Сильмариллион
Of the Coming of Men into the West
Thereforeinnewlandstheywentbacktotheiroldlifeasbesttheycould;andtheydweltinfreehomesteadsinthewoodsofTalathDirnenbeyondTeiglin,andsomewanderedfarintotherealmofNargothrond.ButthereweremanywholovedtheLadyHalethandwishedtogowhithershewould,anddwellunderherrule;andthesesheledintotheForestofBrethil,betweenTeiglinandSirion.Thitherintheevildaysthatfollowedmanyofherscatteredfolkreturned.
NowBrethilwasclaimedaspartofhisrealmbyKingThingol,thoughitwasnotwithintheGirdleofMelian,andhewouldhavedeniedittoHaleth;butFelagund,whohadthefriendshipofThingol,hearingofallthathadbefallenthePeopleofHaleth,obtainedthisgraceforher:thatsheshoulddwellfreeinBrethil,upontheconditiononlythatherpeopleshouldguardtheCrossingsofTeiglinagainstallenemiesoftheEldar,andallownoOrcstoentertheirwoods.
TothisHalethanswered:’WhereareHaldadmyfather,andHaldarmybrother?IftheKingofDoriathfearsafriendshipbetweenHalethandthosewhohavedevouredherkin,thenthethoughtsoftheEldararestrangetoMen.’AndHalethdweltinBrethiluntilshedied;andherpeopleraisedagreenmoundoverherintheheightsoftheforest,TurHaretha,theLadybarrow,Haudh-en-ArwenintheSindarintongue.
