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HoMe 5 på s. 272 ger Christopher Tolkien lite uppgifter om avstånd i Beleriand (åtminstone i det skedet av legendernas evolution):
Citera:
Note on distances.
I list here the definitions of distance that are given in Chapter 9:
- 100 leagues between the end of the Iron Mountains in the West and
the Helkarakse ($105).
- Dorthonion stretched for 100 leagues ($106).
- The length of Sirion from the Pass to the Delta was 121 leagues
($107).
- West Beleriand at its widest was 70 leagues from Sirion to the sea
($ 109).
- The length of Narog from Ivrin to its confluence with Sirion was
some 80 leagues ($ 109).
- East Beleriand at its widest was 100 leagues from Sirion to Gelion
($ 110).
- The great falls of Sirion were some 70 miles east of the gorge of
Nargothrond ($ 113).
- Sirion flowed underground for 3 leagues ($ 113).
- The confluence of Ascar and Gelion was some 40 leagues south of
the confluence of Greater and Little Gelion ($ 114).
A note on the back of the Map gives a scale of 50 miles to 3'2 cm. (the
length of the sides of the squares). On this scale most of the distances
given in QS agree well or very well with measurements on the Map (as
might be expected). The rivers were measured in a straight line, in the
case of Sirion from the northern opening of the Pass. But there are two
statements in QS that do not harmonise at all with the Map. These are
the length of Dorthonion (100 leagues) and the extent of West Beleriand
at its widest (70 leagues from Sirion to the sea). A glance will show that
Dorthonion was of far smaller extent than East Beleriand at its widest,
though both distances are given in QS as 100 leagues, and that West
Beleriand at its widest was virtually as great as East Beleriand. These
statements are, I think, simply errors, without further significance; and
they were in fact corrected (long after), the length of Dorthonion
becoming 60 leagues, and West Beleriand at its widest 99 leagues,
harmonising with the Map.
Ursäkta den dåliga kvaliteten -- texten är maskinläst.
Annars är det ju bara att jämföra med Blå bergen, om man vill se hur Beleriand storleksmässigt förhåller sig till övriga nordvästra Midgård.