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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 Probably came into being during the late Second Age1 Location A line running north to south at a point slightly westward of Rivendell and the northern Misty Mountains Settlements Rivendell, the Last Homely House, lay slightly eastward of the Edge of the Wild Meaning The 'Wild' referred to the relatively untamed Misty Mountains and Rhovanion beyond, as compared with the more civilised region of Eriador to the west Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: W Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 December 2021 This entry is complete The limit of the civilised lands Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV "Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go." Words of Gandalffrom The Hobbit 7_Queer Lodgings_ A boundary that marked the end of relatively civilised lands to the west, and the beginnings of untamed and dangerous parts of Middle-earth to the east. The Edge itself was remarkably well defined:2 it formed an exact line running north to south through Middle-earth. It ran a little to the west of the Misty Mountains, so that a fringe of land that included Rivendell (the Last Homely House) lay on the Wild side of the boundary. The Misty Mountains themselves, as well as Mirkwood and the wide lands of Rhovanion, all lay eastward beyond the Edge of the Wild. Notes 1 We have no real details about the origin of the Edge of Wild, nor indeed do we know who defined it, so dating its emergence is difficult. During the First and Second Ages, however, much of Eriador (apart from a few enclaves of the Elves) was as wild as the lands to the east, so there would have been no obvious 'Edge' of the Wild during those times. This changed in II 3320 with the coming of Elendil and the foundation of Arnor, and after this time the western lands were overseen by the Dúnedain and their High King. Arnor and its successor kingdoms survived for nearly two thousand years. Though the last of these kingdoms was a thousand years in the past by the end of the Third Age, still the lands westward of the Edge of the Wild remained at least somewhat more civilised than those to the east. 2 At least, on the map of Wilderland that accompanies The Hobbit, the Edge is shown as a perfectly straight vertical line, presumably referring to a line of longitude. See also... First Homely House Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: W Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 December 2021 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2010, 2021. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.

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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

Dates Probably came into being during the late Second Age1 Location A line running north to south at a point slightly westward of Rivendell and the northern Misty Mountains Settlements Rivendell, the Last Homely House, lay slightly eastward of the Edge of the Wild Meaning The 'Wild' referred to the relatively untamed Misty Mountains and Rhovanion beyond, as compared with the more civilised region of Eriador to the west Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: W Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 December 2021 This entry is complete The limit of the civilised lands

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the Edge of the Wild

"Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go." Words of Gandalffrom The Hobbit 7_Queer Lodgings_ A boundary that marked the end of relatively civilised lands to the west, and the beginnings of untamed and dangerous parts of Middle-earth to the east. The Edge itself was remarkably well defined:2 it formed an exact line running north to south through Middle-earth. It ran a little to the west of the Misty Mountains, so that a fringe of land that included Rivendell (the Last Homely House) lay on the Wild side of the boundary. The Misty Mountains themselves, as well as Mirkwood and the wide lands of Rhovanion, all lay eastward beyond the Edge of the Wild. Notes 1 We have no real details about the origin of the Edge of Wild, nor indeed do we know who defined it, so dating its emergence is difficult. During the First and Second Ages, however, much of Eriador (apart from a few enclaves of the Elves) was as wild as the lands to the east, so there would have been no obvious 'Edge' of the Wild during those times. This changed in II 3320 with the coming of Elendil and the foundation of Arnor, and after this time the western lands were overseen by the Dúnedain and their High King. Arnor and its successor kingdoms survived for nearly two thousand years. Though the last of these kingdoms was a thousand years in the past by the end of the Third Age, still the lands westward of the Edge of the Wild remained at least somewhat more civilised than those to the east. 2 At least, on the map of Wilderland that accompanies The Hobbit, the Edge is shown as a perfectly straight vertical line, presumably referring to a line of longitude. See also... First Homely House Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: W Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 December 2021 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2010, 2021. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.