
Tar Aeluin, by David Greset
Tarn Aeluin, or simply Aeluin, was the name given by the Grey-elves and Edain to a small, clear lake in the center of the highlands of eastern Dorthonion, at the entrance of the shallow pass leading to Ladros in Beleriand.[1]
It is said to have been hallowed by Melian the Maia. It was here that Barahir and his XII Bëorings hid from Morgoth's forces after the Dagor Bragollach.[2]
Etymology[]
Tarn Aeluin was Sindarin for 'Blue-mere'.[3]
Lakes of Arda
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Bywater Pool | Forbidden Pool | Gollum's water | Great Lake | Kheled-zâram (Mirrormere) | Lake Evendim | Lake Helevorn | Lake Mithrim | Linaewen | Long Lake | Lórellin | Nen Hithoel | Nísinen | Tarn Aeluin |
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Тарн Аелуин |
Chinese (Hong Kong) | 艾露因 |
Georgian | ტარნ აელუინი (Tarn Aeluin)
აელუინი (Aeluin) |
Hebrew | (Aeluin) איילואין |
Russian | Тарн Аэлуин |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Complete Tolkien Companion
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth