Years of the Sun
Since the destruction of the Lamps of the Valar in the far distant past, the Valar had dwelt for millennia in Aman under the light of the...
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Wolf-Sauron
“There befell the battle of Huan and Wolf- Sauron, and the howls and baying echoed in the hills, and the watchers on the...
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Westfarthing of the Shire
The western farthing of the Shire encompassed the land between the Far Downs and the Three-Farthing Stone. Much of the landscape of the...
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Tower of the Setting Sun
The great tower built beneath Mount Mindolluin, west of the River Anduin, in the earliest days of Gondor. Its position west of the River,...
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Thain of the Shire
The largely honorary title of the military leader of the Shire. The first Shire-thain was Bucca of the Marish, and the title was held by...
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Symbelmynë
“How fair are the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called, simbelmyn in this land of Men, for they blossom in all the...
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Swordsman of the Sky
A term for the constellation we call Orion, and the meaning of his various Elvish names: Telumehtar, Menelmacar and Menelvagor. VN:F [1.9.11
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Sword-that-was-Broken
Narsil, the sword of Elendil that broke beneath him when he fell in the War of the Last Alliance. Its shards were returned to Arnor, where...
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Swish-tail
One of the five ponies belonging to Meriadoc Brandybuck that he and his fellow adventurers took with them when they set out from the Shire...
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Sword of Elendil
Narsil, the sword manufactured in ancient times by Telchar of Nogrod, and borne in the late Second Age by Elendil. He fought with it in the...
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Swertings
Among the Hobbits of the secluded Shire, the dark-skinned Men of the far south were a people of legend, who rode to war on oliphaunts in...
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Sweet Galenas
One of many names for the plant known to the Hobbits as Pipe-weed, the source of the Leaf they smoked in their pipes. Though the...
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Swans
imageCaption” style=”width:291px”> The fenlands of Swanfleet. In the far distance, the Misty Mountains can be seen. An...
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