Supplement 9: Vocabulary — Expanded Nature & Animals
Nature in Tolkien's Vision Tolkien loved botany, was a passionate naturalist, and grew up in the English countryside. His Elvish nature vocabulary is among the richest and most thoroughly attested domains in Sindarin. The reasons are structural: many attested Sindarin phrases come from place names, and place names in Middle-earth are overwhelmingly about natural features — hills, rivers, trees, stars, weather. Amon Sûl (Hill of Wind), Hithaeglir (Misty Mountains, literally...