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The Great Shelf, also known as the Eyrie, was the most important eagles' eyrie in the northern Misty Mountains, where the Lord of the Eagles and his chieftains dwelt during the Third Age.[1]

The Great Shelf was located at a high point on the east side of the Misty Mountains, facing Rhovanion, between the Rushdown and the Old Forest Road. It was approximately thirty-five miles from the Carrock near Beorn's hall.[1][2][3][4]

History[]

It is untold when the Lord of the Eagles and his fifteen chieftains[5] first settled the Great Shelf. Sometime during the Third Age, Gandalf went to the Great Shelf to heal an arrow-wound that the Lord of the Eagles had received.[1]

On July 19, TA 2941, the Great Eagles rescued Thorin and Company from the meeting-place of the Orcs and Wargs. After which, Bilbo Baggins and Dori were taken to one of the eagles' eyries of the North before the eagle who brought them there was bidden to take them to the Great Shelf to see the Lord of the Eagles. Upon arriving at the Great Shelf, Thorin and Company were given leave by the Lord of the Eagles to light a fire to cook rabbits, hares, and sheep. where they spent the night.[1]

The next day, the Lord of the Eagles and his chieftains took Thorin and Company from the Great Shelf to the Carrock.[5]

Whether Gwaihir was one of the fifteen chieftains dwelling at the Great Shelf is unknown.

Trivia[]

Despite Tolkien never using the capitalized term "Eagles' Eyrie" for the place, the name became prevalent among fans of Tolkien.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Arende Nes
Albanian Shqiponjat dritarja e zyrës
Amharic ንስሮች ጎጆ
Arabic النسور عش
Armenian արծիվները բույն
Azerbaijani Qaraquş Yuva
Basque Arranoak Habia
Belarusian Cyrillic арлы гняздо
Bengali ঈগল শিকারি পাখির বাসা
Bosnian Orlovi Bnijezdo
Bulgarian Cyrillic Орлите Орлово гнездо
Cambodian សំបុកសត្វឥន្ទ្រី
Catalan Aguilera Àguiles
Chinese 鹰巢
Croatian Orlovi Gnijezdo
Czech Orlí Hnízdo
Danish Ørnereden
Dutch Adelaarsnest
Esperanto Agloj Aguilera
Estonian Kotkad Pesa
Finnish Kotkat Kotkanpesä
French Nid d'aigle
Frisian Earnen Nêst
Galician Aguias Niño
German Adlerhorst
Greek Αετοί Φωλιά
Gujarati ઇગલ્સ માળો
Hebrew קן הנשרים
Hindi ईगल्स ऊँचा कमरा
Hungarian Sasfészek ?
Icelandic Ernir Hreiður
Irish Gaelic Hiolair Nead
Italian Aquile Nido
Japanese ワシのアイリー
Kannada ಈಗಲ್ಸ್ ನೆಸ್ಟ್
Kazakh Бүркіт ұя (Cyrillic) Bürkit uya (Latin)
Korean 독수리의 둥지
Kurdish Hêlîn Kelaşan (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic бүркүттөр чокудан
Lao ນົກອິນຊີ ຮັງ
Latin Obuncis Aquilae
Latvian Ērgļi Ligzda
Lithuanian Ereliai Paukščio lizdas
Macedonian Cyrillic Oрли гнездо
Malay Helang Sarang
Maltese Ajkli Bejta
Maori Ēkara Kōhanga
Marathi ईगल्स घरटे
Mongolian Cyrillic бүргэд үүр
Nepalese चीलले एय्रिए
Northern Sami Goaskimat Beassi
Norwegian Ørner Rede
Occitan Nis Aigla ?
Persian لانه عقاب
Polish Wielka Półka
Portuguese Águias Ninho
Punjabi ਈਗਲਜ਼ ਆਲ੍ਹਣਾ
Querétaro Otomi Aguilera Águilas
Romanian Vulturii Cuib
Romansh Gnieu Evla ?
Russian орлов Гнездо
Samoan Faamoega Aeto
Scottish Gaelic Nead Iolairean
Serbian орлови Еирие (Cyrillic) Orlovi Sokolovom (Latin)
Shona Makondo Dendere
Sinhalese ඊගල්ස් කැදැල්ල
Slovak Orli Hniezdo
Slovenian Orli Gnezdo
Somali Gorgorraduna Buul
Spanish Nido de Águilas
Swedish Örnnäst
Tajik Cyrillic уқобҳо лона
Tamil கழுகுகள் ஏய்ரிஎ
Telugu ఈగల్స్ నెస్ట్
Thai นกอินทรี รังนกอินทรีย์
Turkish Kartal Yuvası
Ukrainian Cyrillic орли виводок
Urdu اییری عقاب
Uzbek Еаглес Эйрие (Cyrillic) Burgutlar Uya (Latin)
Vietnamese Ðại bàng Lồng
Welsh Eryr Nyth
Yiddish יגאַלז ייריע

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Hobbit, "Chapter VI. Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
  3. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Introduction"
  4. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "The Battle of the Five Armies"
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Hobbit, "Chapter VII. Queer Lodgings"
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