Dates

Probably founded at the time of the Great Journey (long before the First Age), though this is uncertain

Location

On the banks of the river Celebrant, to the southeast of Khazad-dûm

Race

Division

Culture

Elves of Lórien

Pronunciation

lothloa'rien

Meaning

'Lórien of the Blossom' (also interpreted 'Dreamflower')

Other names

Dreamflower, Dwimordene, The Golden Wood, The Hidden Land, Land of the Valley of Singing Gold, Laurelindórenan, Lindórinand, Lórien, Lórien of the Blossom, Lórinand, Vale of the Land of the Singers, Valley of Gold

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Lothlórien

‘Lórien of the Blossom’

Map of Lothlórien

Note that the locations of Cerin Amroth and Caras Galadhon shown here are conjectural.

Note that the locations of Cerin Amroth and Caras Galadhon shown here are conjectural.

'Lórien of the Blossom', a name for the land to the east of the Misty Mountains more usually called simply Lórien.

Notes

1	That is, the people of Lothlórien, the Galadhrim, were of Silvan origin. They were ruled in the later Third Age by Galadriel and Celeborn, neither of whom were Silvan Elves. Galadriel was of the Noldor, and Celeborn, at least according to the published Silmarillion, was of the Sindar.

See also...

Dreamflower, Elvendom, Land of the Valley of Singing Gold, Lord of Lothlórien, Lórien of the Blossom, River Anduin, Tree-people, Valley of Gold

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