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Dates
Raised by the Valar at the end of the Spring of Arda
Location
In the Pelóri, the eastern mountain-shield of Aman
Races
Ainur, and later Elves
Divisions
Valar (Aratar); Elves of the Vanyar later dwelt on the slopes of the mountain
Settlements
Ilmarin, the dwelling of Manwë and Varda, was on the peak of this mountain
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Everlasting Whiteness

The peak of the Holy Mountain

Map of the mountain of Everlasting Whiteness
Taniquetil, the mountain of Everlasting Whiteness (somewhat conjectural)
Taniquetil, the mountain of Everlasting Whiteness (somewhat conjectural)

Taniquetil was the tallest of all the mountains of the world, rising up out of the sheer range of the Pelóri on the eastern edge of Aman. Among the snows of its high peak was built Ilmarin, the halls of Manwë the Elder King and his consort Varda, from which they looked out across the world. That peak had many names, and one of those names in Quenya was Oiolossë, from oio, 'everlasting, eternal' and lossë, 'snow white'. 'Everlasting Whiteness' is one translation of this name, but it is also sometimes rendered 'Ever-snow-white', and by extension Taniquetil is occasionally referred to as 'Mount Everwhite'.


See also...

Oiolossë

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