"J.R.R. Tolkien - Middle-Earth Glossary [v2.1b]" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tolkien J.R.R)

* Alfirin|Uilos|Simbelmynы
A small white flower, also called uilos and simbelmynы (translated Evermind).


* Algund
Man of Dor-lєmin, one of the outlaw-band (Gaurwaith) that T·rin joined.


* Almaren
'Blessed (place)'; the first abode of the Valar in Arda, before the second onslaught of Melkor: an isle in a great lake in the midst of Middle-earth. After its destruction by Melkor they founded Valinor.
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The ancient home of the Valar.
Before the time of the Two Trees of Valinor, and even before the Valar came to Valinor, they dwelt on the green island of Almaren in the Great Lake. In the mists of time, long before the awakening of Elves or Men, the Valar dwelt east of the Sea in Middle-earth. This was a time called the Spring of Arda, when the Earth was lit by the two Lamps of the Valar, and Almaren lay in the central regions of the World, where the light of the two Lamps mingled.
Of the details of Almaren we know little - there was green grass on the island, and the Valar had a 'dwelling' there, which presumably constituted a city, or at least a town. In the history of the Valar, Almaren was known as the place where Tulkas wed Nessa.
Of much greater importance, though, is the fact that Almaren was the site of the Valar's first major defeat at the hands of Melkor: he loosed his forces secretly from his northern fortress of Utumno (then newly delved). Both the Lamps of the Valar were thrown down and destroyed, and Almaren lay in ruins. Tulkas gave chase, but Melkor escaped into the dungeons of Utumno.
After this, the Valar left Middle-earth and seldom returned. They founded a new land far away to the west, in Aman, that they called Valinor; a land lit by the fabled light of the Two Trees.


* Almarian
Daughter of the N·menєrean mariner Vыantur, Queen to Tar-Meneldur, the fifth King of N·menor, and mother to Tar-Aldarion, the sixth King.


* Almiel
The younger of Tar-Aldarion's sisters.


* Alqualondы|Alqualonde
'Haven of the Swans', the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the eastern shores of Aman.
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The Swanhaven of the Teleri, on the eastern shores of Aman. This was the site of the Kinslaying in the time immediately before the beginning of the First Age.


* Aman
'Blessed, free from evil', the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm.
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The Undying Lands.
The continent (originally lying in the far West of Arda, now removed from the World) on which the Valar made their home after the destruction of Almaren. There they founded Valinor, and there dwelt the Calaquendi; the Vanyar, the Noldor and those of the Teleri who journeyed from Middle-earth long before the First Age. There were dwellers in Aman before the Valar, though; Ungoliant had long existed in the southern land of Avathar.
To protect their realm from Melkor, the Valar raised a great range of mountains along the borders of Aman; the Pelєri or Mountains of Defence. They also filled the seas eastwards with shadows and Enchanted Isles.
In II 3319, King Ar-PharazЇn of N·menor, having been seduced and corrupted by Sauron, sailed on Aman with a great fleet. The King and his armies were destroyed, as was the land of N·menor, and Aman was taken out of the World. After that catastrophe, only the Elves could reach the Blessed Realm.
The word means 'Blessed Realm'.


* Amandil
'Lover of Aman'; the last lord of And·niы in N·menor, descendant of Elros and father of Elendil. Though an Elf-friend, he was for many years a friend and counsellor to King Ar-PharazЇn. Dismissed by Sauron, he sailed into the West to seek the pardon of the Valar for the misdeeds of the N·menєreans; his fate is unknown.


* Amariы|Amarie
Vanyarin Elf, beloved of Finrod Felagund, who remained in Valinor when Finrod returned to Middle-earth.