Eldamo : Ilkorin/Doriathrin : Dol Dúghol

Ilk. Dol Dúghol loc.

Ilk. Dol Dúghol loc.

An earlier name for Dol Guldur appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/122), with variations Dol Dúgol (TI/178) and Dol Dûghul (TI/244). The word dûghol appears an earlier rejected word for “sorcery” in The Etymologies (EtyAC/ÑGOL), so perhaps this word was originally intended to be Ilkorin.

See S. Dol Guldur for further discussion.

References ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur; TI/178, 244, 296; TII/Dol Dúgol; WR/122; WRI/Dol Dúghol

Variations

Dol Dúghol ✧ WR/122; WRI/Dol Dúghol
Dol Dûgul ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur
Dol Dúghul ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur; TII/Dol Dúgol
Dol Dúgol ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur; TI/178; TI/244; TII/Dol Dúgol; TI/296 (Dol Dúgol)
Dol Dûghul ✧ TI/244; TI/296

Changes

Ilk. Dol Dûgul >> S. Dol Guldur ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur
Ilk. Dol Dúghul >> S. Dol Guldur ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur; TII/Dol Dúgol
Dol Dúgol >> Dol Dúghul ✧ PMI/Dol Guldur; TII/Dol Dúgol
Dol Dúgol >> Dol Dûghul ✧ TI/244; TI/296
Ilk. Dol Dúghol >> S. Dol Guldur; at a very late stage ✧ WR/122

Elements

*dol	“head, *hill”
durgul?	“sorcery”