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'''Tumladen''' was the name for the hidden valley within the [[Encircling Mountains]] where the [[Elves|Elven]] city of [[Gondolin]] was built during the [[First Age]]. Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' tells how [[Turgon]], a king of the [[Noldor]], discovered Tumladen under the divine guidance of the [[ | '''Tumladen''' was the name for the hidden valley within the [[Encircling Mountains]] where the [[Elves|Elven]] city of [[Gondolin]] was built during the [[First Age]]. Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' tells how [[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]], a king of the [[Noldor]], discovered Tumladen under the divine guidance of the [[Vala]] [[Ulmo]], [[Lord of the 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]]}} | |||
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[[Category:Gondolin and Turgon]] | [[Category:Gondolin and Turgon]] | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 25 August 2006
Tumladen was the name for the hidden valley within the Encircling Mountains where the Elven city of Gondolin was built during the First Age. Tolkien's The Silmarillion tells how Turgon, a king of the Noldor, discovered Tumladen under the divine guidance of the Vala Ulmo, Lord of the 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
