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'''Avathar''' or '''Avaþar''' ([[Vanyarin]] [[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈaβaθar]}}) was the southeastern area of [[Aman]], south of [[Valinor]]. It formed a dark strip of land at the feet of the [[Pelóri]] Mountains. It seems to have been totally deserted and forgotten and in ancient times [[Ungoliant]] mmade her home there.<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref>
'''Avathar''' or '''Avaþar''' ([[Vanyarin]] [[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈaβaθar]}}) was the southeastern area of [[Aman]], south of [[Valinor]]. It formed a dark strip of land at the feet of the [[Pelóri]] Mountains. It seems to have been totally deserted and forgotten and in ancient times [[Ungoliant]] mmade her home there.<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref>
Araman was the northern coastland of Aman, north of Valinor, that lay outside the mountain-fence of the Pelóri.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
In "The Later [[Quenta Silmarillion]]" section of ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] translates Avathar as "The Shadows" in "ancient" [[Quenya]]<ref>{{MR|P3II7}}, p. 284</ref> (this translation also appears in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''<ref>{{S|Index}}, ''Avathar''</ref>).   
In "The Later [[Quenta Silmarillion]]" section of ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] translates Avathar as "The Shadows" in "ancient" [[Quenya]]<ref>{{MR|P3II7}}, p. 284</ref> (this translation also appears in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''<ref>{{S|Index}}, ''Avathar''</ref>).   
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Araman]] - the analogous area in the north
*[[Sindanórie]]
*[[Sindanórie]]



Revision as of 11:56, 24 January 2017

Avathar
Region
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General Information
Other namesAvaþar
LocationSouthernmost part of Aman
TypeRegion
Descriptiondark strip of land at the southern feet of Pelóri
InhabitantsUngoliant
GalleryImages of Avathar

Avathar or Avaþar (Vanyarin Q, pron. [ˈaβaθar]) was the southeastern area of Aman, south of Valinor. It formed a dark strip of land at the feet of the Pelóri Mountains. It seems to have been totally deserted and forgotten and in ancient times Ungoliant mmade her home there.[1]

Etymology

In "The Later Quenta Silmarillion" section of Morgoth's Ring, Tolkien translates Avathar as "The Shadows" in "ancient" Quenya[2] (this translation also appears in The Silmarillion[3]).

However, in the "Quendi and Eldar", Tolkien states that Avathar has no Elvish translation, meaning that it must have been adapted from its Valarin name[4] (however, in the Index to that book it still says "The Shadows" in a short description[5]).

Other versions of the legendarium

In early versions of The Silmarillion, the region where Ungoliant dwelt prior to the Darkening of Valinor was called Arvalin.[6]

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Darkening of Valinor"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Of the Darkening of Valinor", p. 284
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", Avathar
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language': Note on the 'Language of the Valar'", p. 404
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Index"
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §105