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Taur-im-Duinath

Type: Forests, Fields, Plains

Region: Beleriand & North

Meaning: The Forest between the Rivers

Other Names
HoME map only:
Taur-i-Melegyrn 'Forest of the Great Trees'
Taur-na-Chardhîn 'Forest of the Southern Silence'

Location: A great forest south of the Andram, between the rivers Sirion on the west and Gelion on the east.

Description:

But south of the Andram, between Sirion and Gelion, was a wild land of tangled forest in which no folk went, save here and there a few Dark Elves wandering; Taur-im-Duinath it was named, the Forest between the Rivers.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 14, Of Beleriand and its Realms

Upon Amon Ereb they maintained a watch...; and the Orcs came not into Ossiriand, nor to Taur-im-Duinath and the wilds of the south.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 18, Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

Contributors: Elena Tiriel 10Dec07, 18Nov09

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