Dor Lelvin

Dor Lelvin (S. "Land of Elms", Q. "Alalminorê", Os. "Dor Lelmion") was a poetic name for the lands west of the Lhun and south of the little Lhun. Once a realm of the Nandor, like Siregale, only scattered companies yet dwelled here. This was also a name for a portion of Tol Eressëa. Few mortals learned enough to know both places in lore would be confused by the fact that the Eldar called a number of geographic features by common names in Lindon and the West. It stretched from the Ered Luin to the town of Gobel Calarnen from west to east, and from the Lhun-i-Nibben to the Gulf north to south. The native tribe of Nandor was called the Lathedhil (N. "Listener-elves") hence the alternate name, Dor in-Lethryn. Caves in this region showed signs of habitation from the Edainic migrations of the First Age. Some Elves said they had met spirits of the rivers living here, and a spring-spirit maid lived beneath the pool which fed the little Lhun.