Q. Ormal pn.

Q. Ormal, pn.

The southernmost of the two lamps that first lit the world (S/35). The meaning of this name is unclear.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name of this lamp was ᴹQ. Ringil (LR/32). In the 1950s, Tolkien changed this to Hyaras and then Hyarantë (both probably from Q. hyar- “south”) before settling on Ormal (MR/7).

References ✧ LT1I; MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë, Ormal; SI

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Q. Hyarantë pn. “Southern Lamp”

See Q. Ormal for discussion.

References ✧ MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë, Hyaras

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