Dor Daedeloth
Dor Daedeloth was the land of Morgoth.
Geography
Dor Daedeloth was one of the three large regions of western Middle-earth, along with Beleriand and Hithlum. It lay around the fortress of Angband and on both sides of the Ered Engrin; its borders where the Ered Wethrin to the west, the Ered Luin to the east, and the Dorthonion, and the Pass of Sirion and the March of Maedhros to the south.
Dor Daedeloth enclosed Ard-galen, the great grassy plain north of Beleriand, later to become the desert of Anfauglith after the Dagor Bragollach had utterly burned it.
History
It was here, north of the mountains, that the Orcs and other creatures of Morgoth lived and bred.[1]
The march of the Noldor in early First Age was halted there, when Fëanor was mortally wounded by Balrogs. The Noldor then encircled the land (at least in the south), starting the Siege of Angband.[1]
Etymology
In the published Silmarillion, the name Dor Daedeloth is translated as "Land of the Shadow of Horror".[2]
In Tolkien's last thoughts the name was to be changed into that of Dor-na-Daerechas,[3] though this form was never used in his writings.
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels
