The Encyclopedia of Arda - River Ascar (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Destroyed at the end of the First Age1 Location Running westward from the Blue Mountains, dividing the lands of Thargelion and Ossiriand Settlements The Dwarf-city of Nogrod was near the river's source Source The central western Blue Mountains Outflow Into Gelion below the ford of Sarn Athrad Important peaks Mount Dolmed rose above the river's source Pronunciation a'skarr (the final 'r' should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this) Meaning 'Rushing' Other names Known as Rathlóriel ('Goldenbed') after the drowning of the treasure of Doriath in I 502 Indexes: Alphabetical: A Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 4 June 2018 Updates planned: 1 Last resting-place of the treasures of Doriath Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Seven Rivers of Ossir The northernmost of the rivers that flowed through Ossiriand, along the northern bank of which lay the Dwarf-road from the Blue Mountains. It was renamed Rathlóriel ('Goldenbed') after the sinking of the treasure of Doriath there. Notes 1 Actually, the course of the Ascar in the First Age seems closely comparable with the much wider and more extensive Gulf of Lhûn of later Ages. After the Great Sea swallowed much of Beleriand in the War of Wrath, it seems to have followed the course of Ascar, and then broken through the Blue Mountains to form the Gulf. From a certain perspective, then, Ascar wasn't so much destroyed at the end of the First Age as greatly expanded to form a wide inlet of the Sea. See also... Dor Caranthir, Dwarf-road, Dwarves, East Vale, Ford of Stones, Goldenbed, Haldad, Land of Seven Rivers, Rathlóriel, Seven Rivers of Ossir Indexes: Alphabetical: A Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 4 June 2018 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.The full Discus software is now available in multiple different languages, including all questionnaires, reports and more.

The Encyclopedia of Arda - an interactive guide to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE

SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Destroyed at the end of the First Age1 Location Running westward from the Blue Mountains, dividing the lands of Thargelion and Ossiriand Settlements The Dwarf-city of Nogrod was near the river's source Source The central western Blue Mountains Outflow Into Gelion below the ford of Sarn Athrad Important peaks Mount Dolmed rose above the river's source Pronunciation a'skarr (the final 'r' should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this) Meaning 'Rushing' Other names Known as Rathlóriel ('Goldenbed') after the drowning of the treasure of Doriath in I 502 Indexes: Alphabetical: A Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 4 June 2018 Updates planned: 1 Last resting-place of the treasures of Doriath

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the River Ascar

The Seven Rivers of Ossir The northernmost of the rivers that flowed through Ossiriand, along the northern bank of which lay the Dwarf-road from the Blue Mountains. It was renamed Rathlóriel ('Goldenbed') after the sinking of the treasure of Doriath there. Notes 1 Actually, the course of the Ascar in the First Age seems closely comparable with the much wider and more extensive Gulf of Lhûn of later Ages. After the Great Sea swallowed much of Beleriand in the War of Wrath, it seems to have followed the course of Ascar, and then broken through the Blue Mountains to form the Gulf. From a certain perspective, then, Ascar wasn't so much destroyed at the end of the First Age as greatly expanded to form a wide inlet of the Sea. See also... Dor Caranthir, Dwarf-road, Dwarves, East Vale, Ford of Stones, Goldenbed, Haldad, Land of Seven Rivers, Rathlóriel, Seven Rivers of Ossir Indexes: Alphabetical: A Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 4 June 2018 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.The full Discus software is now available in multiple different languages, including all questionnaires, reports and more.