(Redirected from Gorsthir)
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| Dragon | |
| Gostir | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Gorsthir |
| Appeared | Unknown |
| Gallery | Images of Gostir |
Gostir was the name of one of the Dragons of Morgoth,[1] about whom almost nothing is known except that they possessed a dragon-name[1] which had evolved from the older name Gorsthir.[2]
Etymology
Gostir means "dread-glance" in Noldorin, from gost ("dread, terror")[1] and thîr ("look, face, expression, countenance"), as well as the root THĒ, meaning "look (see or seem)".[2]
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Portrayal in adaptations
Middle-earth Role Playing
- Gostir appears as a white Cold-drake with red eyes who dwells north of Rhûn in Barl Syrnac in the Creatures of Middle-earth supplement of Middle-earth Role Playing. Gostir was said to be the older brother of Lhamthanc.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries "GOS-, GOTH-"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "THĒ-"
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