Gothmog (balrog)

2007-03-23T09:34:38Z

68.101.18.49: "Lungothrin" corrected to "Lungorthin." I checked the Lays of Beleriand, and that is the correct spelling.

[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Fingon and Gothmog.jpg |thumb|''Fingon and Gothmog'' by [[Ted Nasmith]].]]
''(See also [[Gothmog, Lieutenant of Morgul]])''

'''Gothmog''' was the Lord of [[Balrogs]] and the High-Captain of [[Angband]], one of the chief servants of the Dark Lord [[Morgoth]] with a rank equal to that of [[Sauron]]. While he was not as powerful or cruel as the Dark Lords, he surpassed them in strategy and also in brute strength. He carried a black axe and fought in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], where he mortally wounded [[Fëanor]]. He killed two Kings of the [[Noldor]]: Fëanor in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath, and [[Fingon]] in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. In that same battle, he captured [[Húrin]] of [[Dor-lómin]], who had slain his personal body guard of Trolls, and brought him to Angband. He also led the assault on [[Gondolin]], and there slew, and was slain by, [[Ecthelion of the Fountain]], a Noldorin Elf-lord.

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In the earliest version of his mythology (''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''), Tolkien describes Gothmog as a son of Morgoth and the ogress Fluithuin, but the idea of the children of [[Valar]] was abandoned in later writings.

In one of Tolkien's early Middle-earth writings, ''[[Lay of the Children of Húrin]]'', "'''Lungorthin''', Lord of Balrogs" is mentioned. It is not, however, certain if it was another name for Gothmog, or it simply meant "a Balrog lord". According to [[Christopher Tolkien]], the latter is more probable, as the name Gothmog was mentioned in the earliest Middle-earth writings, as well as the final version of Tolkien's mythology.

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