Places in Middle-earth
Taur-im-Duinath
Type: Forests, Fields, Plains
Region: Beleriand & North
Meaning: The Forest between the Rivers
Other Names
HoME map only:
Taur-i-Melegyrn 'Forest of the Great Trees'
Taur-na-Chardhîn 'Forest of the Southern Silence'
Location: A great forest south of the Andram, between the rivers Sirion on the west and Gelion on the east.
Description:
But south of the Andram, between Sirion and Gelion, was a wild land of tangled forest in which no folk went, save here and there a few Dark Elves wandering; Taur-im-Duinath it was named, the Forest between the Rivers.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 14, Of Beleriand and its Realms
Upon Amon Ereb they maintained a watch...; and the Orcs came not into Ossiriand, nor to Taur-im-Duinath and the wilds of the south.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 18, Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 10Dec07, 18Nov09