Dates

Location

A wide desert between Angband in the north and the fences of Beleriand in the south

Origins

Created in the Dagor Bragollach

Pronunciation

anfow'glith ('ow' as in 'how', 'th' as in 'pith')

Meaning

Other names

Dor-nu-Fauglith, The Gasping Dust
Originally called Ard-galen

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Anfauglith

The Gasping Dust north of Beleriand

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of Anfauglith

"Thus Ard-galen perished ... and it was called Anfauglith, the Gasping Dust. Many charred bones had there their roofless grave..."

Quenta Silmarillion 18
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

The charred desert to the north of Beleriand, created by the flames of Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach.

See also...

Ard-galen, Dagor Bragollach, Dor-nu-Fauglith, Ered Engrin, Evil Breath, Fifth Battle, Gasping Dust, Great Mound, Haudh-en-Ndengin, Haudh-en-Nirnaeth, Hill of Slain, Hill of Tears, Morgoth, Rochallor, Song of Parting, [See the full list...]Wolf of Angband

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