Tomb of Elendil

The Tomb of Elendil was the burial place of Elendil, marking the center of the kingdom of Gondor prior to the ceding of Calenardhon to the Éothéod.
==Description==
The tomb was located at the eastern end of the summit of Halifirien, consisting of a grassy mound on which grew the flower alfirin. Before it lay a black stone inscribed with the Quenya phrase, lambe, amdo, lambe. Though the mountain was covered with forest, the summit was treeless, and a stone stair made by Isildur led from the edge of the wood to the tomb.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, Chapter II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", (iii) Cirion and Eorl
==History==
At some point between the years SA 3441 and TA 2, Isildur visited Halifirien and created the tomb for his father, who had perished in combat with Sauron in the Siege of Barad-dûr. Upon its completion, Isildur had Elendil's casket placed into the tomb and then hallowed the place. Ever afterwards, the mountain was known for its silence, and it was renamed Amon Anwar, "Hill of Awe".Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, Chapter II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", (iv) The Tradition of Isildur
Before his final departure, Isildur decreed that each King of Gondor should journey to the tomb in times of war or distress to find quiet, but that the place should be known only to the king and his heir when he came of age. This was known as the "Tradition of Isildur", and kept by his descendants until the line of kings ended, and the Stewards of Gondor ruled the kingdom.
Following the Battle of the Field of Celebrant in TA 2510, Cirion, twelfth Steward of Gondor, summoned Eorl the Young to Amon Anwar, where he offered ownership of the land of Calenardhon to Eorl for his part in defending Gondor. Eorl accepted, and the two took part in what became known as the Oath of Cirion and Eorl, each pledging friendship and loyalty to the other. Afterwards Cirion had Elendil's casket removed from the tomb and taken to the Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith, as the tomb was no longer was located in the center of Gondor.
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Tomb of Elendil stands untouched, although several Variags have tried to find their way in. A ceremonial Tomb of Elendil had also been build in Annuminas, though the King's remains never rested there.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Graf van Elendil
Albanian 	Varr i Elendilit
Arabic 	قبر ألينديل
Armenian 	Ելենդիլի շիրիմ
Assamese 	এলেণ্ডিলৰ সমাধি
Asturian 	Tumba de Elendil
Azerbaijani 	Elendilın qəbri
Basque 	Elendilen hilobia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Магіле Эленділa
Bengali 	ইলেন্ডিলের সমাধি
Bosnian 	Elendilova grobnica
Breton 	Bez Elendil
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гробница на Елендил
Catalan 	Tomba de Elendil
Chinese 	伊蘭迪爾陵墓
Croatian 	Grobnica Elendila
Czech 	Hrobka Elendilu
Danish 	Elendils Gravhøj
Dutch 	Graftombe van Elendil
Esperanto 	Tombo de Elendil
Estonian 	Elendili haud
Faroese 	Elendils grøv
French 	Tombe de Elendil
Frisian 	Grêf fan Elendil (Western)
Friulian 	Tombe di Elendil
Galician 	Tumba de Elendil
German 	Grabstätte des Elendil
Greek 	Τάφο του Ελενδιλ
Hebrew 	קברו של אלנדיל
Hindi 	एलेन्दिल का मकबरा
Icelandic 	Elendils Grafhýsi
Indonesian 	Makam Elendil
Italian 	Tomba di Elendil
Japanese 	エレンディルの墓
Kazakh 	Элендилның қабір (Cyrillic) Élendïlnıñ qabir (Latin)
Konkani 	एलेंडिलची कबर
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элэндилдын мүрзө
Latvian 	Elendila kaps
Lithuanian 	Elendilo kapas
Luxembourgish 	Graf vum Elendil
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гробот на Елендил
Malagasy 	Fasana no Elendil
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Елендил-ийн булш
Occitan 	Tomba d'Elendil
Persian 	مقبره الندیل
Polish 	Grobowiec Elendilu
Portuguese 	Tumba do Elendil
Punjabi 	ਏਲੈਂਡਿਲ ਦੀ ਕਬਰ
Romanian 	Mormânt de Elendil
Russian 	Могила Элендиль
Sardinian 	Tumba de Elendil
Serbian 	Гроб Елендила (Cyrillic) Grob Elendila (Latin)
Sicilian 	Tomba di Elendil
Slovak 	Hrobka Elendilu
Slovenian 	Elendilova grobnica
Spanish 	Tumba de Elendil
Swahili 	Kaburi la Elendil
Swedish 	Elendils Grav
Tagalog 	Puntod ng Elendil
Tajik Cyrillic 	Елендил Қабри
Thai 	สุสานของเอเลนดิล
Turkish 	Elendil'in Mezarı
Turkmen 	Elendilyň Gör
Urdu 	مقبرہ آلےندیل
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Гробниця Еленділ
Venetian 	Tomba de Elendil
Vietnamese 	Ngôi mộ Elendil
Yiddish 	קבר פֿון עלענדיל
Yoruba 	Ibojì Elendil
==References==
Category:Graves and tombs
Category:White Mountains
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