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{{location infobox
| name=Crissaegrim
| image=Jef Murray - Thorondor's Realm.jpg
| caption="Thorondor's Realm" by [[Jef Murray]]
| pronun={{respell|kris|seye|grim}}
| othernames=
| location=Southern part of [[Echoriad]], south of [[Gondolin]] and north of [[Dimbar]]
| type=Mountain range
| description=Unclimbable peaks protecting [[Gondolin]] from the south
| regions=
| towns=Eagles
| inhabitants=
| created=
| destroyed=
| events=The flight of [[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] into Gondolin
}}

The '''Crissaegrim''' were a mountain range, forming a part of the southern [[Echoriad]], the ''Encircling Mountains'' of [[Gondolin]], and were inaccessible from the ground.  However they were home to the great [[Eagles]],<ref name="Beleriand">{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> and from here [[Thorondor]], Lord of the Eagles, watched for spies in the vale of the River [[Sirion]].  Indeed, the Eagles were the chief source of information to [[Turgon]] and the [[Gondolindrim]].

It was from the Crissaegrim that Thorondor espied [[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] when they were lost in [[Dimbar]].  The Lord of the Eagles sent two great birds to carry the men above the Crissaegrim into [[Tumladen]], when King [[Turgon]] of Gondolin welcomed them.<ref>{{CH|1}}, p. 35</ref>

== Etymology ==
''Crissaegrim'' is a [[Sindarin]] name that includes the root ''kris-''.<ref>{{S|Elements}}</ref> meaning "Cleft Mountain Peaks". It is usually referred to as the "'''Abode of Eagles'''".<ref name="Beleriand"/>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In early versions of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion (Lost Road)|Quenta Silmarillion]]'', [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] used the name '''''Gochressiel''''', which he amended to ''Crisaegrim'' (later spelt ''Crissaegrim''). [[Christopher Tolkien]] has noted that the name ''Gochressiel'' might not have referred exclusively to this southern section of the mountains, but rather to the whole of Echoriad.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, pp. 285, 290-1</ref>

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[[Category:Beleriand]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges]]
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]

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