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Originally Posted by Urwen
A bit of trivia: the places where they died are right next to each other on this map:
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My guess is that 'Beleriand stops at the mountains' was a bit of Feanorian/Fingolfinian pedantry to avoid having to pay homage to Thingol. "Yes, I know he's King of
Beleriand, the wide forested lands either side of the Sirion - but we're north of all that up here. That makes this land unclaimed, right?"
Only the Finarfinions were able to admit that yes, actually, it was all Thingol's and he was very generous to let them muck about in it.
(And then of course the Feanorions migrated south, losing even that shred of justification...)
hS