1) Middle-earth realm 
In the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien`s Middle-earth, Dorthonion (`Land of Pines`), later Taur-nu-Fuin, was a highland region of the First Age, lying immediately to the north of Beleriand, and south of the plains of Ard-galen (later Anfauglith) that extended north to Morgoth`s stronghold of Thangorodrim. It is notable in its function as a...