Pass of Aglond

The Pass of Aglond, or Aglond, was a narrow mountain pass connected to Lothlann and Himlad in East Beleriand during the First Age.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms", pg. 123
==Geography==
The Pass of Aglond was located between high walls: Dorthonion to the west and Himring to the east.The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North" The pass must have been very coldThe Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Climate" since "a bitter wind blew ever through it from the north", causing the pass to funnel them.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
==History==
The Pass of Aglond originally served as "a gate unto Doriath", but in the years following the return of the Ñoldor to Middle-earth, the pass was fortified by Celegorm and Curufin who "held it with great strength" from Himlad, making it one of their dwelling places. It was of strategic importance since it joined Himlad and Lothlann, being an eastern passage from Angband to East Beleriand.
In the summer of FA 400, Maeglin bade the servants of Eöl's house that he and his mother Aredhel would visit their kin in the Pass of Aglond.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part Three: The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion, III: Maeglin Two days after Aredhel and Maeglin left Nan Elmoth, Eöl rode after them but was captured by the riders of Himlad and taken to Curufin.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin"
Two years later, in FA 402, a force of Orcs launched an attack on the Pass of Aglond, but were pushed back with the aid of the House of Bëor.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §125
During the Dagor Bragollach in FA 455,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §148The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman the fortifications in the Pass of Aglond were breached despite the "great cost to the hosts of Morgoth", but nonetheless caused the brothers to flee to Nargothrond.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
Sometime around FA 469, Maedhros retook the Pass of Aglond, but a few years later in FA 472,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §219 Maedhros fled after the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad" After which, Morgoth sent Orcs to garrison the fortifications there.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §242
As with all of Beleriand, the Pass of Aglond was destroyed during the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
==Etymology==
Aglond was a name in Sindarin meaning "Narrow Path",The Silmarillion, Index of Names containing the roots agor ("narrow, confined")The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" and lond ("land-locked haven").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names, entry londë
==Other versions==
The Pass of Aglond was originally called the Pass of Aglon.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, pg. 227 This form continued to be used in Tolkien's drafts in the 1930s.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, pgs. 127, 145, 264-5, 283, 311 During this time, Aglon was an early Ñoldorin word meaning "defile, pass between high walls", containing the roots agor ("narrow, confined") and lhonn ("narrow path, strait, pass").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pg. 370 (entry LOD-) The pass was occasionally referred to as the Gorge of Aglon.
Christopher Tolkien initially thought that the "d" in the name was an earlier form, and thus used the name "Pass of Aglon" in The Silmarillion. He later admitted that it was an oversight and that "Pass of Aglond" was indeed the intended form.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part Three: The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion, III: Maeglin, pg. 338 (note 3)
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	ممر أكلون
Armenian 	Ագլոն լեռնանցք
Azerbaijani 	Aglon keçidi
Basque 	Aglon pasabidea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аглон перавал
Bengali 	অ্যাগ্লোন গিরিপথ
Bosnian 	Prolaz Aglon
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Проход на Аглон
Catalan 	Pas de Aglon
Cebuano 	Gintang sa Aglon
Chinese (Hong Kong)	艾格隆狹道
Croatian 	Prolaz Aglon
Czech 	Průchod Aglon
Danish 	Aglonpasset
Dutch 	Aglonpas
Esperanto 	Aglon-pasejo
Estonian 	Agloni mäekuru
Finnish 	Aglonin sola
French 	Passe d'aglon
Galician 	Paso de Aglon
Georgian 	აგლონი გასასვლელი
German 	Aglon-Pass
Greek 	Άγκλον Πέρασμα
Gujarati 	એગલોન માર્ગ
Hebrew 	אגלון פס
Hindi 	एगलॉन दर्रा
Hungarian 	Aglon-hágó
Icelandic 	Aglonskarð
Indonesian 	Celah Aglon
Irish Gaelic 	Bealach Aglon
Italian 	Passo di Aglon
Japanese 	エグロンパス
Kannada 	ಅಗ್ಲಾನ್ ಅಂತರ
Korean 	에그 롱 패스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Аглон Ашуулар
Latvian 	Aglona pāreja
Lithuanian 	Aglono perėja
Luxembourgish 	Aglon Pass
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аглан премин
Malaysian 	Laluan Aglon
Marathi 	अ‍ॅगलॉन खिंड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Аглон уулын ам
Norwegian 	Aglonpasset
Pashto 	اګلن دره
Polish 	Przejście Aglon
Portuguese 	Passo do Aglon
Punjabi 	ਐਗਲੋਨ ਦੱਰਾ
Romanian 	Pasul Aglon
Serbian 	Пролаз Аглон (Cyrillic) Prolaz Aglon (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඇග්ලොන් සමත්
Slovak 	Aglon priesmyk
Slovenian 	Prelaz Aglon
Spanish 	Paso de Aglon
Swahili 	Ufa ya Aglon
Swedish 	Aglonpasset
Tamil 	அக்லான் பாஸ்
Telugu 	ఆగ్లోన్ మార్గం
Turkish 	Aglon Geçiş
Turkmen 	Aglon Geçişi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Аґлонів Прохід
Urdu 	درۂ اگلاون
Uzbek 	Аглон довони (Cyrillic) Aglon dovoni (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Đèo Aglon
Welsh 	Bwlch Aglon
Yiddish 	ײַגלאָן בארג-דורכגאנג
==References==
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