Tumladen: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
mNo edit summary |
m (Change disambig template) |
||
| (15 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{disambig-two|the valley of [[Gondolin]]|valley in [[Gondor]]|[[Tumladen (Gondor)]]}} | |||
'''Tumladen''', the "Valley of Smoothness", was the name for the hidden valley within the [[Encircling Mountains]] where the [[Elves|Elven]] city of [[Gondolin]] was built during the [[First Age]].<ref>{{LT2|Gondolin}}, p. 163</ref> | |||
[[Turgon]], a king of the [[Noldor]], discovered Tumladen under the divine guidance of the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Ulmo]], Lord of Waters. | |||
{{quote|...Then [[Tuor]] and his companion fared over the plain that was of a marvellous level, broken but here and there by boulders round and smooth which lay amid a sward, or by pools in rocky beds. Many fair pathways lay across that plain...|[[The Fall of Gondolin]]}} | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The name comes from the [[Sindarin]] elements ''[[tum]]'' "deep valley"<ref name="S">{{S|Elements}}, entry ''tum''</ref> and ''[[laden]]'' "open, cleared".<ref name="Etym">{{LR|Etymologies}}p. 368, entry ''LAT-''</ref> | |||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Gondolin]] | |||
[[Category:Sindarin locations]] | |||
[[Category:Valleys]] | [[Category:Valleys]] | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 1 November 2012
Tumladen, the "Valley of Smoothness", was the name for the hidden valley within the Encircling Mountains where the Elven city of Gondolin was built during the First Age.[1]
Turgon, a king of the Noldor, discovered Tumladen under the divine guidance of the Vala Ulmo, Lord of Waters.
- "...Then Tuor and his companion fared over the plain that was of a marvellous level, broken but here and there by boulders round and smooth which lay amid a sward, or by pools in rocky beds. Many fair pathways lay across that plain..."
- ― The Fall of Gondolin
Etymology
The name comes from the Sindarin elements tum "deep valley"[2] and laden "open, cleared".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, , p. 163
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry tum
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"p. 368, entry LAT-
