Tomb of Elendil

The Tomb of Elendil was the burial place of Elendil, marking the center of the kingdom of Gondor prior to the ceding of Calenardhon to the Éothéod.

Description

The tomb was located at the eastern end of the summit of Halifirien, consisting of a grassy mound on which grew the flower alfirin. Before it lay a black stone inscribed with the Quenya phrase, lambe, amdo, lambe. Though the mountain was covered with forest, the summit was treeless, and a stone stair made by Isildur led from the edge of the wood to the tomb.

History

At some point between the years SA 3441 and TA 2, Isildur visited Halifirien and created the tomb for his father, who had perished in combat with Sauron in the Siege of Barad-dûr. Upon its completion, Isildur had Elendil's casket placed into the tomb and then hallowed the place. Ever afterwards, the mountain was known for its silence, and it was renamed Amon Anwar, "Hill of Awe".

Before his final departure, Isildur decreed that each King of Gondor should journey to the tomb in times of war or distress to find quiet, but that the place should be known only to the king and his heir when he came of age. This was known as the "Tradition of Isildur", and kept by his descendants until the line of kings ended, and the Stewards of Gondor ruled the kingdom.

Following the Battle of the Field of Celebrant in TA 2510, Cirion, twelfth Steward of Gondor, summoned Eorl the Young to Amon Anwar, where he offered ownership of the land of Calenardhon to Eorl for his part in defending Gondor. Eorl accepted, and the two took part in what became known as the Oath of Cirion and Eorl, each pledging friendship and loyalty to the other. Afterwards Cirion had Elendil's casket removed from the tomb and taken to the Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith, as the tomb was no longer was located in the center of Gondor.

In adaptations

The Tomb of Elendil in The Lord of the Rings Online

In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Tomb of Elendil stands untouched, although several Variags have tried to find their way in. A ceremonial Tomb of Elendil had also been build in Annuminas, though the King's remains never rested there.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Graf van Elendil
Albanian	Varr i Elendilit
Arabic	قبر ألينديل
Armenian	Ելենդիլի շիրիմ
Assamese	এলেণ্ডিলৰ সমাধি
Asturian	Tumba de Elendil
Azerbaijani	Elendilın qəbri
Basque	Elendilen hilobia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Магіле Эленділa
Bengali	ইলেন্ডিলের সমাধি
Bosnian	Elendilova grobnica
Breton	Bez Elendil
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Гробница на Елендил
Catalan	Tomba de Elendil
Chinese	伊蘭迪爾陵墓
Croatian	Grobnica Elendila
Czech	Hrobka Elendilu
Danish	Elendils Gravhøj
Dutch	Graftombe van Elendil
Esperanto	Tombo de Elendil
Estonian	Elendili haud
Faroese	Elendils grøv
French	Tombe de Elendil
Frisian	Grêf fan Elendil (Western)
Friulian	Tombe di Elendil
Galician	Tumba de Elendil
German	Grabstätte des Elendil
Greek	Τάφο του Ελενδιλ
Hebrew	קברו של אלנדיל
Hindi	एलेन्दिल का मकबरा
Icelandic	Elendils Grafhýsi
Indonesian	Makam Elendil
Italian	Tomba di Elendil
Japanese	エレンディルの墓
Kazakh	Элендилның қабір (Cyrillic) Élendïlnıñ qabir (Latin)
Konkani	एलेंडिलची कबर
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Элэндилдын мүрзө
Latvian	Elendila kaps
Lithuanian	Elendilo kapas
Luxembourgish	Graf vum Elendil
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гробот на Елендил
Malagasy	Fasana no Elendil
Mongolian Cyrillic	Елендил-ийн булш
Occitan	Tomba d'Elendil
Persian	مقبره الندیل
Polish	Grobowiec Elendilu
Portuguese	Tumba do Elendil
Punjabi	ਏਲੈਂਡਿਲ ਦੀ ਕਬਰ
Romanian	Mormânt de Elendil
Russian	Могила Элендиль
Sardinian	Tumba de Elendil
Serbian	Гроб Елендила (Cyrillic) Grob Elendila (Latin)
Sicilian	Tomba di Elendil
Slovak	Hrobka Elendilu
Slovenian	Elendilova grobnica
Spanish	Tumba de Elendil
Swahili	Kaburi la Elendil
Swedish	Elendils Grav
Tagalog	Puntod ng Elendil
Tajik Cyrillic	Елендил Қабри
Thai	สุสานของเอเลนดิล
Turkish	Elendil'in Mezarı
Turkmen	Elendilyň Gör
Urdu	مقبرہ آلےندیل
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Гробниця Еленділ
Venetian	Tomba de Elendil
Vietnamese	Ngôi mộ Elendil
Yiddish	קבר פֿון עלענדיל
Yoruba	Ibojì Elendil