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Lindon is the land beyond the Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains, in the northwest of Middle-earth in the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien. It is the westernmost land of the continent. The Gulf of Lune divides it into Forlindon (North Lindon) and Harlindon (South Lindon). Mithlond or the Grey Havens stood near the mouth of the River Lhûn at the gulf's eastern end. Lindon serves as a narrative plot device, the final point of transition from the mortal changing world of Middle-earth to the unchanged Arda of the past. ==First Age== Ossiriand ('Land of Seven Rivers'; cf. Q ''otso'', T ''otos'', S ''odog'', all meaning "seven") was the most eastern region of Beleriand during the First Age, lying between the Ered Luin and the river Gelion. The Seven Rivers were, from north to south: #River ''Gelion'' #River ''Ascar'' or ''Rathlóriel'' #River ''Thalos'' #River ''Legolin'' #River ''Brilthor'' #River ''Duilwen'' #River ''Adurant'' Along the northern shore of the Ascar ran the Dwarf-road to Nogrod. North of Ossiriand lay the land of Thargelion, ruled by Caranthir son of Fëanor, and south of the river Adurant later lay the ''Land of the Dead that Live'', where Lúthien and Beren lived their second lives. Ossiriand was a green and forested land, and it was not populated by the Sindar. In the early First Age before the rise of the Moon, a part of the Telerin Elven people called Nandor entered Ossiriand under their leader Denethor, and were given permission by Thingol to settle the lands. After them the land was often renamed Lindon, for ''The Singers'', after the old clan-name of the Telerin which the Nandor still used in their tongue. They became known as the Laiquendi, or Green Elves. After their leader Denethor was killed in an Orc-raid they chose no more leaders, and many of them removed to Doriath. At the drowning of Beleriand in the War of Wrath, only parts of Ossiriand and Thargelion survived, along with what became the islands of Tol Fuin and Himring.〔Compare the maps of Beleriand and Middle-earth in ''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. V, p. 408–411, and Vol. VII, p. 302.〕 Belegaer the Great Sea broke through the mountain chain at the eastern boundary of Beleriand to create the Gulf of Lhûn. In the Second Age and Third Age the surviving portion of Ossiriand and Thargelion became part of Lindon, where Gil-galad and Círdan ruled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindon (Middle-earth)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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