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Turgon

2013-01-24T16:59:12Z

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{{disambig-two|the Lord of Gondolin|the Steward of Gondor|[[Turgon (Steward of Gondor)]]}}
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| image=[[Image:Antti Autio - Turgon Aran Gondolin.jpg|250px]]
| name=Turgon
| othernames=''Turukáno'', ''Sarafinwë''
| titles=[[High King of the Noldor]], [[King of Gondolin]]
| position=
| location=[[Gondolin]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| birth={{YT|1300}}
| brithlocation=[[Tirion]]
| rule={{FA|472}} - {{FA|510|n}} (High King) {{FA|126}} - {{FA|510|n}} (Gondolin)
| death={{FA|510}}
| deathlocation=[[Fall of Gondolin]]
| age=2,426<ref group="note">Years of the Sun. Each Year of the Tree is equal to 9.582 Years of the Sun, and the Years of the Trees ended in the year 1500. So, 510 + 9.582 x 200 = 2,426.</ref>
| house=[[House of Fingolfin]]
| parentage=[[Fingolfin]] and [[Anairë]]
| siblings=[[Fingon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]]
| spouse=[[Elenwë]]
| children=[[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]]
| gender=Male
| height=
| hair=
| eyes=
| clothing=
| weapons=[[Glamdring]]
| steed=
}}'''Turgon''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈturɡon]}}) was an [[Elves|Elven]] king of the [[Noldor]], second son of [[Fingolfin]], brother to [[Fingon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]], and ruler of the hidden city of [[Gondolin]].

He is described as tall, wearing white with a gold belt and a crown of garnets, holding the [[Staff of Doom]] in his hand. He was often called "''the Wise''".

==History==
[[File:Marya Filatova - Turukano and Elenwe.jpg|left|thumb|Turgon and Elenwe in Aman]]
Although Turgon was originally against the departure of the Ñoldor from [[Aman]], he eventually did set out on the journey. After [[Fëanor]] and his sons departed using the only ships, he took his people across the dangerous [[Helcaraxë]] with his father Fingolfin. He lost his wife [[Elenwë]] in the crossing and settled at [[Vinyamar]] in [[Nevrast]].

When he journeyed with his cousin [[Finrod|Finrod Felagund]] along [[Sirion]], [[Ulmo]] sent both of them a dream to look for a hidden place where they could be safe from the power of [[Morgoth]]. Then in the following year Ulmo appeared directly to Turgon and guided him to the vale of [[Tumladen]] in the [[Encircling Mountains]], to which Turgon later secretly moved with many of the Ñoldor, deserting Nevrast, and built [[Gondolin]], where he ruled with the [[Staff of Doom]] in his right hand, and a coronet of garnets upon his head. At his side was [[Glamdring]]<ref>It was said in [[the Hobbit]] that it once belonged to the [[King of Gondolin]]</ref>.

Turgon and his people remained isolated in Gondolin for many years with his daughter [[Idril]], who married [[Tuor]] after the [[Men|man]] found the secret way and discovered the city.

Turgon reemerged with his host during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], and although the battle was still lost, his intervention prevented the rout from completely destroying the armies of the Ñoldor and their allies. He was killed at [[Fall of Gondolin|Gondolin's fall]], when his tower fell down over his head.

==Etymology==

His name is the [[Sindarization|Sindarin form]] of his [[Quenya]] title '''''Turukáno''''' , which means "Master Commander" from [[Tur] - master, and [[kano]] - Commander. Note that as the name is Sindarinized, the translation from Turgon to Master Commander is incorrect. If properly taken as a Sindarin word, Turgon will mean "Master of Stone" ("[[Tur]]" - master and "gon(d)" - stone.) This is not the case however, and was only correct back in the Books of Lost Tales when his Quenya name was Turondo. That actually did mean "Master of Stone" in Quenya ("[[Tur]]" - master and "[[ondo]]" - stone). The name has since been changed.

==See also==
* [[:Category:Images of Turgon|Images of Turgon]]

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| list=[[King of Gondolin]]
| dates={{FA|126}} - {{FA|510}}
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{{References|n}}

[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:Gondolindrim]]
[[Category:House of Fingolfin]]
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]
[[de:Turgon (Sohn von Fingolfin)]]
[[fi:Turgon (haltia)]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/turukano]]

Fingon

2013-01-24T16:46:20Z

85.154.153.71: /* Etymology */

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| name=Fingon
| othernames=''[[Findekáno]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]) "The Valiant"
| titles=[[High King of the Noldor]]
| position=
| location=[[Tirion]]; [[Dor-lómin]]
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}}{{Pronounce|Fingon.mp3|Ardamir}}
{{Transcribed|Tengwar Fingon.png|Fingon|Tengwar, Mode of Beleriand}}
'''Fingon''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈfiŋɡon]}}; [[Years of the Trees]] 1280 – [[First Age]] 472, aged approx. 2,580 years), called 'the Valiant' by [[Maedhros]], was a [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Beleriand]] during the [[First Age]]. He was the eldest son of [[Fingolfin]], older brother of [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Argon]]<ref name="argon">[[Argon]] only appears in very late writings by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] as published in ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', and is left out of the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.</ref>.

== History ==

Fingon went with his father and people from [[Aman]] to [[Middle-earth]] at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. He achieved renown soon after for his daring rescue of [[Maedhros]] from [[Thangorodrim]]. Fingolfin gave Fingon a domain in [[Dor-lómin]], in the west of [[Hithlum]], where he did good service during the [[Siege of Angband]]; defeating [[Orcs]] that attempted to go around to the north and attack Hithlum from the west, and then later the first to fight against the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Glaurung]] when he first came forth from [[Angband]].

Fingon became High King when Fingolfin died fighting [[Morgoth]] after the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"). Seven years later, Morgoth's forces invaded Hithlum, and Fingon was hard-pressed and outnumbered, but rescued by [[Círdan]] and his people of the [[Falas]], who came up the [[Firth of Drengist]] in their ships.

In the complex [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), Fingon was nearly victorious; but in the end he was finally defeated, and then killed by [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]], lord of [[Balrogs]].

Turgon became by right the High King of the Noldor, although after the battle he returned to the secrecy of [[Gondolin]].

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' Fingon was the father of [[Gil-galad]], but this was an editorial mistake by [[Christopher Tolkien]], and is said "to have no wife or children". Argon does not appear in the published Silmarillion at all.

== Etymology ==
Fingon's [[father-name]] was '''Findekáno''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Hair Commander". Fingon is the [[Sindarin]] version of his father-name. We are not told what the translation of the name is, but "fin" has always meant hair - [[Glorfindel]], [[Finglas]]. The element [[kano] means commander, as stated in the Silmarillion Appendix of Names.
Note that as the name is [[Sindarinized]], the translation from Fingon to Hair Commander is incorrect. If properly taken as a Sindarin word, Fingon will mean "Stone Hair" ("fin" - hair and "[[Gond|gon(d)]]" - stone.

== Genealogy ==
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{{sequence
|prev=[[Fingolfin]]
|next=[[Turgon]]
|list=4th [[High King of the Noldor]] <code>I</code> 455 – 472
}}

== See Also ==
* '''[[:Category:Images of Fingon|Images of Fingon]]'''.

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:House of Fingolfin]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]
[[de:Fingon]]
[[fr:/encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/fingon]]
[[fi:Fingon]]

Fingon

2013-01-24T16:45:05Z

85.154.153.71: /* Etymology */

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| name=Fingon
| othernames=''[[Findekáno]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]) "The Valiant"
| titles=[[High King of the Noldor]]
| position=
| location=[[Tirion]]; [[Dor-lómin]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]]
| birth=During [[Years of the Trees]]
| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]
| rule={{FA|455}} - {{FA|472|n}}
| death={{FA|472}}
| deathlocation=[[Anfauglith]] in [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]
| age=
| house=[[House of Fingolfin]]
| parentage=[[Fingolfin]] & [[Anairë]]
| siblings=[[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]]
| spouse=
| children=
| gender=Male
| height=
| hair=Dark
| eyes=
| clothing=
| weapons=Bow
| steed=
}}{{Pronounce|Fingon.mp3|Ardamir}}
{{Transcribed|Tengwar Fingon.png|Fingon|Tengwar, Mode of Beleriand}}
'''Fingon''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈfiŋɡon]}}; [[Years of the Trees]] 1280 – [[First Age]] 472, aged approx. 2,580 years), called 'the Valiant' by [[Maedhros]], was a [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Beleriand]] during the [[First Age]]. He was the eldest son of [[Fingolfin]], older brother of [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Argon]]<ref name="argon">[[Argon]] only appears in very late writings by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] as published in ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', and is left out of the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.</ref>.

== History ==

Fingon went with his father and people from [[Aman]] to [[Middle-earth]] at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. He achieved renown soon after for his daring rescue of [[Maedhros]] from [[Thangorodrim]]. Fingolfin gave Fingon a domain in [[Dor-lómin]], in the west of [[Hithlum]], where he did good service during the [[Siege of Angband]]; defeating [[Orcs]] that attempted to go around to the north and attack Hithlum from the west, and then later the first to fight against the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Glaurung]] when he first came forth from [[Angband]].

Fingon became High King when Fingolfin died fighting [[Morgoth]] after the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"). Seven years later, Morgoth's forces invaded Hithlum, and Fingon was hard-pressed and outnumbered, but rescued by [[Círdan]] and his people of the [[Falas]], who came up the [[Firth of Drengist]] in their ships.

In the complex [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), Fingon was nearly victorious; but in the end he was finally defeated, and then killed by [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]], lord of [[Balrogs]].

Turgon became by right the High King of the Noldor, although after the battle he returned to the secrecy of [[Gondolin]].

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' Fingon was the father of [[Gil-galad]], but this was an editorial mistake by [[Christopher Tolkien]], and is said "to have no wife or children". Argon does not appear in the published Silmarillion at all.

== Etymology ==
Fingon's [[father-name]] was '''Findekáno''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Hair Commander". Fingon is the [[Sindarin]] version of his father-name. We are not told what the translation of the name is, but "fin" has always meant hair - [[Glorfindel]], [[Finglas]]. The element [[kano] means commander, as stated in the Silmarillion Appendix of Names.
Note that as the name is [[Sindarinized]], the translation from Fingon to Hair Commander is incorrect. If porperly taken as a Sindarin word, Fingon will mean "Stone Hair" ("fin" - hair and "[Gond|gon(d)]" - stone]]

== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree| | MIR |~|y|~| FIN |~|~|~|~|y|~|~|~| IND | | | |FIN=[[Finwë]]|IND=[[Indis]]|MIR=[[Míriel]]}}
{{familytree| | | | | |!| | | |,|-|-|v|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}
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{{familytree| | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}
{{familytree| | | | | | EAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |EAR=[[Eärendil]]}}
{{familytree/end}}

{{sequence
|prev=[[Fingolfin]]
|next=[[Turgon]]
|list=4th [[High King of the Noldor]] <code>I</code> 455 – 472
}}

== See Also ==
* '''[[:Category:Images of Fingon|Images of Fingon]]'''.

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:House of Fingolfin]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]
[[de:Fingon]]
[[fr:/encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/fingon]]
[[fi:Fingon]]