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Nevrast

Type: Kingdoms, Realms, Lands

Region: Beleriand & North

Meaning: Hither Shore

Other Names
HoME only:
Nivros or Nivrost 'West Vale'

Location: The plateau bounded on the northeast by the Echoing Mountains and Dor-lómin, the south by the Mountains of Shadow, and the northwest by the sea and the Firth of Drengist.

Description:

West of Dor-lómin, beyond the Echoing Mountains, which south of the Firth of Drengist marched inland, lay Nevrast, that signifies the Hither Shore in the Sindarin tongue. That name was given at first to all the coast-lands south of the Firth, but afterwards only to the land whose shores lay between Drengist and Mount Taras. There for many years was the realm of Turgon the wise, son of Fingolfin, bounded by the sea, and by Ered Lómin, which stood upon a promontory. By some Nevrast was held to belong rather to Beleriand than to Hithlum, for it was a milder land, watered by the wet winds from the sea and sheltered from the cold north winds that blew over Hithlum. It was a hollow land, surrounded by mountains and great coast-cliffs higher than the plains behind, and no river flowed thence; and there was a great mere in the midst of Nevrast, with no certain shores, being encircled by wide marshes. Linaewen was the name of that mere, because of the multitude of birds that dwelt there, of such as love tall reeds and shallow pools. At the coming of the Noldor many of the Grey-elves lived in Nevrast near to the coasts, and especially about Mount Taras in the south-west; for to that place Ulmo and Ossë had been wont to come in days of old. All that people took Turgon for their lord, and the mingling of the Noldor and the Sindar came to pass soonest there; and Turgon dwelt long in those halls that he named Vinyamar, under Mount Taras beside the sea.

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

Then... Turgon sent forth all his people... to Gondolin....

Thus Turgon lived long in bliss; but Nevrast was desolate, and remained empty of living folk until the ruin of Beleriand.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 15, Of the Noldor in Beleriand

In the Great Battle and the tumults of the fall of Thangorodrim there were mighty convulsions in the earth, and Beleriand was broken and laid waste; and northward and westward many lands sank beneath the waters of the Great Sea.

The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Contributors:
Lyllyn 26May03
Elena Tiriel 18Nov09

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