Ascar

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Ascar is a river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, known as one of the tributaries of the great river Sirion in Beleriand.

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Label Occurrences
Ascar canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river
river of Beleriand
alsoKnownAs Rathlóriel
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
associatedPeople Dwarves of Belegost
Dwarves of Nogrod
linked to: Dwarves

Green-elves of Ossiriand
category Geography of Beleriand
Rivers of Middle-earth
continent Aman and Middle-earth world-system (Arda)
linked to: Middle-earth
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
fictionalUniverse Arda
flowsFrom Ered Luin
flowsThrough East Beleriand
linked to: Beleriand

Ossiriand
flowsTowards south
knownFor being one of the Seven Rivers of Ossiriand
laterKnownAs Rathlóriel
locatedIn Beleriand
Middle-earth
locatedInTimePeriod First Age
mentionedIn Quenta Silmarillion
linked to: The Silmarillion

The Lays of Beleriand
The War of the Jewels
nameLanguage Sindarin
nameMeaning Rushing
notableEvent sinking of the Dwarves’ treasure
slaughter of the Dwarves of Nogrod
notableEventLocationOf ambush of the returning Dwarves by Beren and the Green-elves
notableFor being the site where much of the Dwarves’ plunder from Menegroth was lost
partOf Seven Rivers of Ossiriand
relatedTo Beren Erchamion
linked to: Beren

Gelion
Nauglamír
Ossiriand
Sirion
Thingol
linked to: Elwë
status submerged after the War of Wrath
tributaryOf Gelion
universe Middle-earth legendarium
watercourseType freshwater river

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sirion hasTributary Ascar
Gelion hasTributary Ascar