The Encyclopedia of Arda - River Carnen (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
Location East of Mirkwood, flowing southward out of the Iron Hills Source The Iron Hills Tributaries None Outflow Into Celduin Pronunciation ka'rnen Meaning 'Red water' Other names Redwater1 Indexes: Alphabetical: C Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 14 July 2011 This entry is complete The long river known as the Redwater A river that rose in the Iron Hills, far to the north and east of the known parts of Middle-earth. Its winding course took it southwards for more than two hundred miles, until its waters emptied into the Celduin (the River Running) and were carried on southwards to the Sea of Rhûn. The river's name, Carnen, is a direct Elvish equivalent of its Mannish name, the Redwater. Both are very likely a reference to its source in the Iron Hills, since rivers whose sources lie among iron deposits have water with a very distinctive red-orange colour. Notes 1 In annotations made to the map for The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien labels this river 'The Red River'. This is somewhat strange, as all other sources (including the text of the book itself) give it a translated name of 'Redwater', and indeed this is a direct translation of the Elvish name. However, it does seem that Tolkien at least considered 'Red River' as an alternative to 'Redwater', though this alternative does not appear in any other source. See also... River Redwater Indexes: Alphabetical: C Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 14 July 2011 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2001, 2011. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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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

Location East of Mirkwood, flowing southward out of the Iron Hills Source The Iron Hills Tributaries None Outflow Into Celduin Pronunciation ka'rnen Meaning 'Red water' Other names Redwater1 Indexes: Alphabetical: C Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 14 July 2011 This entry is complete The long river known as the Redwater Map of the river Carnen

A river that rose in the Iron Hills, far to the north and east of the known parts of Middle-earth. Its winding course took it southwards for more than two hundred miles, until its waters emptied into the Celduin (the River Running) and were carried on southwards to the Sea of Rhûn. The river's name, Carnen, is a direct Elvish equivalent of its Mannish name, the Redwater. Both are very likely a reference to its source in the Iron Hills, since rivers whose sources lie among iron deposits have water with a very distinctive red-orange colour. Notes 1 In annotations made to the map for The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien labels this river 'The Red River'. This is somewhat strange, as all other sources (including the text of the book itself) give it a translated name of 'Redwater', and indeed this is a direct translation of the Elvish name. However, it does seem that Tolkien at least considered 'Red River' as an alternative to 'Redwater', though this alternative does not appear in any other source. See also... River Redwater Indexes: Alphabetical: C Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 14 July 2011 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2001, 2011. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.