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| image=[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar.jpg|250px]]
| name=Vinyamar
| name=Vinyamar
| image=[[File:Ted Nasmith - Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar" by [[Ted Nasmith]]
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| etymology=[[Q.]] ''[[vinya]]'' "young, new" + ''[[-mbar|mar]]'' "house, home, dwelling"
| location=South-west corner of [[Nevrast]], on the slopes of [[Taras|Mount Taras]]
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| location=South [[Nevrast]], [[Mount Taras|Mt. Taras]]
| description=City on the slopes of Mount Taras
| inhabitants=[[Noldor]] of [[Turgon the Wise|Turgon]]
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| realms=[[Turgon the Wise|Turgon]]
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| description=City on the slopes of Mt. Taras
| inhabitants=[[Noldor]] of [[Turgon]]
| events=Coming of [[Tuor]]
| created=Before {{FA|50}}<ref>{{GA|74}}</ref>
| references=''[[Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin]]'', ''[[The Silmarillion]]''
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'''Vinyamar''' was a settlement built by [[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]] in [[Nevrast]], on the slopes of [[Mount Taras]], at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. The name is [[Quenya]] for "New Home". Vinyamar's population was primarily [[Ñoldor]]in, with a large influx of  
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[[Sindar]]in elves.
'''Vinyamar''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈvinjamar]}}) was a settlement built by [[Turgon]] in [[Nevrast]], on the slopes of [[Mount Taras]],<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> early in the [[Exile of the Noldor]]. It was perched upon high terraces that looked towards the sea. It was never visited by the servants of [[Morgoth]] but after its abandonment it became weathered. Turgon's great hall had its walls and roof covered with a deep growth of plants.<ref name="Tuor">{{UT|Tuor}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Vinyamar was the first recorded [[Noldor]] stone construction after they had returned to [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="Tuor"/> Vinyamar's population was primarily Noldorin, with a large influx of [[Sindar]]in elves.


The city was abandoned about 125 years after the rising of the [[Sun]] at [[Ulmo]]'s behest, who told Turgon that he and his people must seek a abother home that would be hidden from the eyes of [[Morgoth]].  
In {{FA|50}}<ref>{{GA|74}}</ref> Turgon and [[Finrod]] took a journey along the river [[Sirion]]. At the [[Meres of Twilight]] they slept and both received a dream from [[Ulmo]], bidding them to see places of strength.<ref>{{S|Return}}</ref> Two years later<ref>{{GA|76}}</ref> Turgon discovered the hidden way and vale of [[Tumladen]] wherein he determined to build [[Gondolin]]. In {{FA|64}} Turgon led a third of his people to the valley to begin construction of his hidden city.<ref>{{GA|88}}</ref> By {{FA|116}} Gondolin was full-wrought and Turgon led the remainder of his folk to the city; from then on Vinyamar was abandoned and fell into decay.<ref>{{GA|113}}</ref>


Vinyamar was abandoned and fell into decay, but when [[Tuor]] was guided there by Ulmo he still found remnants of the great city.
Much later, in {{FA|495}}, [[Tuor]] came to the deserted settlement. Marvelling, he entered Turgon's old hall and on a wall, lit by the setting sun, he found a shield, hauberk, helm, and sword. The shield bore a field of blue and a white swan's wing. Tuor took these items and wore them. In the meantime, [[Voronwë]] was rescued by [[Ulmo]] from a shipwreck and was brought near the city; when the two met, they left Vinyamar together for a journey that led to Gondolin.<ref name="Tuor"/>


[[Category:Northwest Beleriand]]
==Etymology==
[[Category:Elven Cities]]
The name is [[Quenya]] for "New Home" from ''[[vinya]]'' "young, new" and ''[[már]]'' "house, home, dwelling".<ref>{{S|Index}}, ''Vinyamar''</ref>
 
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[[Category:Beleriand]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:Quenya locations]]
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[[fi:Vinyamar]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/villes_tours_et_forteresses/beleriand/vinyamar]]

Revision as of 00:25, 12 November 2020

Vinyamar
City
Ted Nasmith - Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar.jpg
"Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar" by Ted Nasmith
General Information
LocationSouth-west corner of Nevrast, on the slopes of Mount Taras
TypeCity
DescriptionCity on the slopes of Mount Taras
People and History
InhabitantsNoldor of Turgon
CreatedBefore F.A. 50[1]
GalleryImages of Vinyamar

Vinyamar (Q, pron. [ˈvinjamar]) was a settlement built by Turgon in Nevrast, on the slopes of Mount Taras,[2] early in the Exile of the Noldor. It was perched upon high terraces that looked towards the sea. It was never visited by the servants of Morgoth but after its abandonment it became weathered. Turgon's great hall had its walls and roof covered with a deep growth of plants.[3]

History

Vinyamar was the first recorded Noldor stone construction after they had returned to Middle-earth.[3] Vinyamar's population was primarily Noldorin, with a large influx of Sindarin elves.

In F.A. 50[4] Turgon and Finrod took a journey along the river Sirion. At the Meres of Twilight they slept and both received a dream from Ulmo, bidding them to see places of strength.[5] Two years later[6] Turgon discovered the hidden way and vale of Tumladen wherein he determined to build Gondolin. In F.A. 64 Turgon led a third of his people to the valley to begin construction of his hidden city.[7] By F.A. 116 Gondolin was full-wrought and Turgon led the remainder of his folk to the city; from then on Vinyamar was abandoned and fell into decay.[8]

Much later, in F.A. 495, Tuor came to the deserted settlement. Marvelling, he entered Turgon's old hall and on a wall, lit by the setting sun, he found a shield, hauberk, helm, and sword. The shield bore a field of blue and a white swan's wing. Tuor took these items and wore them. In the meantime, Voronwë was rescued by Ulmo from a shipwreck and was brought near the city; when the two met, they left Vinyamar together for a journey that led to Gondolin.[3]

Etymology

The name is Quenya for "New Home" from vinya "young, new" and már "house, home, dwelling".[9]

References