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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 north of the Mouths of Sirion
Pronunciation
tasa'rinan
Meaning
'valley of the willows'
Other names
Land of Willows, Nan-tasarion, Nan-tathren

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Tasarinan

The valley of willows

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A name for the watery willow-forest that grew up in central Beleriand where the River Narog met the Sirion. It is more commonly known as Nan-tathren, or sometimes as Nan-tasarion. All these names have the same meaning; 'valley of the willows'.


See also...

Nan-tasarion

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