Сильмариллион
Of Maeglin Aredhel
ButwhenshecametotheFordofBrithiachintheRiverSirionshesaidtohercompanions:’Turnnowsouthandnotnorth,forIwillnotridetoHithlum;myheartdesiresrathertofindthesonsofFeanor,myfriendsofold.’Andsinceshecouldnotbedissuadedtheyturnedsouthasshecommanded,andsoughtadmittanceintoDoriath.Butthemarchwardensdeniedthem;forThingolwouldsuffernoneoftheNoldortopasstheGirdle,savehiskinsfolkofthehouseofFinarfin,andleastofallthosethatwerefriendsofthesonsofFeanor.Thereforethemarch-wardenssaidtoAredhel:’TothelandofCelegormforwhichyouseek,Lady,youmaybynomeanspassthroughtherealmofKingThingol;youmustridebeyondtheGirdleofMelian,tothesouthortothenorth.ThespeediestwayisbythepathsthatleadeastfromtheBrithiachthroughDimbarandalongthenorth-marchofthiskingdom,untilyoupasstheBridgeofEsgalduinandtheFordsofAros,andcometothelandsthatliebehindtheHillofHimring.Theredwell,aswebelieve,CelegormandCurufin,anditmaybethatyouwillfindthem;buttheroadisperilous.’
ThenAredhelturnedbackandsoughtthedangerousroadbetweenthehauntedvalleysofEredGorgorothandthenorthfencesofDoriath;andastheydrewneartotheevilregionofNanDungorthebtheridersbecameenmeshedinshadows,andAredhelstrayedfromhercompanionsandwaslost.
