The Pass of Aglond, or Aglond, was a narrow mountain pass connected to Lothlann and Himlad in East Beleriand during the First Age.[1]
Geography[]
The Pass of Aglond was located between high walls: Dorthonion to the west and Himring to the east.[2] The pass must have been very cold[3] since "a bitter wind blew ever through it from the north",[1] causing the pass to funnel them.[4]
History[]
The Pass of Aglond originally served as "a gate unto Doriath", but in the years following the return of the Ñoldor to Middle-earth, the pass was fortified by Celegorm and Curufin who "held it with great strength" from Himlad, making it one of their dwelling places. It was of strategic importance since it joined Himlad and Lothlann, being an eastern passage from Angband to East Beleriand.[1]
In the summer of FA 400, Maeglin bade the servants of Eöl's house that he and his mother Aredhel would visit their kin in the Pass of Aglond.[5] Two days after Aredhel and Maeglin left Nan Elmoth, Eöl rode after them but was captured by the riders of Himlad and taken to Curufin.[6]
Two years later, in FA 402, a force of Orcs launched an attack on the Pass of Aglond, but were pushed back with the aid of the House of Bëor.[7]
During the Dagor Bragollach in FA 455[8],[9] the fortifications in the Pass of Aglond were breached despite the "great cost to the hosts of Morgoth", but nonetheless caused the brothers to flee to Nargothrond.[10]
Sometime around FA 469, Maedhros retook the Pass of Aglond,[10] but a few years later in FA 472,[11] Maedhros fled after the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.[12] After which, Morgoth sent Orcs to garrison the fortifications there.[13]
As with all of Beleriand, the Pass of Aglond was destroyed during the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age.[14]
Etymology[]
Aglond was a name in Sindarin meaning "Narrow Path",[15] containing the roots agor ("narrow, confined")[16] and lond ("land-locked haven")[17].
Other versions[]
The Pass of Aglond was originally called the Pass of Aglon.[18] This form continued to be used in Tolkien's drafts in the 1930s.[19] During this time, Aglon was an early Ñoldorin word meaning "defile, pass between high walls",[16] containing the roots agor ("narrow, confined")[16] and lhonn ("narrow path, strait, pass")[20]. The pass was occasionally referred to as the Gorge of Aglon.[13]
Christopher Tolkien initially thought that the "d" in the name was an earlier form, and thus used the name "Pass of Aglon" in The Silmarillion.[1] He later admitted that it was an oversight and that "Pass of Aglond" was indeed the intended form.[21]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | ممر أكلون |
| Armenian | Ագլոն լեռնանցք |
| Azerbaijani | Aglon keçidi |
| Basque | Aglon pasabidea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Аглон перавал |
| Bengali | অ্যাগ্লোন গিরিপথ |
| Bosnian | Prolaz Aglon |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Проход на Аглон |
| Catalan | Pas de Aglon |
| Cebuano | Gintang sa Aglon |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 艾格隆狹道 |
| Croatian | Prolaz Aglon |
| Czech | Průchod Aglon |
| Danish | Aglonpasset |
| Dutch | Aglonpas |
| Esperanto | Aglon-pasejo |
| Estonian | Agloni mäekuru |
| Finnish | Aglonin sola |
| French | Passe d'aglon |
| Galician | Paso de Aglon |
| Georgian | აგლონი გასასვლელი |
| German | Aglon-Pass |
| Greek | Άγκλον Πέρασμα |
| Gujarati | એગલોન માર્ગ |
| Hebrew | אגלון פס |
| Hindi | एगलॉन दर्रा |
| Hungarian | Aglon-hágó |
| Icelandic | Aglonskarð |
| Indonesian | Celah Aglon |
| Irish Gaelic | Bealach Aglon |
| Italian | Passo di Aglon |
| Japanese | エグロンパス |
| Kannada | ಅಗ್ಲಾನ್ ಅಂತರ |
| Korean | 에그 롱 패스 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Аглон Ашуулар |
| Latvian | Aglona pāreja |
| Lithuanian | Aglono perėja |
| Luxembourgish | Aglon Pass |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Аглан премин |
| Malaysian | Laluan Aglon |
| Marathi | अॅगलॉन खिंड |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Аглон уулын ам |
| Norwegian | Aglonpasset |
| Pashto | اګلن دره |
| Polish | Przejście Aglon |
| Portuguese | Passo do Aglon |
| Punjabi | ਐਗਲੋਨ ਦੱਰਾ |
| Romanian | Pasul Aglon |
| Serbian | Пролаз Аглон (Cyrillic) Prolaz Aglon (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඇග්ලොන් සමත් |
| Slovak | Aglon priesmyk |
| Slovenian | Prelaz Aglon |
| Spanish | Paso de Aglon |
| Swahili | Ufa ya Aglon |
| Swedish | Aglonpasset |
| Tamil | அக்லான் பாஸ் |
| Telugu | ఆగ్లోన్ మార్గం |
| Turkish | Aglon Geçiş |
| Turkmen | Aglon Geçişi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Аґлонів Прохід |
| Urdu | درۂ اگلاون |
| Uzbek | Аглон довони (Cyrillic) Aglon dovoni (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đèo Aglon |
| Welsh | Bwlch Aglon |
| Yiddish | ײַגלאָן בארג-דורכגאנג |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms", pg. 123
- ↑ The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Climate"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part Three: The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion, III: Maeglin
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §125
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §148
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §219
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §242
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names, entry londë
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, pg. 227
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, pgs. 127, 145, 264-5, 283, 311
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pg. 370 (entry LOD-)
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part Three: The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion, III: Maeglin, pg. 338 (note 3)