Ras Mewrim

From Tolkien Gateway
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Ras Mewrim was a headland on the coastline south-west of Eglarest, in the land of the Falas in Beleriand.[1] The name only appears in the later additions to the Second 'Silmarillion' Map.

Bar-in-Mŷl, the "Home of the Gulls", was another name for the headland in the essay "Quendi and Eldar".[2] The name was first typed Bar-in-Gwael, but Tolkien later changed it to Bar-in-Mŷl and added the translation.[3]

Etymology

The Sindarin name Bar-in-Mŷl consists of bar ("home") and mŷl ("gulls").

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", pp. 184, 190
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", pp. 378-379
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 418, note 8