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In later versions, Tol Eressëa was no longer connected with England, and the mariner that came there was [[Ælfwine]], an Englishman sailing from Britain. In one note, the capital city he is brought to is called Rôs. However, other notes continue to have Ælfwine come to Kortirion.<ref>{{LT2|VI}}, pp. 301-2</ref> | In later versions, Tol Eressëa was no longer connected with England, and the mariner that came there was [[Ælfwine]], an Englishman sailing from Britain. In one note, the capital city he is brought to is called [[Rôs]]. However, other notes continue to have Ælfwine come to Kortirion.<ref>{{LT2|VI}}, pp. 301-2</ref> | ||
In the later versions, in which Tol Eressëa and England are different from one another, there is a Kortirion in each. The first, located in Luthany (England), was an ancient dwelling of the Elves. When the Elves of Luthany returned west to Tol Eressëa, they named many places there after places in Luthany. The Kortirion in Tol Eressëa was named after the Kortirion of Luthany, and it was to the second of the Kortirions that Ælfwine came.<ref>{{LT2|VI}}, p. 308</ref> | In the later versions, in which Tol Eressëa and England are different from one another, there is a Kortirion in each. The first, located in Luthany (England), was an ancient dwelling of the Elves. When the Elves of Luthany returned west to Tol Eressëa, they named many places there after places in Luthany. The Kortirion in Tol Eressëa was named after the Kortirion of Luthany, and it was to the second of the Kortirions that Ælfwine came.<ref>{{LT2|VI}}, p. 308</ref> |
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Kortirion | |
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City | |
"Kortirion" by Lady Elleth | |
General Information | |
Other names | Mindon Gwar (G) Corthirion (G) Kor(o)mas (Q) Corangos (G) |
Location | Alalminórë (Tol Eressëa) |
Type | City |
People and History | |
Inhabitants | Elves |
Events | Arrival of Eriol/Ælfwine |
Gallery | Images of Kortirion |
Kortirion was a city in Alalminórë on Tol Eressëa, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.
History
Early conceptions
In the earliest conceptions of The Book of Lost Tales, Kortirion was the chief city of Tol Eressëa, located at the heart of the island in the realm of Alalminórë. It was founded by Ingil son of Inwë and the Elves of Kôr that came with him to Tol Eressëa. He called the town Koromas, "the Resting of the Exiles of Kôr", and built a great tower there. The city was afterwards often called Kortirion, in reference to the tower. Eriol the mariner arrived at Kortirion, and there found the Cottage of Lost Play.[1]
In the earliest conceptions of the story, Eriol was not an Englishman, but sailed to Tol Eressëa from lands east of the North Sea. Tol Eressëa itself would become England, and Kortirion would become Warwick.[2] Hengest the son of Eriol dwelt in Warwick.[3]
Later conceptions
In later versions, Tol Eressëa was no longer connected with England, and the mariner that came there was Ælfwine, an Englishman sailing from Britain. In one note, the capital city he is brought to is called Rôs. However, other notes continue to have Ælfwine come to Kortirion.[4]
In the later versions, in which Tol Eressëa and England are different from one another, there is a Kortirion in each. The first, located in Luthany (England), was an ancient dwelling of the Elves. When the Elves of Luthany returned west to Tol Eressëa, they named many places there after places in Luthany. The Kortirion in Tol Eressëa was named after the Kortirion of Luthany, and it was to the second of the Kortirions that Ælfwine came.[5]
Etymology and names
The name Kortirion is in Qenya. It is comprised of Kôr (the name of the ancient elven city in Valinor) + tirion ("(great or mighty) tower; city on a hill"). Its Gnomish cognates are, depending on the text, either Corthirion[6][7] or Mindon Gwar[8] (or Gwarmindon). Both Qenya and Gnomish names mean "Tower of Kôr".
In the etymology of Tolkien's earliest languages, the name of the hill of Kôr refers to its roundness. It is derived from the primitive Elvish name Guord, from which came Qenya Qora, and Gnomish Gwar.[9]
Christopher Tolkien notes that his father intended to relate the Gnomish form gwar- with the first element of Warwick (Welsh: Caergwar), suggesting it to be Elvish in origin.[9]
The city was also called Kormas or Koromas, meaning "the Resting of the Exiles of Kôr" in Qenya, being a combination of Kôr + the suffix -mas ("-ton, -by"; i.e. town).[10] Its Gnomish cognate is Corangos (changed from an earlier form Cormath[11]).[6]
Inspiration
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Other versions of the legendarium
In the later version of the legendarium from the 1930, in the preamble to Quenta Noldorinwa, Kortirion was mentioned as a city in Tol Eressëa where Eriol saw and read the Golden Book, which formed the basis for his writing of the Book of Lost Tales.[12]
Likewise, in the conclusion of of the 1937 Quenta Silmarillion, it is stated that Ælfwine alone of all Men "brought tidings of Cortirion to the Hither Lands".[13]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", p. 16
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", pp. 24-5
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales", p. 293
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales", pp. 301-2
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales", p. 308
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 26
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), "Names and Required Alterations", p. 7
- ↑ Paul Strack, "G. Mindon Gwar loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 7 April 2022)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales", pp. 291-2
- ↑ Paul Strack, "ᴱQ. Kor(o)mas loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 7 April 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), "Names and Required Alterations", p. 9
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: [Opening Section]", pp. 77-8
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", "The Conclusion of the Quenta Silmarillion", §33, p. 334