Eldamo : Quenya : Illuin

Q. Illuin pn.

Q. Illuin, pn.

The northernmost of the two lamps that first lit the world (S/35). The meaning of this name is unclear.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name of this lamp was ᴹQ. Helkar (LR/32). In the 1950s, Tolkien changed this to Foros and then Forontë (both probably from the root ᴹ√PHOR “right hand, north”) before settling on Illuin (MR/7).

References ✧ LT1I; MR/7; MRI/Forontë, Illuin; SI; SMI

Ormal was the companion to Illuin

Q. Forontë pn. “Northern Lamp”

See Q. Illuin for discussion.

References ✧ MR/7; MRI/Forontë, Foros

Glosses

“Northern Lamp” ✧ MRI/Forontë; MRI/Foros (Foros)

Variations

Forontë ✧ MR/7; MRI/Forontë
Foros ✧ MR/7; MRI/Forontë; MRI/Foros

Hyarantë “Southern Lamp” was the companion to Forontë “Northern Lamp”

Changes

Foros >> Forontë ✧ MR/7; MRI/Forontë
Forontë >> Illuin ✧ MR/7
Forontë “Northern Lamp” >> Illuin ✧ MRI/Forontë

Elements

for-	“right-hand, north”