The Stone of Annúminas was the palantír kept in the city of Annúminas, the first capital of Arnor.
Description[]
The stone was possibly comparable to the stones of Orthanc, Minas Ithil, and Minas Anor, as they were relatively the same size, large and could not be lifted by just one man. The stone like the other three were considered, at least during the early days, to be only minor stones. It may have operated by fixed orientation in its original situation, meaning that what ever side or face was, for example east or west, then that is the direction it would look towards, and if turned in any other direction you would see only a blank image. Disturbances and movements of such stone(s) could be fixed without serious difficulty, but if removed from where it was properly set or thrown down to the ground it would be difficult to reset again.[1]
History[]
Like the other Seeing Stones that the Faithful Dúnedain brought over from Númenor, it was placed in a selected area within the realms ruled by the exiled Dúnedain in Middle-earth, as a means of communication between the new realms of Arnor and Gondor. The Dúnedain of the North chose to place this stone in Annúminas.[2] In Arnor, the law was that the stones belonged to the king only, and he normally used the Stone of Annúminas, but when Arnor broke-up in TA 861 only the Kings of Arthedain held a "just" claim to it and the others.
It is not known for sure when the stone of Annúminas was moved to Fornost, but this likely happened at some point either during or after the removal of the capital to the city in TA 861. In TA 1409 the Stone of Amon Sûl was also taken to Fornost, following the destruction of its tower. Hundreds of years later, this arrangement also came to an end when Angmar finally destroyed Arthedain and captured Fornost in TA 1974.
Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain managed to escape with both stones into the north. A year later, just as the King was boarding a ship sent by Círdan to rescue him, a storm struck in the Icebay of Forochel, wrecking the ship. Arvedui was drowned along with the two stones, and so the Stone of Annúminas was lost.[3][4][5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Steen van Annúminas |
| Albanian | Guri i Annúminas |
| Amharic | የአኑሚናስ ድንጋይ |
| Arabic | حجر آمون سول |
| Assamese | এন'নুমিনাস পাথৰ |
| Asturian | Piedra de Annúminas |
| Azerbaijani | Annúminas Daşı |
| Basque | Annúminas harria |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Камень Аннумінас |
| Bengali | আন্নুমিনাস পাথর |
| Bosnian | Kamen Annúminas |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Камък на Ануминас |
| Catalan | Pedra de Annúminas |
| Cebuano | Bato sa Annúminas |
| Chinese | 安努米纳斯石头 |
| Cornish | Men Annúminas |
| Corsican | Pietra di Annúminas |
| Croatian | Kamen Annúminas |
| Czech | Kámen Annúminas |
| Danish | Annúminassten |
| Dutch | Steen van Annúminas |
| Esperanto | Ŝtono de Annúminas |
| Estonian | Annúminasi Kivi |
| Filipino | Bato ng Annúminas |
| Finnish | Annúminas-stone |
| French | Pierre d'Annúminas |
| Frisian | Stien fan Annúminas (Western) |
| Friulian | Piere di Annúminas |
| Galician | Pedra de Annúminas |
| Georgian | ამონ სულის ქვა |
| German | Stein von Annúminas |
| Greek | Πέτρα του Αννούμινας |
| Gujarati | એન્યુમિનાસ પથ્થર |
| Hebrew | אבן אנומינאס |
| Hindi | अन्नुमिनस का पत्थर |
| Hungarian | Annúminas Köve |
| Icelandic | Steinn Annúminas |
| Indonesian | Batu Annúminas |
| Irish Gaelic | Cloch Annúminas |
| Italian | Pietra d'Annúminas |
| Japanese | アヌミナスの石 |
| Javanese | Watu Annúminas |
| Kannada | ಆನುಮಿನಾಸ್ ಕಲ್ಲು |
| Kazakh | Аннұминас Тасы (Cyrillic) Annumïnas Tası (Latin) |
| Korean | 안누미나스 석 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Аннуминас Ташы |
| Latvian | Annúminas Akmens |
| Lithuanian | Annúminas Akmuo |
| Lombard | Pietra d'Annúminas |
| Luxembourgish | Steen vun Annúminas |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Камен на Аннуминас |
| Maithili | एनुमिनास के पत्थर |
| Malagasy | Vaton'i Annúminas |
| Maltese | Ġebla ta' Annúminas |
| Malayalam | അൻമുമിനാസ് കല്ല് |
| Malaysian | Batu Annúminas |
| Marathi | अॅनुमिनसचा दगड |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Аннуминас Чулуу |
| Nepalese | एनुमिनसको ढुङ्गा |
| Norwegian | Annúminassteinen |
| Occitan | Pèira d'Annúminas |
| Pashto | د امون سل ډبره |
| Persian | سنگ آمون سول |
| Polish | Kamień Annúminas (Annúminas Stone)
Kryształ Annúminas (Annúminas Crystal) |
| Portuguese | Pedra da Annúminas |
| Punjabi | ਅਨੂਮਿਨਾਸ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ |
| Romanian | Piatra lui Annúminas |
| Russian | Камень Аннуминаса |
| Sardinian | Pietra de Annúminas |
| Serbian | Камен Ануминас (Cyrillic) Kamen Anuminasa (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Pietra di Annúminas |
| Sinhalese | ඇනුමිනාස් ගල් |
| Slovak | Kameň Annúminas |
| Slovenian | Kamen Annúminas |
| Somali | Dhagaxa Annúminas |
| Spanish | Piedra de Annúminas |
| Swahili | Jiwe la Annúminas |
| Swedish | Annúminassten |
| Tamil | அணுமின்னாஸ் கல் |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Санги Аннуминас |
| Tatar | Аннуминас Ташы |
| Telugu | అన్నుమినాస్ రాయి |
| Thai | หินของอันนูมินัส |
| Turkish | Annúminas Taşı |
| Turkmen | Annúminas Daşy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Камінь Аннумінас |
| Urdu | آمون سول کا پتھر |
| Venetian | Piera de Annúminas |
| Vietnamese | Viên đá Annúminas |
| Welsh | Carreg Annúminas |
| Xhosa | Ilitye lika-Annúminas |
| Yiddish | דער שטיין פֿון אַננומינאַס |
| Yoruba | Okuta Annúminas |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Four: III: "The Palantíri"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), The Third Age
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Four: III: "The Palantíri", Notes
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Second Age, "The Realms in Exile"