Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Pitch
This made me think of the River/Gulf of Lhûn, which I presume was one of the tributaries of Gelion before the drowning of Beleriand; in which case the 'mother' would be the tributary of the Lhûn which springs from the Hills of Evendim (which is another word for twilight). After the mountains shook (i.e. after the War of Wrath) the Lhûn issued directly into the Sea (=Western shores). Before the darkness came etc. could refer to the decline of the Kingdom of Arnor - which however didn't affect the course of the River, so ???
|
Whatever this is, my guess is that "the darkness" and "after glory came the loss" refers to the fate of
Númenor, which
also changed the shape of the world. So in that case we would be looking for a geographical feature (the "mother") that reached the western coast
only in the Second Age.
I haven't thought of what it could be, though.