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'''Tarlang's Neck''' was | '''Tarlang's Neck''' was a pass over a southern mountain spur of the [[White Mountains]] that separated the [[Blackroot Vale]] from [[Lamedon]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 776-7</ref><ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Tarlang'' was the original name of this pass, but it was later taken as a personal name.<ref name="Nomen" | ''Tarlang'' was the original name of this pass, but it was later taken as a personal name.<ref name="Nomen"/> | ||
*''See also [[Tarlang#Etymology|Tarlang: Etymology]]'' | *''See also [[Tarlang#Etymology|Tarlang: Etymology]]'' | ||
==Portrayal in | ==Portrayal in adaptations== | ||
'''2014: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' | '''2014: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' | ||
:Tarlang's Neck | :Tarlang's Neck was a small area between [[Blackroot Vale]] and [[Lamedon]] in Western [[Gondor]]. | ||
[[Category:Gondor]] | [[Category:Gondor]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:05, 27 February 2022
Tarlang's Neck was a pass over a southern mountain spur of the White Mountains that separated the Blackroot Vale from Lamedon.[1][2]
History[edit | edit source]
A local legend among the indigenous people of Gondor told of giants and one of them called Tarlang who tripped and broke his neck. The other giants did not clean up his body, which became incorporated in the land instead. The giant's neck became Tarlang's Neck, his head Dol Tarlang, and the stones he was carrying Cûl Veleg and Cûl Bîn.[3]
Tarlang's Neck formed part of the route by which Aragorn and the Grey Company led the Army of the Dead on their journey to the relief of Minas Tirith in the War of the Ring.[4]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Tarlang was the original name of this pass, but it was later taken as a personal name.[1]
- See also Tarlang: Etymology
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
2014: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Tarlang's Neck was a small area between Blackroot Vale and Lamedon in Western Gondor.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 776-7
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings, omitted entry quoted in Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 536-7
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"
