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The '''Mountains of Mirkwood''' lay in the central parts of northern [[Mirkwood]], north of the [[Old Forest Road]]. A jumble of fir-covered, low-lying hills to the west rose to greater heights in the east, together forming a range nearly one hundred miles in length.<ref>{{H|Wilderland}}</ref> Historically, the [[Second Age]] saw these mountains inhabited by [[Silvan Elves]], who knew the range as the ''Emyn Duir'', the Dark Mountains. | |||
During the [[Third Age]], the power of [[Sauron]] spread across the [[Mountains]] as it did throughout the rest of the Forest, they became populated by hideous creatures. Just as [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] was renamed Mirkwood at this time, its northern hills also took on a new name: ''Emyn-nu-Fuin'', the Mountains of Mirkwood.<ref>{{UT|7}}, Note 14</ref> | |||
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Other names | Emyn Duir, Dark Mountains, Emyn-nu-Fuin |
Location | Northern Mirkwood, south of the Woodland Realm |
Type | Mountains |
Inhabitants | Elves likely Spiders Other evil creatures |
The Mountains of Mirkwood lay in the central parts of northern Mirkwood, north of the Old Forest Road. A jumble of fir-covered, low-lying hills to the west rose to greater heights in the east, together forming a range nearly one hundred miles in length.[1] Historically, the Second Age saw these mountains inhabited by Silvan Elves, who knew the range as the Emyn Duir, the Dark Mountains.
During the Third Age, the power of Sauron spread across the Mountains as it did throughout the rest of the Forest, they became populated by hideous creatures. Just as Greenwood the Great was renamed Mirkwood at this time, its northern hills also took on a new name: Emyn-nu-Fuin, the Mountains of Mirkwood.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Map of Wilderland"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Note 14