Lossarnach, also named the Vale of Flowers, was a region and fiefdom in the Outlands of Gondor. It was named for the valleys and foothills south of the White Mountains, where there was fertile growth in flowers and fruit trees. It was the region closest to Minas Tirith.
Description[]
Lossarnach was located southwest of Minas Tirith and northeast of Lebennin. It was near the sources of the rivers Sirith and Erui, while the great river Anduin bordered its southern and eastern sides. In the north, it met the eastern end of the White Mountains.
Many flowers (including roses) grew in the upper valleys, while the lower areas held great orchards. Travelers from Minas Tirith often made trips to Lossarnach to see the flowers, or the snowy blossoms of the trees. In return, the fiefdom supplied many of the flowers and fruits required in Minas Tirith. One notable vale of Lossarnach is Imloth Melui.
The mountain-villages of Lossarnach had a road passing through that connected them to Lebennin and the Pelennor Fields. The climate hovered near the moderate and the extreme with mild winters and hot, dry summers[1] and the terrain consisted of scattered woodlands on undulating lowlands.[2]
History[]
At the end of the Third Age, the Lord of Lossarnach was old Forlong "the Fat", who rode to Minas Tirith's aid with two hundred men bearing great battle-axes. Forlong was killed in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, but many of his well-armed men survived and accompanied Aragorn II Elessar to the Black Gate, even though most of them were farmers.
Lossarnach was populated by many people evacuating from Ithilien and Osgiliath. In the War of the Ring, most of the women, children and elderly from Minas Tirith were sent there to seek refuge. One famous person from Lossarnach was the wise-woman Ioreth, who was raised in Imloth Melui and later served in the Houses of Healing of Minas Tirith. Another denizen was Morwen Steelsheen, wife of King Thengel of Rohan.[3] It is possible that the mountain-vales where Beregond's ancestors came from were located in Lossarnach.
Etymology[]
Lossarnach is likely a combination of loss, Sindarin for snow, and arnach, a word in a Pre-Númenórean language.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሎሳርናች |
| Arabic | لوسسارناچه |
| Armenian | Լոսսարնաճ |
| Assamese | লছছাৰ্নাচ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Лоссарнач |
| Bengali | লোসারনাচ |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Лоссарнач |
| Danish | Lossarnach ("Blomsternes Dal") |
| Georgian | ლოსარნახი |
| Greek | Λοσσάρνακ |
| Gujarati | લોસરનાચ |
| Hebrew | לוסארנאך |
| Hindi | ळोस्सर्नछ |
| Kannada | ಲೋಸರ್ನಾಚ್ |
| Kazakh | Лоссарнацһ (Cyrillic) Lossarnach (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Лоссарнац |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Лоссарнач |
| Marathi | लोसरनाच |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Лоссарнач |
| Nepalese | लोसरनाच |
| Persian | لوسسارناچه |
| Punjabi | ਲੋਸਰਨਾਚ |
| Russian | Лоссарнах |
| Serbian | Лоссарнац (Cyrillic) Lossarnac (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ලොසර්නාච් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Лоссарначҳ |
| Tamil | லோசர்னாச் |
| Telugu | లొస్సరఞ్చ |
| Thai | ลอสซาร์นาค |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Лоссарнах |
| Urdu | لعثسآرنچ |
| Yiddish | לאָססאַרנאַך |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Climate"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Vegetation"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, chapter V: "The Battles of the Fords of Isen"