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Taeglin was a river of Middle-earth in the First Age. It was a major tributary of the great river Sirion in the region of Beleriand.

History

Taeglin rose in the southern reaches of the Ered Wethrin and flowed southeast, passing along the southern part through the Forest of Brethil running through a gorge named Cabed-en-Aras; receiving the waters of Glithui and Malduin, and finally joined the river Sirion on the borders of Doriath.

Near the western border of Brethil was the Crossings of Teiglin and was the most important ford on the river and crossing place. A road passed through it from Nargothrond to Minas Tirith.

The Celebros and Malduin were its most important minor tributaries.[1]

The banks of the river Taeglin near the Celebros were the scene of the encounter between Túrin Turambar and the dragon Glaurung.[2][3][4]

Other versions of the legendarium

In earlier writings, the river's name was spelled Teiglin. As revealed in the History of Middle-earth series, the river name should actually have been spelt Taeglin. This was a relatively late change which was not adopted into the published Silmarillion, which uses the old name.[5]

Translations around the World

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ጣአግሊን
Arabic طايعلين ?
Belarusian Таеглін
Bengali টাএগ্লিন
Bulgarian Таеглин
Chinese (Hong Kong) 泰格林河
Georgian ტაეგლინი
Greek Ταεγλιν
Gujarati ટ​એગ્લિન
Hebrew טאיגלין
Hindi ट​एग्लिन
Japanese テイグリン
Kazakh Таеглін
Kurdish تاه‌گلین
Kyrgyz Таэглин
Macedonian Таеглин
Mongolian Таеглин
Nepali ट​एग्लिन
Pashto طاېګلین
Persian طاهگلین ?
Russian Таеглин
Sanskrit ट​एग्लिन्
Serbian Таеглин (Cyrillic) Taeglin (Latinised)
Sinhala ටැග්ලින්
Tamil ட​எக்லிந்
Tajik Таеглин
Telugu ట​ఎగ్లిన
Urdu طاےگلین
Uyghur تاەگلىن
Uzbek Таеглин (Cyrillic) Taeglin (Latinised)
Yiddish טאַעגלין


Rivers of Beleriand

Adurant | Aros | Ascar | Brilthor | Brithon | Celebros | Celon | Dry River | Duilwen | Esgalduin | Gelion | Ginglith | Glithui | Greater Gelion | Legolin | Little Gelion | Malduin | Mindeb | Narog | Nenning | Ringwil | Sirion | Taeglin



References

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
  2. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
  3. Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Chîn Húrin" (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)
  4. The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, XVI: "The Death of Glaurung"
  5. The History of Middle-earth
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