The fabled Doors of Durin, outside Moria, laced with enchanted ithildin
Ithildin was a type of specially crafted mithril that only the most experienced craftsmen of the Ñoldor could make.
Description[]
It was made out of extremely refined Mithril, which was thinned out to the point of being a sort of lining for which things could be laced with. It was so thin that it could be used by inscribers to write special runes, known as moon-letters, such as those on Thorin Oakenshield's map. It was enchanted so that it only appeared in moonlight or starlight, and could be enchanted further so that it would never appear except on a specific phase of the moon on a specific night, or only when certain words were uttered in its presence. It was used on the Doors of Durin during their construction in the Second Age.[1]
Etymology[]
The name Ithildin is a Sindarin name, with unknown origins, apart from the word Ithil, meaning 'Moon'.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | ايثيلدين |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Итилдин |
| German | Ithildim |
| Gujarati | ઇથિલ્ડિન |
| Hebrew | איתילדין |
| Hindi | ईथिल्दिन |
| Kannada | ಇಥೈಲ್ಡಿನ್ |
| Kazakh | Ітілдін (Cyrillic) Itildin (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Итилдин |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Итилдин |
| Marathi | इथिल्डिन |
| Nepalese | ईथिल्दिन |
| Russian | Итильдин |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ітілдін |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter IV: "A Journey in the Dark"