cirith helvin

place name. Rainbow Cleft

Precursor to S. Cirith Ninniach from the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/146). Its first element is cirith “cleft” and presumably its second element means “rainbow”, though it appears nowhere else.

Changes

• Kirith Helvin → Cirith Ninniach ✧ SMI/Cirith Ninniach
• Kirith Helvin → Cirith Ninniach “Rainbow-cleft” ✧ SMI/Kirith Helvin

Elements

Word	Gloss
cirith	“cleft, pass”
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Variations

• Kirith Helvin ✧ SM/146; SMI/Cirith Ninniach; SMI/Cris-Ilfing; SMI/Kirith Helvin

cris-ilfing

place name. Rainbow Cleft

Precursor to S. Cirith Ninniach from the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/141). Its first element is criss “cleft” and presumably its second element means “rainbow”, though it appears nowhere else.

Changes

• Cris-Ilfing → Kirith Helvin ✧ SM/146
• Cris-Ilfing → Kirith Helvin “Rainbow-cleft” ✧ SMI/Cris-Ilfing
• Cris-Ilfing → Kirith Helvin ✧ SMI/Kirith Helvin

Elements

Word	Gloss
criss	“cleft, cut, slash; pass”
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