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The Greenway,[1] also called the North Road,[1][2] the North-South-Road,[3] the Old South Road,[4][5] was the part of the Royal Road[6][7] from Fornost Erain to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.[8]
Course[]
The Greenway ran from Fornost Erain in the south of the North Downs southeast until it crossed the East-West Road at the Greenway-crossing just west of Bree. It then continued south through Andrath between the Barrow-downs and the South Downs, crossed a road in Minhiriath that ran over Sarn Ford, then turned south-east and traversed the Great Fens in the plains of Minhiriath on a long causeway until it crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbadz[9] It continued on a long[9] raised[10] causeway across the fens in the plains[9] and then ascended to higher land in the center and south-east of Enedwaith[10] until it turned west close to the southern end of the Misty Mountains and ran west to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.[3]
The part of the Royal Road that ran from the eastern shore of the Fords of Isen[7] to the north gate of the Rammas Echor[11][12] was called the Great West Road,[13] the West Road[14] or the horse-road.[10]
History[]
The Greenway was the long, main path of traffic between Gondor and Arnor, but in the later Third Age after the division of Arnor into three realms it became lesser used. The importance of the road virtually ended after the Great Plague and the Long Winter when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the Old South Road to Dunland was mostly lost. The patch of the road around Bree-land became overgrown with grass because of disuse and so was called the Greenway by the Bree-landers.[1][2][15]
In the year 3018,[16] Boromir took this road, but lost his horse crossing Tharbad,[17] on his way to Rivendell.[18] It is possible that the road was restored after the end of the War of the Ring during the reign of King Elessar in the Reunited Kingdom.[19]
In adaptations[]
In The Lord of the Rings Online[]
In The Lord of the Rings Online, "Greenway" specifically refers to the portion of the road running through the Bree-land, with the rest of it called the "North-South Road". Running south from Fornost Erain, the road crosses a large chasm called "Cirith Núr" that separates Bree-land from the North Downs through the wooden "Trestlespan" bridge in the town of "Trestlebridge". South of Andrath, the Greenway passes through the mannish town of "Herne" where is turns east towards Tharbad. With the Bridge of Tharbad now broken, the road to the east of Tharbad is considered to be a separate Old South Road.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Groen manier |
| Albanian | Mënyra e gjelbër |
| Amharic | አረንጓዴ መንገድ |
| Arabic | طريق أخضر |
| Armenian | Կանաչ ճանապարհ |
| Assamese | সেউজীয়া পথ |
| Azerbaijani | Yaşıl yol |
| Basque | Bide berdea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Зялёны шлях |
| Bengali | সবুজ পথ |
| Bosnian | Zeleni put |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Зелен път |
| Cambodian | វិធីបៃតង |
| Catalan | Via Verda |
| Cebuano | Berde nga paagi |
| Chinese | 绿道 |
| Croatian | Zeleni put |
| Czech | Zelená cesta |
| Danish | Grønmåde |
| Dogri | हरे रंग दा तरीका |
| Dutch | Groeneweg |
| Esperanto | Verda vojo |
| Estonian | Roheline viis |
| Faroese | Grøntvegurin |
| Finnish | Vihertie |
| French | Chemin Vert |
| Frisian | Grienemanier (Western) |
| German | Grünweg |
| Gujarati | લીલો રસ્તો |
| Hebrew | דרך הירוקה |
| Hindi | हरित मार्ग |
| Hungarian | Füves út |
| Icelandic | Grænleið |
| Indonesian | Cara hijau |
| Irish Gaelic | Bealach Glas |
| Italian | Verdecammino |
| Japanese | 緑道 |
| Kannada | ಹಸಿರು ದಾರಿ |
| Kazakh | Жасыл жол (Cyrillic) Jasıl jol (Latin) |
| Konkani | पाचवी मार्ग |
| Korean | 녹색 방법 |
| Kurdish | ڕێگای سەوز (Sorani) Rêya kesk (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Жашыл жол |
| Laotian | ວິທີການສີຂຽວ |
| Latvian | Zaļais veidā |
| Lithuanian | Žalias būdas |
| Luxembourgish | Grénge wee |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Зелен начин |
| Maithili | हरियर तरीका |
| Malagasy | Fomba Maitso |
| Malayalam | പച്ച വഴി |
| Malaysian | Cara hijau |
| Maltese | Mod aħdar |
| Marathi | हिरवा मार्ग |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Ногоон зам |
| Nepalese | हरियो बाटो |
| Norwegian | Grønnvei |
| Pashto | شنه لاره |
| Persian | راه سبز |
| Polish | Zielona Droga |
| Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal) | Caminho Verde |
| Punjabi | ਹਰਾ ਤਰੀਕਾ |
| Romanian | Calea verde |
| Russian | Зеленый путь |
| Samoan | Auala lanu meamata |
| Sanskrit | हरित मार्ग |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dòigh uaine |
| Serbian | Зелени начин (Cyrillic) Zeleni način (Latin) |
| Sindhi | سائو رستو |
| Sinhalese | හරිත මාර්ගය |
| Slovak | Zelená cesta |
| Slovenian | Zelena pot |
| Somali | Jidka cagaaran |
| Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Camino Verde |
| Swahili | Njia ya kijani |
| Swedish | Grönväg |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Роҳи сабз |
| Tamil | பசுமை வழி |
| Tatar | Яшел юл |
| Telugu | ఆకుపచ్చ మార్గం |
| Thai | ทางสีเขียว |
| Turkish | Yeşil yol |
| Turkmen | Ýaşyl ýol |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Зелений шлях |
| Urdu | سبز راستہ |
| Uzbek | Яшил йўл (Cyrillic) Yashil yo'l (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đường xanh |
| Welsh | Ffordd Werdd |
| Yiddish | גרין וועג |
| Yoruba | Ona alawọ ewe |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Lord of the Rings, vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, ch. IX: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings, vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, ch. III: "The Ring Goes South", p. 274
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Lord of the Rings, vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map], label "North-South-Road"
- ↑ Christopher Tolkien, "General Map of Middle-earth" [map], label "Old South Road"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, vol. IX: Sauron Defeated, Part One: The End of the Third Age: IX: "The Scouring of the Shire", pg. 103
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", "(iii) Cirion and Eorl"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index, entry Roads (2) (i)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 31 (entry "Greenway")
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, II: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien", Appendix D: "The Port of Lond Daer"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, V: "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", "Appendix (ii)"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 635 (entry "North-way")
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 559 (entry "north gate")
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, vol. III: The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor" [map], label "Great West Road"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Five, ch. IX: "The Last Debate", pg. 882
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Great Years, entry for the year 3018, 4 July and 24 October
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, ch. VIII: "Farewell to Lórien", pg. 374
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, II: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien", "Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, ch. VII: "Homeward Bound"