Сильмариллион
Of Beleriand and Its Realms
BeforethegatesofAngbandfilthanddesolationspreadsouthwardformanymilesoverthewideplainofArd-galen;butafterthecomingoftheSunrichgrassarosethere,andwhileAngbandwasbesiegedanditsgatesshutthereweregreenthingsevenamongthepitsandbrokenrocksbeforethedoorsofhell.
TothewestofThangorodrimlayHisilome,theLandofMist,forsoitwasnamedbytheNoldorintheirowntonguebecauseofthecloudsthatMorgothsentthitherduringtheirfirstencampment;HithlumitbecameinthetongueoftheSindarthatdweltinthoseregions.ItwasafairlandwhiletheSiegeofAngbandlasted,althoughitsairwascoolandwintertherewascold.InthewestitwasboundedbyEredLomin,theEchoingMountainsthatmarchednearthesea;andintheeastandsouthbythegreatcurveofEredWethrin,theShadowyMountains,thatlookedacrossArd-galenandtheValeofSirion.
FingolfinandFingonhissonheldHithlum,andthemostpartofFingolfin’sfolkdweltinMithrimabouttheshoresofthegreatlake;toFingonwasassignedDor-lomin,thatlaytothewestoftheMountainsofMithrim.ButtheirchieffortresswasatEithelSirionintheeastofEredWethrin,whencetheykeptwatchuponArd-galen;andtheircavalryrodeuponthatplaineventotheshadowofThangorodrim,forfromfewtheirhorseshadincreasedswiftly,andthegrassofArd-galenwasrichandgreen.OfthosehorsesmanyofthesirescamefromValinor,andtheyweregiventoFingolfinbyMaedhrosinatonementofhislosses,fortheyhadbeencarriedbyshiptoLosgar.
