An Elf finding some of the first men in Murmenalda, by David Greset
Hildórien or Murmenalda was the land in which mankind first awoke, in the first year of the Sun of the First Age. The region was in the far east of Middle-earth southeast of the Orocarni and Cuiviénen, the awakening place of the Elves.
It is untold whether the region survived the tumults of the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age.
History[]
According to the Ambarkanta, before the War of the Powers Hildórien lay eastwards of the Mountains of the Wind. According to legends of the Edain, Morgoth visited Men in Hildórien and tricked them into believing their mortality was a punishment, in order to convert them away from Eru Ilúvatar. Mortality was however, a Gift of Ilúvatar bestowed upon them, not a punishment. To escape the evil of Morgoth and his followers, the Atanatári were the first to flee Hildórien, travelling west eventually to Beleriand. However, the Men that continued to worship Morgoth followed later on in the First Age with the promise that if they served him, they would receive the rich lands of Beleriand as payment.
With the War of Wrath the geography of Middle-earth was changed, it is not clear if Hildórien was submerged under the Eastern Sea or survived under another name, but it is not mentioned again.
Etymology[]
Hildórien is a Quenya name for 'Land of the Followers'.[1] Hildor (meaning 'followers') was a name given to Men by Elves.[2]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሒልዶሪአን |
| Arabic | حيلدوريين |
| Armenian | Հիլդորիեն |
| Assamese | হিল্ডোৰিয়েন |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Hілдоріен |
| Bengali | হিলডোরিয়েন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Хилдориен |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 希爾多瑞恩 |
| Danish | Hildórien ("Efterkommernes Land") |
| Georgian | ჰილდორიენი |
| Greek | Χίλδοριεν |
| Gujarati | હિલ્ડોરિયન |
| Hebrew | חילדוריין |
| Hindi | हिल्डोरिएन |
| Japanese | ひｌどりえん |
| Kannada | ಹಿಲ್ಡೋರಿಯನ್ |
| Kazakh | Һілдоріен (Cyrillic) Hildorien (Latin) |
| Konkani | हिल्डोरिएन |
| Korean | 힐도리엔 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Hилдориэн |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Хилдориен |
| Malayalam | ഹിൽഡോറിയൻ |
| Marathi | हिल्डोरियन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хилдориен |
| Nepalese | हिल्डोरियन |
| Odia | ହିଲଡୋରିଏନ୍ |
| Pashto | حیلدوریېن |
| Persian | حیلدوریهن |
| Punjabi | ਹਿਲਡੋਰਿਅਨ |
| Russian | Хильдориэн |
| Sanskrit | हिल्दोरिएन् |
| Serbian | Хилдориен (Cyrillic) Hildorien (Latin) |
| Sindhi | هيلڊورين |
| Sinhalese | හිල්ඩෝරියන් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҳилдориен |
| Tamil | ஹில்டோரியன் |
| Tatar | Хилдориен |
| Telugu | హిల్డోరియన్ |
| Thai | ฮิลโดริเอน |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Гілдоріен |
| Urdu | ہلڈوریان |
| Uzbek | Ҳилдориен (Cyrillic) Hildorien (Latin) |
| Yiddish | הילדאָריען |