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| name=Tol Eressëa | |||
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| etymology=[[Q.]] ''[[tol]]'' "isle" + ''[[eressëa]]'' "lonely" | |||
| type=Island | |||
| location=[[Aman]], in [[Belegaer]] | |||
| inhabitants=[[Eldar]] | |||
| realms=[[Valinor]] | |||
| description=Arrowhead-shaped island, green and beautiful | |||
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| references=''[[The Silmarillion]]'' | |||
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'''Tol Eressëa''' is a large island, where the [[mallorn]] trees come from. Its name may be translated from [[Elvish]] as the ''Lonely Island'', for it lay originally in the middle of the [[Belegaer]], far from any other landmasses. | '''Tol Eressëa''' is a large island, where the [[mallorn]] trees come from. Its name may be translated from [[Elvish]] as the ''Lonely Island'', for it lay originally in the middle of the [[Belegaer]], far from any other landmasses. | ||
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| Tol Eressëa | |
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| Location | Aman, in Belegaer |
| Type | Island |
| Description | Arrowhead-shaped island, green and beautiful |
| Regions | Valinor |
| Inhabitants | Eldar |
| Gallery | Images of Tol Eressëa |
Tol Eressëa is a large island, where the mallorn trees come from. Its name may be translated from Elvish as the Lonely Island, for it lay originally in the middle of the Belegaer, far from any other landmasses.
Ulmo pushed it back and forth across Belegaer twice to transport the Elves to Aman. After that, it came to rest forever just off the eastern shore of that continent in the Bay of Eldamar, and was inhabited by the Teleri of Aman, until they left to Alqualondë.
With the end of the First Age, many of the Eldar of Middle-earth exiles (and Teleri that never left it) went to Aman, and lived in the island of Tol Eressëa. It was large enough to house many towns and villages, and one of its houses was the Cottage of Lost Play.
In early versions of Tolkien's legendarium (see: The History of Middle-earth), the island was later visited by Ælfwine (or Eriol), an Englishman from the Middle Ages, which provided a framework for the tales that later became The Silmarillion.
