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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
At the confluence of the rivers Sirion and Narog, some fifty miles northward of the Mouths of Sirion
Source
Sirion flowed into the valley from the north
Tributaries
Narog joined Sirion within the forest valley
Outflow
Sirion flowed on southwards toward its Mouths
Pronunciation
na'n-ta'thren
Meaning
Literally 'valley of willows', but usually translated 'Land of Willows'
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Nan-tathren

The Land of Willows in the south of Beleriand

Map of Nan-tathren

In the region where the River Narog met the great River Sirion, a little to the north of the Sirion's Mouths, lay the land of Nan-tathren. Famed for its willows and its flowered meadows, those who had visited this land reported its extraordinary beauty. It played little direct part in history, except that the Exiles of Gondolin rested here for a while on their long journey south from their city's ruin, and it was said that Eärendil's Sea-longing first awakened beneath the willows of Nan-tathren.


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