The Encyclopedia of Arda - Taur-na-neldor (original) (raw)

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Dates Inhabited by Elves for at least 3,500 years before the first rising of the Sun; enclosed within the Girdle of Melian c. 29 years before the Return of the Noldor; destroyed at the end of the First Age Location The lesser northwestern forest of Doriath, separated from the Forest of Region by the river Esgalduin Race Elves Division Sindar Culture Elves of Doriath Pronunciation tow'rr-na-ne'ldorr ('ow' as in English 'now'; the final r sounds should be distinctly pronounced, as emphasised by 'rr') Meaning 'Forest of beeches'1 Other names Forest of Neldoreth Indexes: Alphabetical: T Forests About this entry: Updated 21 January 2019 This entry is complete A forest of lost Beleriand Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A name meaning 'forest of beeches', whose red-golden autumn leaves were lamented by Treebeard the Ent. Better known as Neldoreth, this forest was part of Thingol's realm of Doriath in the heart of Beleriand. Taur-na-neldor was destroyed at the end of the First Age, and so for Treebeard to remember it at the end of the Third, his memory must have reached back across more than six thousand years. Notes 1 In Elvish, neldor literally means 'three-tree' or 'triple-tree', originally referring to the immense triple-trunked beech Hírilorn that grew in Taur-na-neldor close to Menegroth. From this famous tree, neldor was adopted as the general Elvish word for a beech-tree, hence the translation 'forest of beeches'. Indexes: Alphabetical: T Forests About this entry: Updated 21 January 2019 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Need remote DISC profiling? Discus gives you complete Web-based questionnaires and reporting features.

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Dates Inhabited by Elves for at least 3,500 years before the first rising of the Sun; enclosed within the Girdle of Melian c. 29 years before the Return of the Noldor; destroyed at the end of the First Age Location The lesser northwestern forest of Doriath, separated from the Forest of Region by the river Esgalduin Race Elves Division Sindar Culture Elves of Doriath Pronunciation tow'rr-na-ne'ldorr ('ow' as in English 'now'; the final r sounds should be distinctly pronounced, as emphasised by 'rr') Meaning 'Forest of beeches'1 Other names Forest of Neldoreth Indexes: Alphabetical: T Forests About this entry: Updated 21 January 2019 This entry is complete A forest of lost Beleriand

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Taur-na-neldor

A name meaning 'forest of beeches', whose red-golden autumn leaves were lamented by Treebeard the Ent. Better known as Neldoreth, this forest was part of Thingol's realm of Doriath in the heart of Beleriand. Taur-na-neldor was destroyed at the end of the First Age, and so for Treebeard to remember it at the end of the Third, his memory must have reached back across more than six thousand years. Notes 1 In Elvish, neldor literally means 'three-tree' or 'triple-tree', originally referring to the immense triple-trunked beech Hírilorn that grew in Taur-na-neldor close to Menegroth. From this famous tree, neldor was adopted as the general Elvish word for a beech-tree, hence the translation 'forest of beeches'. Indexes: Alphabetical: T Forests About this entry: Updated 21 January 2019 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2008, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Need remote DISC profiling? Discus gives you complete Web-based questionnaires and reporting features.