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'''Mount Gram''' was a mountain of unspecified location in [[Middle-earth]].
'''Mount Gram''' was a mountain inhabited by [[Orcs]].


==History==
==History==
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The location of Mount Gram has never been established and the mountain could have been anywhere within the northern [[Eriador]] region.
The location of Mount Gram has never been established and the mountain could have been anywhere within the northern [[Eriador]] region.


It is generally assumed that it was one of the [[Misty Mountains]]: The [[Appendix B|Tale of Years]] mentions that in {{TA|2740}} "Orcs renew their invasions of Eriador", obviously referring to [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains|those of the Misty Mountains]], referred in the immediate previous entries.<ref>{{App|B2}}</ref> "The [[goblins]] of Mount Gram" who invaded the Shire in {{TA|2747|n}} obviously were a subsequent wave of them.
The [[Appendix B|Tale of Years]] mentions that in {{TA|2740}} "Orcs ''renew'' their invasions of Eriador", obviously referring to [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains|those of the Misty Mountains]], mentioned in the immediate previous entries.<ref>{{App|B2}}</ref> "The [[goblins]] of Mount Gram" who invaded the Shire in {{TA|2747|n}} obviously were a subsequent wave of them.


This must be the reason why [[Robert Foster]] also mentions Gram to have been one of the Misty Mountains, although he does not cite a specific source or reason to do so.<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', page 273</ref>
This must be the reason why [[Robert Foster]] considers Gram to have been one of the Misty Mountains, although he does not cite a specific source or reason to do so.<ref name=Foster/>


On the other hand, [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] (also without explanation) placed it on a promontory in the [[Ettenmoors]].<ref>[[Karen Wynn Fonstad]], ''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'', pages 75, 80</ref>
On the other hand, [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] (also without explanation) placed it on a promontory in the [[Ettenmoors]].<ref name=Atlas/>


==Other Versions of the Legendarium==
==Other Versions of the Legendarium==

Revision as of 16:09, 9 January 2013

Mount Gram
Mountain
Rob Alexander - Mount Gram.jpg
General Information
LocationPossibly the Misty Mountains[1] or Ettenmoors[2]
TypeMountain
People and History
InhabitantsOrcs
EventsBattle of Greenfields
GalleryImages of Mount Gram

Mount Gram was a mountain inhabited by Orcs.

History

Mount Gram was inhabited by Orcs led by their King Golfimbul. In T.A. 2747 they attacked much of northern Eriador, but were defeated in the Battle of Greenfields.[3]

Location

The location of Mount Gram has never been established and the mountain could have been anywhere within the northern Eriador region.

The Tale of Years mentions that in T.A. 2740 "Orcs renew their invasions of Eriador", obviously referring to those of the Misty Mountains, mentioned in the immediate previous entries.[4] "The goblins of Mount Gram" who invaded the Shire in 2747 obviously were a subsequent wave of them.

This must be the reason why Robert Foster considers Gram to have been one of the Misty Mountains, although he does not cite a specific source or reason to do so.[1]

On the other hand, Karen Wynn Fonstad (also without explanation) placed it on a promontory in the Ettenmoors.[2]

Other Versions of the Legendarium

In the earliest writings of The Hobbit, Mount Gram was merely "Gram Hill".[5]

Etymology and inspiration

Gram in Old English means "fierce, grim" but it is not certain that the name was intended as Old English.

There is a Mount Gram in Albania.

Portrayal in Adaptations

2011: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North:

Tharzog is the chieftain of the Orcs of Mount Gram.[6]

References