Date

Location

Sworn at the Tomb of Elendil on the Halifirien

Race

Division

Culture

Family

House of Húrin

Important peaks

Sworn on the Halifirien (at that time known as Amon Anwar)

Pronunciation

Cirion is pronounced 'ki'rion'

Meaning

The meaning of Cirion is uncertain

Other names

Sometimes referred to jointly with the Oath of Eorl as the Oath of Cirion and Eorl

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Oath of Cirion

Gondor’s pledge of alliance with the Rohirrim

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"Such an oath had not been heard in Middle-earth since Elendil himself had sworn alliance with Gil-galad King of the Eldar."

Unfinished Tales 3 II (iii)
Cirion and Eorl

The pledge made by Cirion, Steward of Gondor, in answer to the Oath of Eorl. Standing by the Tomb of Elendil on the Hill of Anwar, Cirion swore endless friendship and alliance between Gondor and Eorl's newly founded realm in Calenardhon. That realm would afterwards be known as Rohan, and the Oath of Cirion and Eorl cemented the alliance that lasted to the time of the War of the Ring and beyond.

See also...

Chronicle of Cirion and Eorl, Elendil, Éomund, Hill of Awe, Hithaeglir, Mound of Elendil, Tradition of Isildur, Wand of the Stewards

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