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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
The island of Tol Galen in the stream of Adurant
Race
Division
Settlements
Running close to the house of Dior
Source
Presumably part of the stream of Adurant
Pronunciation
la'ntheer la'math
Meaning
'Waterfall of echoing voices'

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Lanthir Lamath

The fall beside the house of Dior

The shimmering, glittering waterfall that ran beside the house of Dior Eluchíl in Ossiriand, probably part of the stream of the River Adurant. Lanthir Lamath was most famous as the source of the name of Dior's daughter Elwing. whose name - meaning 'Star-spray' - was inspired by the falling water on the night of stars when she was born.


See also...

Star-spray

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