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Location
A wide desert between Angband in the north and the fences of Beleriand in the south
Origins
Created in the Dagor Bragollach
Pronunciation
anfow'glith ('ow' as in 'how', 'th' as in 'pith')
Meaning
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Anfauglith

The Gasping Dust north of Beleriand

Map of Anfauglith
"Thus Ard-galen perished ... and it was called Anfauglith, the Gasping Dust. Many charred bones had there their roofless grave..."
Quenta Silmarillion 18
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

The charred desert to the north of Beleriand, created by the flames of Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach.


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