N. Duath loc.

N. Duath, loc.

The earliest Elvish name of the Mountains of Shadow in Morder in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/309, TI/343), it is simply dú(w)ath “night-shade” used as a name.

See S. Ephel Dúath for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/343; TII/Ephel Dúath; WRI/Ephel Dúath

Elements

dú(w)ath “night-shade”