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In the south, it was an east-west range that divided [[Dor-lómin]] and [[Mithrim]] to the north from [[Beleriand]] to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of [[Hithlum]]. A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of [[Nevrast]], while the '''Mountains of Mithrim''' were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-Lomin from Mithrim. | In the south, it was an east-west range that divided [[Dor-lómin]] and [[Mithrim]] to the north from [[Beleriand]] to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of [[Hithlum]]. A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of [[Nevrast]], while the '''Mountains of Mithrim''' were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-Lomin from Mithrim. | ||
Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including [[Narog]], [[ | Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including [[Narog]], [[Taeglin]], and [[Sirion]]. The easternmost point of the Ered Wethrin reached nearly to the [[Echoriath]], forming a steep-sided valley through which the upper Sirion ran.<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> | ||
The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age. | The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age. | ||
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The Ered Wethrin, or the Mountains of Shadow, was a mountain range in the north of Middle-earth in the First Age.
In the south, it was an east-west range that divided Dor-lómin and Mithrim to the north from Beleriand to the south, then in the east it curved around to the northwest, forming the boundary of Hithlum. A line of hills to the southwest formed the southern boundary of Nevrast, while the Mountains of Mithrim were a northwesterly spur that separated Dor-Lomin from Mithrim.
Several rivers arose in the Ered Wethrin, including Narog, Taeglin, and Sirion. The easternmost point of the Ered Wethrin reached nearly to the Echoriath, forming a steep-sided valley through which the upper Sirion ran.[1]
The Ered Wethrin disappeared beneath the waves at the end of the First Age.
Etymology
Ered Wethrin means "Shadowy Mountains" in Sindarin. It consists of ered ("mountains") and gwethrin ("shadowy").[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ (Note on the word *gwathren, note 3) at Hiswelokë (accessed 19 November 2010)
