Helluin

From Tolkien Gateway
Revision as of 19:31, 19 November 2007 by Swyft (talk | contribs) (interwiki de)

Helluin was the name in Middle-earth for the star known today as Sirius, the "Dog Star". It was part of Telumehtar, the name the Elves gave to the constellation Orion.

Helluin means "Ice-blue" in Quenya (an assimilation from helca = "ice" and luin = "blue").