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<div>[[Image:Jef Murray - Bridge over Narog.jpg|thumb|''Bridge over Narog'' by [[Jef Murray]]]]<br />
The '''River Narog''' was the chief river of West [[Beleriand]], the largest tributary of River [[Sirion]].<br />
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It rose from the '''Pools of Ivrin''' in the [[Ered Wethrin]], flowed south and then southeast, flowing through a gorge in a series of rapids where it crossed the hills of the Andram or Long Wall, finally meeting Sirion in the Land of Willows [[Nan-tathren]], not far above the Mouths of Sirion. Narog's tributaries were the '''River [[Ginglith]]''' in the north and the '''River [[Ringwil]]''' in the '''[[Taur-en-Faroth]]'''.<br />
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Into its western bank, just south of where Ringwil rushed into Narog, was carved the city of [[Nargothrond]], stronghold of [[Finrod Felagund]].<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
In the [[Etymologies]], the river's name was stated to mean ''rushing, violent''. However, in [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 17, two possible [[Khuzdul]] origins were mentioned: Narâk and Naruka, both of unknown meaning. Neither are canon, but the material in Parma Eldalamberon is younger. <br />
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[[fi:Narog]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Tol_Brandir&diff=75438Tol Brandir2009-01-20T13:08:23Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw</p>
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<div>{{quote|. . . At the far southern end rose three peaks. The midmost stood somewhat forward from the others and sundered from them, an island in the waters, about which the flowing River flung pale shimmering arms. . . 'It is said that no foot of man or beast has ever been set upon Tol Brandir' [said [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]]]|[[The Great River]], [[The Lord of the Rings]]}}<br />
{{quote|Frodo halted and looked out over the [[Anduin|River]], far below him, to Tol Brandir and the birds wheeling in the great gulf of air between him and the untrodden isle. The voice of Rauros was a mighty roaring mingled with a deep throbbing boom.|[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]], [[The Lord of the Rings]]}}<br />
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'''Tol Brandir''' was an unclimable island with a huge pinnacle on the long lake called [[Nen Hithoel]], which was situated on the [[Anduin]] river before the [[Emyn Muil]]. It stood between the hills of [[Amon Hen]] and [[Amon Lhaw]] and looked out over the golden [[Falls of Rauros]]. Its sides glowed sometime around mid-afternoon.<br />
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[[fi:Tol Brandir]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Ethir_Anduin&diff=75419Ethir Anduin2009-01-19T15:12:34Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:fi</p>
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The '''Ethir Anduin''', also known as the '''Mouths of Anduin''' and '''Anduin's Mouths'''<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', "[[The Heirs of Elendil]]"</ref>, was the delta of the river [[Anduin]], south of [[Pelargir]] in [[Gondor]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
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.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', "[[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]]", "Appendix A: The Silvan Elves and Their Speech"</ref> After they were gone, the "lesser men" settled there,<ref name="AIiv"/> 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]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Appendix F]]'', "Of Men"</ref><br />
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The delta was populated mostly by [[Fish|fishermen]] and other sea-crafty folk,<ref name="TLD">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Last Debate]]"</ref> and became an important part of Gondor in the days of [[Tarannon]], the first [[Ship-kings|Ship-king]].<ref name="AIiv">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Appendix A]]'', "I The Númenórean Kings"; "(iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"</ref> <br />
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During the [[War of the Ring]], some hundred fishermen that could be spared from the boats were sent to the defense of [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="MT">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[Minas Tirith (chapter)|Minas Tirith]]"</ref> This left the Mouths themselves open to [[Umbar]]ian conquest,<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]"</ref> but the occupation did not last very long; [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]] and the [[Grey Company]] liberated it several days later.<ref name="TLD"/><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The Ethir Anduin was also known as the "Mouths of Anduin". ''[[Ethir]]'' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "Mouth of a river".<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', "[[The Etymologies]]", entry ED</ref> ''[[Anduin]]'' simply means "Long river".<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "[[Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names]]", entries ''[[and]]'' and ''[[duin]]''</ref> <br />
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'''1980: ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
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<div>'''Ulwarth''' was [[Ulfang]]'s son, who went with the [[Sons of Fëanor]] to the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. He was faithless, and turned against his allies in the heat of the battle, granting [[Morgoth]] the victory.<br />
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<div>The '''Tarmasundar''', or "Roots of the Pillar", were the five ridges that made up the base of the [[Meneltarma]], a mountain in the middle of the island of [[Númenor]]. Each root extended in the direction of the five promontories of that island.<br />
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The name comes from the [[Quenya]] words ''tarma'', meaning "pillar", and ''sundo'', meaning "root".<br />
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<div>'''Nimrodel''' was the small river that rose in the eastern foothills of the [[Misty Mountains]], and flowed east to meet the [[Celebrant]] on the western borders of [[Lórien]].<br />
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<div>{{disambig-two|the Elf-maid|the river|[[Nimrodel (river)]]}}<br />
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'''Nimrodel''' was an [[Elf]]-maid of [[Lothlórien]], beloved of [[Amroth]]. She travelled into the southern lands of [[Middle-earth]] and became lost in the [[White Mountains]] about [[Third Age 1981]].<br />
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[[fi:Nimrodel (haltia)]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Haudh-en-Elleth&diff=75204Haudh-en-Elleth2009-01-16T13:01:53Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw</p>
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<div>'''Haudh-en-Elleth''' ([[Mound of the Elf-maid]]) was the grave of [[Finduilas]] of [[Nargothrond]] that stood near the [[Crossings of Teiglin]] on the western borders of the [[Forest of Brethil]].<br />
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<div>'''Erelas''' was one of the seven [[Beacons of Gondor]], the fourth that would be lit when [[Minas Tirith]] called for aid from [[Rohan]]. It was a bald green hill, with no trees or plants. Its attendants would set fire to their Beacon when they saw a flame on [[Nardol]], far to the east, and their own Beacon-fire would be answered by that on the peak of [[Min-Rimmon]] to the west. All these Beacon hills lay among the [[White Mountains]] as they came down into the plains of [[Anórien]], the fief of [[Gondor]] that lay on Rohan's borders.<br />
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Despite being [[Sindarin]] in style, ''Erelas'' was not a Sindarin name. The true meaning of the name is lost in history.<br />
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[[fi:Erelas]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Kinslaying_(disambiguation)&diff=75182Kinslaying (disambiguation)2009-01-15T13:12:59Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:de,fi</p>
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<div>This could refer to any of the following:<br />
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[[fi:Sukusurma]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Minas_Morgul&diff=75172Minas Morgul2009-01-15T02:30:25Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:de,fi</p>
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<div>:''The main article on this subject is located at '''[[Minas Ithil]]'''''<br />
'''Minas Morgul''' ([[Tower of Black Sorcery]]) was the name given to the [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] watchtower of [[Minas Ithil]] in the [[Ephel Dúath]] after its capture by the [[Nazgûl]].<br />
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[[fi:Minas Morgul]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Losgar&diff=75171Losgar2009-01-14T23:21:48Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:de,fi</p>
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'''Losgar''' was a place at the mouth of the [[Firth of Drengist]], in the cold lands northwest of [[Beleriand]]. It was here that [[Fëanor]] landed at the beginning of the [[First Age]], and gave the order to burn the stolen ships of the [[Teleri]] in which he had sailed to [[Middle-earth]]. His half-brother [[Fingolfin]], trapped in [[Aman]] by this deed, was forced to march across the deadly [[Helcaraxë]] with his people to reach the [[Hither Lands]].<br />
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[[fi:Losgar]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=West_Beleriand&diff=75169West Beleriand2009-01-14T21:28:48Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:fi</p>
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<div>'''West Beleriand''' covers the lands of [[Beleriand]] to the west of the River [[Sirion]]; they were for the most part under the lordship of [[Finrod Felagund]] in [[Nargothrond]], and [[Círdan]] the Shipwright in the [[Falas]].<br />
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[[fi:Länsi-Beleriand]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nenning&diff=75136Nenning2009-01-13T17:29:33Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw</p>
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<div>'''Nenning''' was a river of western [[Beleriand]] that rose in an isolated hilly region south of the [[Ered Wethrin]], and flowed southwards to meet the sea at [[Eglarest]], one of the two great [[Havens of the Falas]]. It was considered the border between [[Círdan]]'s lands to the west, and the realm of [[Nargothrond]] to the east.<br />
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| image = [[Image:Ted Nasmith - Across Gorgoroth.jpg|300px]]<br />
| name = Mordor<br />
| meaning = The Black Land<br />
| type = Dictatorship<br />
| headofstate = [[Sauron]]<br />
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| capital = [[Barad-dûr]]<br />
| language = [[Black Speech]]<br />
| location = East of [[Gondor]], South of [[Rhûn]]<br />
| populous= [[Orcs]], [[Trolls]], [[Nurn]] slaves<br />
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| established = c. [[Second Age 1000|S.A. 1000]]<br />
| fragmented = [[Second Age 3441|S.A. 3441]]<br />
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'''Mordor''' was the dwelling place of [[Sauron]], in the southeast of Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river. [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] went there to destroy the [[One Ring]]. Mordor was unique because of the three enormous mountain ridges surrounding it, from the North, from the West and from the South, that protected this land from an unexpected invasion by any of the people living in those directions.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Mordor was protected from three sides by mountain ranges, arranged roughly rectangularly: [[Ered Lithui]] in the north, [[Ephel Dúath]] in the west, and an unnamed (or possibly still called Ephel Dúath) range in the south. In the northwest corner of Mordor the deep valley of [[Udûn]] was the only entrance for large armies, and that is where Sauron built the Black Gate of Mordor. In front of the [[Morannon]] lay the [[Dagorlad]] or the ''Battle Plain''. Sauron's main fortress [[Barad-dûr]] was at the foothills of [[Ered Lithui]]. To southwest of Barad-dûr lay the arid plateau of [[Gorgoroth]] and [[Mount Doom]]; to the east lay the plain of [[Lithlad]]. A narrow pass led through Ephel Dúath and the fortress of [[Minas Morgul]] (earlier [[Minas Ithil]]) was guarding that; an even more difficult pass was guarded by the giant spider [[Shelob]] and the fortress of [[Cirith Ungol]]. Another known fortress was [[Durthang]] in northern Ephel Dúath.<br />
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The southern part of Mordor, [[Nurn]], was slighly more fertile, and moist enough to carry the inland [[sea of Núrnen]]. Nurn was made somewhat fertile because the ash blown from Mount Doom left its soil nutrient rich, thus allowing dry-land farming. Unfortunately, the inland sea of Núrn was salty, not freshwater. <br />
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To the west of Mordor was the narrow land of [[Ithilien]] with the city of [[Osgiliath]] and the great river [[Anduin]], to the northeast [[Rhûn]], and to the southeast, [[Khand]].<br />
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== Formation ==<br />
Mordor was a relic of the devastating works of [[Morgoth]], apparently formed by massive volcanic eruptions. It was given the name Mordor already before Sauron settled there, because of its volcano [[Orodruin]] and its eruptions. Sauron however was the first to settle there.<br />
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=== Early history ===<br />
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Sauron settled in Mordor 1,000 years after the end of the First Age, and it remained the pivot of his evil contemplations for the whole of the [[Second Age|Second]] and Third Ages of Middle-earth. In the north-western corner of this land stood Mount Doom or [[Orodruin]], where Sauron had forged the [[One Ring]]. Near Orodruin stood Sauron's stronghold [[Barad-dûr]]. After this time, Sauron was known as the [[Dark Lord|Dark Lord of Mordor]].<br />
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For two and a half thousand years, Sauron ruled Mordor uninterruptedly. Having wrought the Ring, it was from there that he launched the attack upon the Elves of [[Eregion]]. He was repelled by the Men of [[Númenor]]. He fought against the Men again, almost a thousand years later; that time, he was captured by the Númenóreans and brought to their island kingdom, eventually causing its destruction (see ''[[Akallabêth]]''). Immediately after [[Númenor]]'s destruction, Sauron returned to Mordor as a spirit and resumed his rule.<br />
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Sauron's rule was interrupted yet again when his efforts to overthrow the surviving Men and Elves failed, and they fought their way back to their foe's domain. After several years of siege, forces of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men came into Mordor. Sauron was defeated in a final battle on the slopes of Orodruin. For about a thousand years, Mordor was guarded by [[Gondor]] in order to prevent any evil forces from breaking out.<br />
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However Gondor had failed in the long run, and deprived of guard, Mordor began to fill with evil things again. [[Minas Ithil]] was conquered by the Nine [[Ringwraiths]]; other fortifications that were supposed to defend Gondor from the menace inside Mordor were turned into a means of shielding Mordor. By the time Sauron returned into Mordor after his false defeat in [[Dol Guldur]] (in the events that took place at the time of [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s [[The Hobbit|quest]]), Mordor was protected too well to be captured by any military might that was available in Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age. In the north of Mordor during the War of the Ring were the great garrisons and forges of war, while surrounding the bitter inland Sea of Núrnen to the south lay the vast fields tended for the provision of the armies by hordes of slaves brought in from lands to the east and south.<br />
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=== War of the Ring ===<br />
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During the War of the Ring, Sauron gathered all his forces to Mordor. After the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], a Host of the West went to the Black Gate. Sauron sent his army to destroy the Men of Gondor and Rohan, but then [[Frodo Baggins]] destroyed the One Ring and Mordor fell. The Dark Tower, the Black Gate and the Towers of Teeth collapsed to ruin. Mount Doom exploded. Both Sauron and his Ringwraiths were apparently destroyed.<br />
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After the ultimate defeat of Sauron, Mordor became mostly empty again as the [[Orcs]] inside it fled or were killed. Crippled by thousands of years of abuse and neglect, but capable of sustaining life, the land of Mordor was given to the defeated foes of Gondor as a consolation, as well as to the freed slaves of Nurn who were formerly forced to farm there to feed the armies of Mordor.<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The term ''Mordor'' translates to "The Black Land" or "The Dark Land" in [[Sindarin]]. [[mor]] = "dark, black", [[dôr]] = "land" ([[The Silmarillion]], Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names).<br />
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===Inspiration of Name===<br />
A proposed etymology out of the context of Middle-earth is [[Old English]] ''morthor'', which means "mortal sin" or "murder". (The latter are descended from the former.) It is not uncommon for names in Tolkien's fiction to have relevant meanings in several languages, both those invented by Tolkien, and "real" ones, but this of course happens with any two languages. ''Mordor'' is also a name cited in some [[Nordic mythology|Nordic mythologies]] referring to a land where its citizens practise evil without knowing it, imposed on themselves by the society long created for that purpose. This quite fits with Tolkien's Mordor.<br />
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In ''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'', [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] assumed that the lands of Mordor, [[Khand]], and [[Rhûn]] lay where the inland [[Sea of Helcar]] had been, and that the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and [[Sea of Núrnen]] were its remnants. The atlas was however published before ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', where it turned out that the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and Mordor existed already in the First Age.<br />
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* [[Sauron]]<br />
* [[Barad-dûr]]<br />
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[[fi:Mordor]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Were-worms&diff=75091Were-worms2009-01-12T12:08:44Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw:fi</p>
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<div>{{quote|Tell me what you want done, and I will try it, if I have to walk from here to the [[East]] of East and fight the wild '''Were-worms''' in the [[Last Desert]].|[[Bilbo Baggins]], from ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[An Unexpected Party]]"}}<br />
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'''Were-worms''' were creatures of an unknown kind, possibly mythical and presumably related to [[Dragons]], that were said to dwell in the [[Last Desert]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The element "were-" is a Germanic term that refers to humans. It suggests a shapeshifting creature like the werewolf of modern-day folktales. In [[Middle-earth]], "[[Werewolves]]", such as [[Draugluin]], did not shapechange and the name perhaps refers to the size and intelligence. <br />
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Thus Were-worms, if they did exist, could be a human-like type of Dragon, though this must remain in the realm of speculation.<br />
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<div>'''Long-worms''' were a type of dragon found in the northern parts of [[Middle-earth]], and perhaps elsewhere, generally believed to be long and without legs. The most famous long-worm (and in fact the only one that [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] explicitly identifies) was [[Scatha]], who preyed on the [[Dwarves]] and [[Men]] of the [[Grey Mountains]], and was slain by [[Fram]] of the [[Éothéod]]. But Scatha was assuredly not the only Long-worm, as it says that for a long time after that the northern lands were free from the Long-''worms''.<br />
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Though Tolkien gives almost no clues about long-worms in the text of [[The Lord of the Rings]], his illustrations of dragons give us some further hints. Tolkien's dragons tend to be sinuous, serpentine creatures, having the appearance almost of a winged snake rather than the more traditional dragon-form. This would explain the term 'long-worm' easily. It's interesting to note that Tolkien gave this form to another northern dragon, [[Smaug]], though he was one of the winged dragons that appeared in the [[War of Wrath]].<br />
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It has been suggested that the Long-worms were original creatures created by [[Ilúvatar]], and that the dragons of [[Morgoth]] were bred from them, as something cannot be bred from nothing. This suggestion also implies that the long-worms were witless hunters, like lions or wolves, with the attraction for bright things, like ravens, rather than intelligent beings like the later dragons. It is debatable whether or not Morgoth could create intelligent beings from nonintelligent ones.<br />
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'''Lothíriel''' was the Princess of [[Dol Amroth]] and wife of King [[Éomer]] of [[Rohan]]. Lothíriel was the daughter of Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]]; her mother's name is not known. Lothíriel was born in 2999 of the [[Third Age]]. She had three older brothers: [[Elphir]], [[Erchirion]], and [[Amrothos]].<br />
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Lothíriel married [[Éomer]], King of [[Rohan]], in 3020. They had at least one son named [[Elfwine]] [[the Fair]] who became the 19th King of Rohan on the death of his father in the year 63 of the [[Fourth Age]]. Lothíriel's date of death is not known.<br />
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Lothíriel means ''"flower garlanded maiden."'' The word loth means ''"flower, blossom."'' <br />
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The element riel means ''"garlanded maiden"'' from the root rig meaning ''"twine, wreathe"'' and the feminine ending ''-iel''.<br />
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[[Category:Dúnedain]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lightfoot&diff=58257Lightfoot2008-03-14T09:35:59Z<p>Haltiamieli: interwiki</p>
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<div>'''Lightfoot''' was a [[horse]] of [[Rohan]], and sire of [[Snowmane]], the mount of King [[Théoden]]. Lightfoot is mentioned on the inscription on Snowmane's [[Snowmane's Howe|grave]].<br />
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[[fi:Kevytjalka]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Imperishable_Flame_Award&diff=55028Imperishable Flame Award2007-12-28T14:32:27Z<p>Haltiamieli: w</p>
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<div>'''The Imperishable Flame Awards''' are presented by [[North East Tolkien Society|The North East Tolkien Society]] in recognition of Scholarship, Creativity and the building of fan community resources celebrating and honoring Tolkien and The Inklings. <br />
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[[Diana Pavlac Glyer]] for<br />
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Category 2: Tolkien/Inklings Inspired Creativity<br />
[[James Dunning]] for 40 Years of Tolkien Art<br />
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[[Pieter Collier]] and [[Hyarion]] for Organizing ''The Children Of Hurin Release Party''</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fall_of_Mount_Gundabad&diff=55027Talk:Fall of Mount Gundabad2007-12-28T14:27:46Z<p>Haltiamieli: </p>
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<div>Huh, where does this info come from? I know of the mention in ''Of Dwarves and Men'', but as far as I can understand what is told there is not exactly this detailed: "...it's occupation in the Third Age by the Orks of Sauron..."?<br />
--[[User:Haltiamieli|Haltiamieli]] 08:16, 16 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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I don't totally remember where I got all of the info, but I know don't try to post anything without something to back it up. --[[User:Dwarf Lord|Dwarf Lord]] 11:16, 15 November 2007 (EST)<br />
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:Ok, hope you can find the source as I'd like very much to know about it too. :) Anything on Dwarves and Second Age is quite scarce, to say the least. --[[User:Haltiamieli|Haltiamieli]] 11:54, 15 November 2007 (EST)<br />
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I found the info, Halt. It is in the Peoples of Middle-earth pages 301 and 305. Which seem to conclude that Orcs invaded the mountain and drove the Dwarves away. --[[User:Dwarf Lord|Dwarf Lord]] 20:45, 26 December 2007 (EST)<br />
:Thanks. I'll look at it when I get back home in the weekend. :) --[[User:Haltiamieli|Haltiamieli]] 09:27, 28 December 2007 (EST)</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Elatan&diff=54841Elatan2007-12-22T20:08:43Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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'''Elatan''' was a nobleman who lived in the city of [[Andúnië]] during the early centuries of [[Númenor]]. He wedded [[Silmariën]], the daughter and eldest child of [[Tar-Elendil]], the fourth [[King of Númenor]]. Because of the law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnatic_primogeniture agnatic primogeniture], Silmariën could not take the [[Sceptre]]. However, when Elatan and Silmariën had their first child, [[Valandil of Númenor|Valandil]], Tar-Elendil created the title [[Lord of Andúnië]] to celebrate his first grandson. Valandil would become the first Lord of Andúnië and Elatan's descendants would be titled noblemen.<br />
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Elatan's descendants would figure prominently in the history of [[Middle-earth]]. After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], [[Elendil]], the last Lord of Andúnië, would found the Kingdoms of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. Over thousands of years, Elatan would become the ancestor of [[Aragorn Elessar]], the hero of the [[War of the Ring]].<br />
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Elatan's name means "Man of the Stars" in [[Quenya]] (from ''[[elen]]'' = "star" and ''[[atan]]'' = "man").<br />
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[[fi:Elatan]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bindbole_Wood&diff=54735Bindbole Wood2007-12-20T21:29:42Z<p>Haltiamieli: </p>
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<div>'''Bindbole Wood''' was a small wood in the southern part of the [[Northfarthing]] in the [[Shire]].<br />
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The name appears in the map of the Shire, but the letter <i>o</i> n the 1954 edition was not very clear; thus the name has been rendered <b>Bindbale</b> in many later maps (e.g. by [[Barbara Strachey]] and [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]), and elsewhere, like in [[Robert Foster]]'s <i>[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]</i> (s.v. <i>Bindbale</i>).<br />
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Even Tolkien himself referred to <i>Bindbale</i> in a manuscript note when he was preparing his comments on names of his work for the Dutch translator.<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', pg. lvii.<br />
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The river '''Lhûn''' or '''Lune''' was a river of north-western [[Eriador]].<br />
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In the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age]], it emptied into the [[Gulf of Lune]] that broke through the [[Ered Luin]] and thence into [[Belegaer]].<br />
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It had two tributaries: one was the [[Little Lune]] arising from the Ered Luin, and the other beginning in the [[Hills of Evendim]] north of the later capital of [[Arnor]], [[Annúminas]]. It was not connected to [[Lake Nenuial]], the origin of the [[Baranduin]] (Brandywine) river.<br />
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<div>'''King of Rhovanion''' was a title claimed by [[Vidugavia]], a prince of the [[Northmen]], in the 13th century of the [[Third Age]]. However, even if he was the most powerful of the many Northern princes, as far as we know he never truly unified all the Northmen under his claimed kingship. Vidugavia's own realm, the "[[Kingdom of Rhovanion]]", was between [[Greenwood the Great|Greenwood]] and the River [[Running]].<br />
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<div>The '''Horn-call''' or '''Horn-cry of Buckland''' was the alarm signal of the [[Hobbits]] of [[Buckland]], calling them to action against invaders and incursions into their land.</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Horn-cry_of_Buckland&diff=54581Horn-cry of Buckland2007-12-18T18:04:06Z<p>Haltiamieli: redirect</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Horn-call of Buckland]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Big_Folk&diff=54558Big Folk2007-12-18T12:53:43Z<p>Haltiamieli: </p>
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<div>'''Big Folk''' and '''Big People''' were names for the race of [[Men]], given them by the [[Hobbits]], who they in turn called the [[Little Folk]]. The term was especially used in [[Bree]], where the two races lived side by side. <br />
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'''Grimbold''' was a Rider of the [[Rohirrim]] who fought at both of the [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]]. He rode to [[Minas Tirith]], and was slain in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. He was named in the ''[[Song of the Mounds of Mundburg]]'' as "doughty".<br />
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Grimbold is briefly glimpsed twice in [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[Peter_Jackson%27s_The_Return_of_the_King|Return of the King]]. The first time is as [[Theoden]] arrives at Dunharrow and calls out to Grimbold. In this scene he appears as an elderly man in the armour of the guard of Edoras. Later on in the film as the rohirrim arrive at the [[Pelennor Fields]] Theoden gives Grimbold orders and tells him to go 'Forth and fear not darkness!' Grimbold rides past now wearing his helmet. In these scenes he was played by [[Bruce Phillips]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lurtz&diff=54206Lurtz2007-12-11T15:03:10Z<p>Haltiamieli: w</p>
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'''Lurtz''' is a character created specifically for [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]. He was played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Lawrence Makoare]].<br />
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Lurtz was the first of Saruman's [[Uruk-hai]] to be bred, and led them into battle against the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] at [[Amon Hen]]. Lurtz also appeared to be the largest Uruk-hai. In the book, [[Boromir]] is slain by an unnamed orc or orcs; he is described as having been "pierced by many arrows". In the movie he is killed by Lurtz, who shoots him three times. [[Aragorn]] then intervenes, and after a brief fight stabs Lurtz and then removes his head. In the book [[Uglúk]] was the leader of the orc-band from the beginning.<br />
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The name "Lurtz" may have been derived by [[Peter Jackson|Jackson]] and his co-writers from the style of Tolkien's [[Orkish]] language, specifically the name [[Lugbúrz]].<br />
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Lurtz's name is never spoken aloud in the film, and is only known from the franchise and credits. Despite some initial fears that he was an entirely new character, he really wasn't much different from other 'generic Orc leaders' already present in the book.<br />
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The character of Lurtz is one of the playable "heroes" in the computer game ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]''.<br />
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[[Category: Noncanon Characters]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User:Haltiamieli&diff=54205User:Haltiamieli2007-12-11T12:55:20Z<p>Haltiamieli: </p>
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'''Haltiamieli''' is a Finnish word meaning [[Elf-friends|Elf-friend]], or literally 'elvenmind'. I am from Finland, 22 years old at the moment and studying information studies in the University of Tampere.<br />
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I have contributed very little to the Tolkien Gateway's wiki, mostly because I can't spare enough time for this, and so much is done already. Sometimes I might make minor corrections, though.<br />
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Also, I channel most of my energies for our own Finnish Tolkien wiki-project called [http://kontu.info/wiki/Etusivu KontuWiki]. Mother tongue must come first, and I suppose Tolkien Gateway has enough contributors even without me (though of course, there's never ''too'' much people participating).<br />
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'''Haltiamieli''' is a Finnish word meaning [[Elf-friends|Elf-friend]], or literally 'elvenmind'. I am from Finland, 22 years old at the moment and studying information studies in the University of Tampere.<br />
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I have contributed very little to the Tolkien Gateway's wiki, mostly because I can't spare enough time for this, and so much is done already. Sometimes I might make minor corrections, though.<br />
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Also, I channel most of my energies for our own Finnish Tolkien wiki-project called [http://kontu.info/wiki/Etusivu KontuWiki]. Mother tongue must come first, and I suppose Tolkien Gateway has enough contributors even without me (though of course, there's never ''too'' much people participating).<br />
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[[Category:IRC users|Haltiamieli]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dwaling&diff=54202Dwaling2007-12-11T12:05:26Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de + fi</p>
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<div>'''Dwaling''' was a village in the far Northern parts of the [[Eastfarthing]] of the [[Shire]], just North of the hills of [[Scary]]. <br />
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[[fi:Valinkka]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Foam-flower&diff=54201Foam-flower2007-12-11T12:01:41Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de + fi</p>
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<div>:[[Image:Merge-arrows.gif]] ''This page should be [[Tolkien Gateway:Duplicate articles|merged]] with ''[[Vingilot]].<br />
[[Category:Articles to be merged|Foam-Flower]]<br />
'''Foam-flower''' was [[Eärendil]]'s ship, in which he voyaged the World's oceans and eventually, with a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] bound to his brow, travelled to the shores of the [[Blessed Realm]] itself. 'Foam-flower' is the English translation of the name - the ship is much better known by its [[Elvish]] name, [[Vingilot]].<br />
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[[fi:Vaahtokukka]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Strongbow&diff=54200Strongbow2007-12-11T12:00:29Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de + fi</p>
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<div>'''Strongbow''' was the title and surname of [[Beleg]], the captain of [[Doriath]], who became a companion of [[Túrin Turambar]], and whose fate it was to be slain in error by his friend.<br />
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[[fi:Vahvajousi]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Vair%C3%AB&diff=54199Vairë2007-12-11T11:59:34Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de + fi</p>
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<div>'''Vairë the Weaver''' is a [[Valar|Valië]] and the wife of [[Mandos]], and is responsible for weaving the story of the World.<br />
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Vairë is counted among the Valier, the Queens of the Valar; though not as great in power or prestige as some, her "storied webs" cover the Halls of Mandos, where she apparently lived. <br />
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In the [[The Lost Road and Other Writings|Etymologies]], the [[Sindarin]] equivalent of her name ([[Quenya]] "weaver") is given as '''Gwîr'''. <br />
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A different ''' Vairë''' appeared in some of Tolkien's earliest writings. In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', she was an [[Elves|Elf]] of [[Tol Eressëa]]. She and her husband Lindo tell the stories that would become the [[Quenta Silmarillion|Silmarillion]] to the human mariner [[Ælfwine]]/Eriol. Her role as storyteller may have influenced the naming of the Vala responsible for recording stories.<br />
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[[fi:Vairë]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Mewlips&diff=54198The Mewlips2007-12-11T11:42:59Z<p>Haltiamieli: </p>
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'''''The Mewlips''''' is a nonsensical but eerie [[hobbit]] poem, appearing in the work ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. It concerns the ''Mewlips'', an imaginary race of evil creatures that feed on passers by, collecting their bones in a sack. The poem describes the long and lonely road needed to reach the Mewlips, travelling beyond the Merlock Mountains, and through the marsh of Tode and the wood of "hanging trees and [[Gallows-Weed]]". None of these places appear on any of the maps.<br />
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==The Poem==<br />
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The Shadows where the Mewlips dwell<br />
Are dark and wet as ink,<br />
And slow and softly rings their bell,<br />
As in the slime you sink.<br />
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You sink into the slime, who dare<br />
To knock upon their door,<br />
While down the grinning gargoyles stare<br />
And noisome waters pour.<br />
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Beside the rotting river-strand<br />
The drooping willows weep,<br />
And gloomily the [[gorcrows]] stand<br />
Croaking in their sleep.<br />
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Over the Merlock Mountains a long and weary way,<br />
In a mouldy valley where the trees are grey,<br />
By a dark pool´s borders without wind or tide,<br />
Moonless and sunless, the Mewlips hide.<br />
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The cellars where the Mewlips sit<br />
Are deep and dank and cold<br />
With single sickly candle lit;<br />
And there they count their gold.<br />
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Their walls are wet, their ceilings drip;<br />
Their feet upon the floor<br />
Go softly with a squish-flap-flip,<br />
As they sidle to the door.<br />
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They peep out slyly; through a crack<br />
Their feeling fingers creep,<br />
And when they´ve finished, in a sack<br />
Your bones they take to keep.<br />
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Beyond the Merlock Mountains, a long and lonely road,<br />
Through the spider-shadows and the marsh of Tode,<br />
And through the wood of hanging trees and gallows-weed,<br />
You go to find the Mewlips - and the Mewlips feed.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br />
*''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]''<br />
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* [http://users.cybercity.dk/~bkb1782/tolkien/mewlips.html Speculation on the location of the Mewlips]<br />
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<div>'''Gorcrow''', "gore crow", is an old English name for [[Crows|carrion crow]]. It is used by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] verse about [[the Mewlips]], published as a part of [[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]. The Mewlips are fearsome creatures of remote marshes, and on the same damp marshes live these foul crows, mentioned only in passing:<br />
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[[fi:Vaakut]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Ruby_Gardner&diff=54156Ruby Gardner2007-12-10T19:53:26Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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<div>The eleventh child, and youngest daughter, of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].<br />
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[[de:Rubinie Gamdschie]]<br />
[[fi:Rubiini Gamgi]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=War_of_Wrath&diff=54155War of Wrath2007-12-10T19:08:06Z<p>Haltiamieli: w</p>
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<div>{{battle<br />
| name=War of Wrath<br />
| image=[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Eärendil and the Battle of Eagles and Dragons.jpg|300px]]<br />
| conflict=[[War of Wrath]]<br />
| date=c. [[First Age 545|F.A. 545]] - [[First Age 587|587]]<br />
| place=[[Beleriand]]<br />
| result=Drowning of [[Beleriand]], chaining of [[Morgoth]]<br />
| side1=[[Morgoth]] and his minions, including [[balrogs]], [[orcs]], and [[dragons]]<br />
| side2=The [[Host of the Valar]], including the [[Vanyar]] and [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]]<br />
| commanders1=[[Morgoth]], [[Ancalagon]]<br />
| commanders2=[[Eönwë]], [[Thorondor]], [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]]<br />
| forces1=Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions<br />
| forces2=Hundreds of thousands<br />
| casual1=Almost the Whole Army<br />
| casual2=Unknown; perhaps heavy<br />
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The '''War of Wrath''', or the '''Great Battle''' was the final war against [[Morgoth]] at the end of the [[First Age]], and one of the greatest battles ever fought in all of [[Middle-earth]].<br />
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500 years into the First Age, Morgoth had become mighty in Middle-earth, not least because of the strife among the [[Noldor]]. The mariner [[Eärendil]], wearing the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] on his brow, came to [[Valinor]], the first with mortal blood to set foot there, begging the [[Valar]] to help the enslaved [[Elves]] and [[Men]] of Middle-earth.<br />
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The Valar were moved by Eärendil's plea, and along with the [[Vanyar]] and Noldor that were in Valinor, riding in the ships of the [[Teleri]], came to Middle-earth in a mighty host. They marched across [[Beleriand]], and met the forces of Morgoth in the plains of [[Anfauglith]].<br />
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The Valar and the Elves destroyed the [[Balrogs]], all save a few who fled and hid themselves, and the armies of [[Orcs]] likewise. While the [[Three Houses of the Edain]] fought with the Valar, many other Men fought against them and died. Facing defeat, Morgoth released his ultimate weapon, the winged [[Dragons]], which had never been seen before, and drove the Valar back. The leader of these dragons was [[Ancalagon|Ancalagon the Black]].<br />
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Then [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]] came with his sky-ship [[Vingilótë|Vingilot]], along with the [[Eagles]], and they fought the dragons, in the end slaying Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of dragons, who broke the towers of [[Thangorodrim]] in his fall.<br />
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Morgoth was captured hiding in the deepest dungeon of Angband and bound with his old chain Angainor; the two Silmarils still in his possession were taken by the Maia [[Eönwë]] and guarded (whence they were later stolen by [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]]). In the end the Valar thrust him "through the [[Door of Night]], beyond the [[Walls of the World]], into the [[Timeless Void]]", where he remains until the [[Last Battle]] and the Day of Doom. Only then shall he be utterly destroyed.<br />
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The wreckage of the war was immense; most of the land west of the [[Ered Luin]] was laid waste and soon after sank beneath the waves. Most of the Elves went to the West, while others went East. The Valar raised up the island of [[Númenor]] in the Western Sea as a new home for the [[Edain]].<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts of the First Age]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dodinas_Brandybuck&diff=54154Dodinas Brandybuck2007-12-10T18:17:25Z<p>Haltiamieli: Menegilda Goold -> Mirabella Took</p>
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'''Dodinas Brandybuck''' was the fourth child of [[Gorbadoc Brandybuck]] (S.R. 1260-1363) and [[Mirabella Took]]. He was born between S.R. 1308 (after his brother [[Saradas Brandybuck|Saradas]]) and S.R. 1313 (before his sister [[Asphodel Brandybuck|Asphodel]]). Because he was not among the guests of [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo's]] [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], he must have died before September, S.R. 1401.<br />
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[[fi:Dodinas Rankkibuk]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dodinas_Brandybuck&diff=54153Dodinas Brandybuck2007-12-10T18:01:32Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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'''Dodinas Brandybuck''' was the fourth child of [[Gorbadoc Brandybuck]] (S.R. 1260-1363) and [[Menegilda Goold]]. He was born between S.R. 1308 (after his brother [[Saradas Brandybuck|Saradas]]) and S.R. 1313 (before his sister [[Asphodel Brandybuck|Asphodel]]). Because he was not among the guests of [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo's]] [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], he must have died before September, S.R. 1401.<br />
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[[de:Dodinas Brandybock]]<br />
[[fi:Dodinas Rankkibuk]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Thorin_I&diff=54152Thorin I2007-12-10T17:26:44Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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| life=[[Third Age 2035]] - [[Third Age 2289]], lived 254 years<br />
| realm=[[Grey Mountains]]<br />
| parentage=[[Thráin I]]<br />
| lineage=[[Durin's line]]<br />
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'''Thorin I''' ([[Third Age]] 2035 – 2289, aged 254 years) was the son of [[Thráin I]] and King of [[Durin's folk]] for 99 years, from 2190 to 2289. During his [[Náin I|grandfather's]] time the [[Dwarves]] of Durin's folk were driven from [[Khazad-dûm]] and scattered throughout the northeast of [[Middle-earth]]. Though Thorin's father had established the Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain]], Thorin heard that the remnants Durin's folk were gathering in the [[Grey Mountains]], which was rich and little explored, so he abandoned Erebor for the mountains. It would be over three hundred years before his descendent [[Thror]], would return to Erebor.<br />
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Thorin was the grandfather by six generations and the namesake of [[Thorin II Oakenshield]], a hero of ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<br />
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== Genealogy ==<br />
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[[Náin I]]<br />
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|list=[[King of Durin's Folk]]<br><code>III</code> 2190 – 2289<br />
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|next=abandoned for 400 years<br>until [[Thrór]]<br />
|list=2nd [[King under the Mountain]]<br><code>III</code> 2190 – 2210<br />
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[[fi:Thorin I]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Greylin&diff=54151Greylin2007-12-10T17:25:28Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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<div>'''Greylin''' was a river of the far north of [[Middle-earth]]. The Greylin rose in the western [[Grey Mountains]] and flowed southwestward to meet the [[Langwell]] and form the source of the Great River, [[Anduin]].<br />
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[[fi:Varjovesi]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Forest_River&diff=54150Forest River2007-12-10T16:52:46Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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<div>The '''Forest River''' is a great river that flows through northern [[Mirkwood]]. It begins in the [[Ered Mithrin]] far to the north, and then flows south-east, diverging at points, until it is met by the [[Enchanted River]] near [[Thranduil]]'s caverns. From there it continues eastwards to the [[Long Lake]] of [[Esgaroth]], which it meets in the '''Long Marshes'''.<br />
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[[fi:Metsävirta]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gundabad&diff=54149Gundabad2007-12-10T16:47:31Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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<div>'''Mount Gundabad''' is a mountain at the northern end of the [[Misty Mountains]].<br />
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According to the [[Dwarves]], [[Durin]] the Deathless, eldest of the [[Fathers of the Dwarves]], awoke at '''Mount Gundabad''' in the north of the Misty Mountains shortly after the [[Awakening of the Elves]]. Mount Gundabad remained a sacred holy site to the Dwarves ever after and a meeting place with the other Fathers of the Dwarves. <br />
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In the [[Third Age]], the [[Orcs]] of [[Angmar]] claimed it as their capital, which was one of the reasons for the Dwarves' special hatred of this people. After the fall of Angmar Gundabad remained an Orc stronghold, until it was cleaned of Orcs during the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]]. But the Orcs repopulated it over the next two hundred years, although after the [[Battle of Five Armies]], there probably weren't as many. <br />
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'''Mount Gundabad''' was the rally point of the armies of [[Bolg]] the Goblin chieftain, who would later go on to fight the Battle of Five Armies.<br />
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It is likely that the Dwarves, destroyed the [[Goblins]] of '''Gundabad''' during the Fourth Age, along with the rest of the [[Orcs of the Mountains]], and were able to recolonize the mountain.<br />
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'''Gundabad''' is a [[Khuzdul]] word probably meaning underground hall. Although, Gunda probably comes from the word ''Gunud'', meaning excavate or tunnel.<br />
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[[fi:Gundabadin Vuori]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Northern_Waste&diff=54137Northern Waste2007-12-09T21:26:59Z<p>Haltiamieli: typo</p>
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<div>The '''Northern Waste''' was a cold and icy region in the far north end of [[Middle-earth]], located above [[Mount Gundabad]] and the [[Ered Mithrin]]. It was composed mostly of snow and ice; however it did have several great frozen lakes, and a few unfrozen lakes that had bitterly cold waters. However there was life in this freezing cold region.<br />
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The [[Cold-drakes]] of the North, which drove the [[Dwarves]] out of the Grey Mountains, came from the Northern Waste. The Drakes killed Dain I and his son Frór outside their Halls in the Grey Mountains. The Dwarves then fled to [[Erebor]] and the [[Iron Hills]] It is likely that the "[[Goblins]] and [[Hobgoblins]]" that later colonized the Ered Mithrin drove most of the Cold-drakes back into the Northern Waste.<br />
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There were also men up in the wastes called the Lossoth. It is said that some of the Northern Waste Tribes aided the Witch King during his destruction of Eriador. It was most likely because of their disliking of the the southern regions and out of fear. The less hostile Lossoth of [[Forodwaith]] and [[Forochel]] stayed neutral until the last king of Arnor (King Arvedui) came out of hiding from an abandoned Dwarf-mine near the tip of the Northern [[Ered Luin]] and asked for aid from the Lossoth of Forochel. They unwillingly aided him. He later took a ship through the Icebay of Forochel, but perished in a storm and sank to the bottom of the sea along with the palantir of the North. <br />
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[[de:Forodwaith]]<br />
[[fi:Pohjoinen Autio]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Northern_Waste&diff=54136Northern Waste2007-12-09T21:25:28Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de (Forodwaith) + fi</p>
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<div>The '''Northern Waste''' was a cold and icy region in the far north end of [[Middle-earth]], located above [[Mount Gundabad]] and the [[Ered Mithrin]]. It was composed mostly of snow and ice; however it did have several great frozen lakes, and a few unfrozen lakes that had bitterly cold waters. However there was life in this freezing cold region.<br />
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The [[Cold-drakes]] of the North, which drove the [[Dwarves]] out of the Grey Mountains, came from the Northern Waste. The Drakes killed Dain I and his son Frór outside their Halls in the Grey Mountains. The Dwarves then fled to [[Erebor]] and the [[Iron Hills]] It is likely that the "[[Goblins]] and [[Hobgoblins]]" that later colonized the Ered Mithrin drove most of the Cold Drakes back into the Northern Waste.<br />
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There were also men up in the wastes called the Lossoth. It is said that some of the Northern Waste Tribes aided the Witch King during his destruction of Eriador. It was most likely because of their disliking of the the southern regions and out of fear. The less hostile Lossoth of [[Forodwaith]] and [[Forochel]] stayed neutral until the last king of Arnor (King Arvedui) came out of hiding from an abandoned Dwarf-mine near the tip of the Northern [[Ered Luin]] and asked for aid from the Lossoth of Forochel. They unwillingly aided him. He later took a ship through the Icebay of Forochel, but perished in a storm and sank to the bottom of the sea along with the palantir of the North. <br />
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[[fi:Pohjoinen Autio]]</div>Haltiamielihttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Withered_Heath&diff=54135Withered Heath2007-12-09T21:19:16Z<p>Haltiamieli: iw de fi</p>
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<div>The '''Withered Heath''' was a long narrow valley in the eastern part of the [[Grey Mountains]], where they forked into two thin ranges. On the floor of this long east-west valley between the mountains was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_%28habitat%29 heath], but a heath burned and blackened by its inhabitants. This Withered Heath was famed and feared in the north of [[Middle-earth]] as the breeding-ground of the [[Dragons]]. At one time they had infested the Grey Mountains and the lands beyond, and even in the closing decades of the [[Third Age]], the Dragon [[Smaug]] still terrorised the inhabitants of the north. Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but we know that other lesser members of his kind remained, so perhaps these still returned to the Withered Heath to continue their race.<br />
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[[fi:Kulottunut Nummi]]</div>Haltiamieli