Eithel Sirion

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Eithel Sirion is a legendary spring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known as the chief source of the great River Sirion in Beleriand.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eithel Sirion canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water in Beleriand ⓘ
fictional spring ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
associatedEvent Dagor Bragollach ⓘ
Siege of Angband ⓘ
linked to: Dagor Bragollach
associatedWith Fingolfin ⓘ
Noldor ⓘ
linked to: the Noldor
belongsTo legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
country Beleriand ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describedAs chief source of the River Sirion ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod First Age ⓘ
flowsInto Sirion ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
guardedBy Fingolfin ⓘ
Fingon ⓘ
languageOfName Sindarin ⓘ
locatedIn Beleriand ⓘ
Dor-lómin ⓘ
Hithlum ⓘ
mapFeatureIn First Age maps of Beleriand ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
nameMeaning Well of Sirion ⓘ
near Ered Wethrin ⓘ
Mountains of Shadow ⓘ
fortress of Fingolfin ⓘ
notableFor being the main spring of the greatest river of Beleriand ⓘ
its proximity to the Noldorin stronghold in Hithlum ⓘ
partOf Sirion river system ⓘ
regionType northern Beleriand ⓘ
linked to: Beleriand
sourceOf River Sirion ⓘ
strategicImportance guarded the northern passes into Beleriand ⓘ
universe Middle-earth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sirion → flowsFrom → Eithel Sirion ⓘ
Beleriand → containsFortress → Eithel Sirion ⓘ