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The Grey Mountains
The Grey Mountains, or the Ered Mithrin, was a large mountain range in Middle-earth located to the north of Rhovanion and south of Forodwaith.
History[]
The Grey Mountains were originally part of the Iron Mountains, the ancient mountain range in the north of Middle-earth, making them one of the oldest mountain ranges in Arda.
The mountains were mostly unaffected during the events of the First Age. At its future western end lay Mount Gundabad, where Durin I awoke.
After the War of Wrath, the Iron Mountains were broken, leaving the Grey Mountains as a separate range and a "northern spur" of the newer Misty Mountains.
In the year TA 2210 the mountains were settled by the Dwarves, led by King Thorin I. The mountains were rich in gold and unexplored, however after three hundred years Dragons began to trouble the Dwarves, killing Dáin I in TA 2589. His sons Thrór and Grór then abandoned the Grey Mountains, fleeing to Erebor and the Iron Hills.
Geography[]
The Grey Mountains were the last remnants of the wall of the Iron Mountains, which once stretched all over the north of Middle-earth, but were broken at the end of the First Age after the War of Wrath.
North of the mountains lay Forodwaith, a region of great cold known as Dor-na-Daerachas in the First Age and earlier. South of the mountains lay Rhovanion and Dale.
On the western end of the mountains, across a gap, lay Mount Gundabad, the end of the Misty Mountains. Halfway through its length, the mountains split, and the valley between them was known as the Withered Heath.
The stretch of mountains west of the Misty Mountains which still formed one range with the Grey Mountains was known as the Mountains of Angmar, another remnant of the Iron Mountains.
From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles. In its western end in Éothéod, the Forest River and the River Greylin arose.
Inhabitants[]
The Dwarves of Durin's Folk considered the Ered Mithrin as part of their land as far back as the reign of Durin I. Because of constant attack by both Orcs of Morgoth and possibly Dragons, they were not heavily explored or settled until the Third Age. By the end of the Third Age all Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided by dragons, and the Grey Mountains served only to divide Forodwaith from Wilderland. Durin's Folk possibly reclaimed their halls in the Grey Mountains during the Fourth Age due to the dwindling of the Orcs and Dragons.
Etymology[]
The Grey Mountains are also known as Ered Mithrin in Sindarin; from ered (mountains) + mithrin (grey).
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Grys Berge |
| Albanian | Malet gri |
| Amharic | ግራጫ ተራሮች |
| Arabic | الجبال رمادية |
| Basque | Mendiak Grisa |
| Belarusian | Шэрыя Гарах (Cyrillic) Šeryja Harach (Latin) |
| Bengali | গ্রে পর্বতমালা |
| Bosnian | Planine Sive |
| Bulgarian | Сивите Планини (Cyrillic) Sivite Planini (Latin) |
| Cambodian | ប្រផេះភ្នំ |
| Catalan | Muntanyes Grises |
| Chichewa | Imvi Mapiri |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 灰色山脈 A.K.A. 伊瑞德米斯林 |
| Croatian | Planine Sive |
| Czech | Hory Šedá |
| Danish | Gråbjergene |
| Esperanto | Griza montoj |
| Estonian | Hallmäed |
| Faroese | Gráurfjøll |
| French | Montagnes Grises |
| Frisian | Grize Bergen |
| Dutch | Grijze Bergen |
| Galician | Montañas Grises |
| Georgian | რუხი მთები |
| German | Graue Berge / Graues Gebirge |
| Greek | Γκρι Βουνά |
| Hawaiian | Oho Mauna |
| Icelandic | Grá Fjöll |
| Indonesian | Gunung-gunung abu-abu |
| Italian | Montagne Grigie |
| Irish Gaelic | Sléibhte Liath |
| Japanese | 灰色山脈 |
| Javanese | Gunung klawu |
| Haitian Creole | Gri mòn yo |
| Hebrew | הרי גריי |
| Hindi | ग्रे पर्वत |
| Hungarian | Szürke-hegység |
| Kannada | ಗ್ರೇ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು |
| Kazakh | Сұр таулар (Cyrillic) Sur tawlar (Latin) |
| Korean | 회색 산맥 |
| Kurdish | Çiyayên Gewr (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | боз тоолор |
| Latvian | Pelēks Kalni |
| Lithuanian | Pilkuosius kalnus |
| Luxembourgish | Groen Bierger |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Греј Планини |
| Maltese | Muntanji griża |
| Malagasy | Grey Tendrombohitra |
| Malaysian | Kelabu Pergunungan |
| Marathi | ग्रे पर्वत |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | саарал уулс |
| Nepalese | ग्रे पर्वत |
| Norwegian | Gråfjellene |
| Old English | Beorgas Grǣg |
| Pashto | خړ غرونه |
| Persian | (Grey Mountains) کوه های خاکستری
(Ered Mithrin) سرزمینمیانه |
| Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal) | Montanhas Cinzentas |
| Polish | Szare Góry |
| Punjabi | ਗ੍ਰੇ ਪਹਾੜ |
| Romanian | Munții Gri |
| Russian | Серые горы |
| Scottish Gaelic | Glas Beanntan |
| Serbian | Сиве планине (Cyrillic) Sive planine (Latin) |
| Shona | Gireyi Makomo |
| Sindhi | ڀورو جبل |
| Sinhalese | අළු කඳු |
| Slovak | Hory Sivá |
| Slovenian | Gore Sive |
| Somalian | Buuraha Cirro |
| Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Montañas Grises |
| Swedish | Grå bergen |
| Tagalog | Abo Bundok |
| Tamil | சாம்பல் மலைகள் |
| Tatar | Соры Таулар |
| Telugu | గ్రే పర్వతాలు |
| Thai | เทือกเขาสีเทา |
| Turkish | Gri Dağlar |
| Turkmen | Çal Daglar |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сірих горах |
| Urdu | گرے پہاڑوں |
| Uyghur | كۈلرەڭ تاغلار |
| Uzbek | Кулранг Тоғлар (Cyrillic) Kulrang Tog'lar (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Dãy núi xám |
| Welsh | Mynyddoedd llwyd |
| Xhosa | Iintaba ezingwevu |
| Yiddish | גריי בערג |
| Mountain Ranges of Arda |
|---|
|
Ash Mountains |
Blue Mountains |
Echoriad |
Ephel Dúath |
Ered Gorgoroth |
Ered Lómin |
Ered Wethrin |
Grey Mountains (north) |
Grey Mountains (south) |
Iron Hills |
Iron Mountains | |
| Dwarven realms of Middle-earth throughout the Ages | |
|---|---|
| Years of the Trees and First Age: | Amon Rûdh | Belegost | Khazad-dûm | Mount Gundabad | Nogrod | Narukuthûn | Blue Mountains |
| Second Age: | Khazad-dûm | Belegost | Nogrod | Mount Gundabad | Blue Mountains | Iron Hills |
| Third Age: | Grey Mountains | Iron Hills | Khazad-dûm | Lonely Mountain | Blue Mountains | Dunland |
| Fourth Age: | Glittering Caves | Khazad-dûm | Lonely Mountain | Blue Mountains | Iron Hills |