Orod-na-Thôn
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Orod-na-Thôn or the Pine-mountain was a mountain in Dorthonion.[1] It is mentioned by Treebeard in his song In The Willow-meads Of Tasarinan:
- Ah! the wind and the whiteness and the black branches of Winter upon Orod-na-Thôn![2]
Elements of the Sindarin name are:
It has also been assumed that Orod-na-Thôn is a synonym for Dorthonion 'Land of Pines', but Tolkien states clearly in his unfinished index of place-names occurring in The Lord of the Rings that it is a separate mountain in this region.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished index (Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 384).
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry orod.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 374.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry thôn.
