Сильмариллион
Of Beleriand and Its Realms
Thither,aswasearliertold,UngolianthadfledfromthewhipsoftheBalrogs,andthereshedweltawhile,fillingtheravineswithherdeadlygloom,andtherestill,whenshehadpassedaway,herfouloffspringlurkedandwovetheirevilnets;andthethinwatersthatspilledfromEredGorgorothweredefiled,andperiloustodrink,fortheheartsofthosethattastedthemwerefilledwithshadowsofmadnessanddespair.Alllivingthingselseshunnedthatland,andtheNoldorwouldpassthroughNanDungorthebonlyatgreatneed,bypathsneartothebordersofDoriathandfurthestfromthehauntedhills.Thatwaywasmadelongbefore,inthetimeereMorgothreturnedtoMiddle-earth;andifonefareduponithecameeastwardstoEsgalduin,wherestilltherestoodinthedaysoftheSiegethestonebridgeofIantTaur.ThencehepassedthroughDorDinen,theSilentLand,andcrossingtheArossiach(whichsignifiestheFordsofAros)cametothenorthmarchesofBeleriand,wheredweltthesonsofFeanor.SouthwardlaytheguardedwoodsofDoriath,abodeofThingoltheHiddenKing,intowhoserealmnonepassedsavebyhiswill.Itsnorthernandlesserpart,theForestofNeldoreth,wasboundedeastandsouthbythedarkriverEsgalduin,whichbentwestwardinthemidstoftheland;andbetweenArosandEsgalduinlaythedenserandgreaterwoodsofRegion.
