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| name=Nan Elmoth
| image=[[File:Anna Kulisz - Nan Elmoth.jpg|250px]]
| image=[[File:Anna Kulisz - Nan Elmoth.jpg|250px]]
| name=Nan Elmoth
| caption="Nan Elmoth" by Anna Kulisz
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| etymology=
| location=[[East Beleriand]], east of [[Doriath]] adjacent to the [[Celon]]
| type=Forest
| type=Forest
| location=South of [[Celon]], east of [[Doriath]], north of [[Estolad]]
| description=
| regions=
| towns=
| inhabitants=[[Eöl]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Maeglin]]
| inhabitants=[[Eöl]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Maeglin]]
| realms=[[Doriath]]
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| description=Darkened forest
| destroyed=
| events=Meeting of [[Melian]] and [[Thingol]]
| events=First meeting of [[Melian]] and [[Thingol]]
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'''Nan Elmoth''' was a forest in [[East Beleriand]] east of [[Doriath]], south of the River [[Celon]], and north of [[Estolad]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> One of the two roads that the [[Dwarves]] took from [[Blue Mountains]] towards Beleriand passed near Nan Elmoth. There the trees grew to be the tallest and darkest in Beleriand, blocking the sun entirely from the forest floor.<ref name="Maeglin">{{S|Maeglin}}</ref>


'''Nan Elmoth''' was a forest in [[East Beleriand]] east of [[Doriath]], south of the River [[Celon]], and north of [[Estolad]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> One of the two roads that the [[Dwarves]] took from [[Blue Mountains]] towards Beleriand passed near Nan Elmoth.  There the trees grew to be the tallest and darkest in Beleriand, blocking the sun entirely from the forest floor.<ref name="Maeglin">{{S|Maeglin}}</ref>
[[Melian]] met [[Thingol]] in Nan Elmoth, and stayed motionless for years while the trees grew around them. When they woke up, they founded the realm of Doriath.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref> Nan Elmoth was held to be part of Doriath, and [[Eöl]] the [[Dark Elf]] paid Thingol with the black sword [[Anglachel]] as a fee for living there.<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> Eöl dwelt with his wife [[Aredhel]] and their son [[Maeglin]].<ref name="Maeglin"/>


[[Melian]] met [[Thingol]] in Nan Elmoth, before they founded the realm of Doriath.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref> Years later, [[Eöl]] the [[Dark Elf]] dwelt there, with his wife [[Aredhel]] and their son [[Maeglin]].<ref name="Maeglin"/>  Nan Elmoth was held to be part of Doriath, and Eöl paid Thingol with the black sword [[Anglachel]] as a fee for living there.<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''[[Nan]]'' means "valley" in [[Sindarin]].  
''[[Nan]]'' means "valley" in [[Sindarin]].


[[Robert Foster]] translates the whole name as "Valley of star-dusk" (''[[elen|el]]'' + ''moth'' "stardusk").<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 278</ref>
[[Robert Foster]] translates the whole name as "Valley of star-dusk" (''[[elen|el]]'' + ''moth'' "stardusk").<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 278</ref>


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Revision as of 09:03, 18 March 2018

Nan Elmoth
Forest
Anna Kulisz - Nan Elmoth.jpg
"Nan Elmoth" by Anna Kulisz
General Information
LocationEast Beleriand, east of Doriath adjacent to the Celon
TypeForest
People and History
InhabitantsEöl, Aredhel, and Maeglin
EventsFirst meeting of Melian and Thingol
GalleryImages of Nan Elmoth

Nan Elmoth was a forest in East Beleriand east of Doriath, south of the River Celon, and north of Estolad.[1] One of the two roads that the Dwarves took from Blue Mountains towards Beleriand passed near Nan Elmoth. There the trees grew to be the tallest and darkest in Beleriand, blocking the sun entirely from the forest floor.[2]

Melian met Thingol in Nan Elmoth, and stayed motionless for years while the trees grew around them. When they woke up, they founded the realm of Doriath.[3] Nan Elmoth was held to be part of Doriath, and Eöl the Dark Elf paid Thingol with the black sword Anglachel as a fee for living there.[4] Eöl dwelt with his wife Aredhel and their son Maeglin.[2]

Etymology

Nan means "valley" in Sindarin.

Robert Foster translates the whole name as "Valley of star-dusk" (el + moth "stardusk").[5]

References