etymologies the name is identified as Noldorin and spelled Lhothlann according to the earlier conception, which was dropped in later Sindarin.[4] It is derived from the Noldorin elements lhost "empty" and lhand/lhann *"wide".
In that document the name appears both as Lhothland and Lhothlann, but under the entry LUS it also appears its its later form Lothlann.[5]
Other versions of the Legendarium
In early drafts of The Return of the King, the name Lothland desert, also Desert of Lostladen, was to be a region south of Mordor.
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ "On LH and RH", Ardalambion (accessed 19 April 2024)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries LUS, LAD
