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The Fall of Gondolin

Index The Fall of Gondolin

In the writings of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin is the name of one of the original Lost Tales which formed the basis for a section in his later work, The Silmarillion. [1]

38 relations: Alan Lee (illustrator), Angband, BBC, Beleriand, Beren and Lúthien, Christopher Tolkien, Dragon (Middle-earth), Eärendil, Edain, Elf (Middle-earth), First Age, Glorfindel, Gondolin, HarperCollins, Húrin, High fantasy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Idril, J. R. R. Tolkien, Maeglin, March (music), Middle-earth armies and hosts, Middle-earth canon, Middle-earth weapons and armour, Morgoth, Narn i Chîn Húrin, Quenta Silmarillion, The Book of Lost Tales, The Children of Húrin, The Lay of Leithian, The Lays of Beleriand, The Silmarillion, The War of the Jewels, Tolkien's legendarium, Tuor, Turgon, Unfinished Tales, World War I.

Alan Lee (illustrator)

Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer.

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Angband

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, Angband (Sindarin for 'iron prison') is the name of the fortress of Melkor, constructed before the First Age, located in the Iron Mountains in the enemy's land Dor Daedeloth north of Beleriand.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Beleriand

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.

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Beren and Lúthien

The tale of Beren and Lúthien, told in several works by J. R. R. Tolkien, is the story of the love and adventures of the mortal Man Beren and the immortal Elf-maiden Lúthien.

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Christopher Tolkien

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the third son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), and the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work.

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Dragon (Middle-earth)

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons closely based on those of European legend.

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Eärendil

Eärendil the Mariner (pronounced) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Edain

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Edain were men (humans) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves.

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Elf (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.

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First Age

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the First Age, or First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar is the heroic period in which most of Tolkien's early legends are set.

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Glorfindel

Glorfindel is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Gondolin

'''The Fall of Turgon's Tower''' Gondolin is a fictional city in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, inhabited by Elves.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Húrin

Húrin is a fictional character in the Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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High fantasy

High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, defined either by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an educational and trade publisher in the United States.

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Idril

Idril Celebrindal is a fictional character in English author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Maeglin

Maeglin is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured in The Silmarillion.

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March (music)

A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band.

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Middle-earth armies and hosts

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, much of the history of the three ages of his legendarium are concerned with wars and the battles and armies of those wars.

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Middle-earth canon

The term Middle-earth canon, also called Tolkien's canon, is used to loosely define the published writings of J. R. R. Tolkien regarding Middle-earth as a whole.

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Middle-earth weapons and armour

Weapons and armour of Middle-earth are found in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character from Tolkien's legendarium.

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Narn i Chîn Húrin

A portion of the Narn i Chîn Húrin or The Tale of the Children of Húrin is a part of the book Unfinished Tales by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Quenta Silmarillion

Quenta Silmarillion is a collection of fictional legends written by the high fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien, and published after the author's death in The Silmarillion, together with four shorter stories.

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The Book of Lost Tales

The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyzes the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form of the complex fictional myths that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion.

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The Children of Húrin

The Children of Húrin is an epic fantasy novel which forms the completion of a tale by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lay of Leithian

The Lay of Leithian is an unfinished poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lays of Beleriand

The Lays of Beleriand, published in 1985, is the third volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion (pronounced: /sɪlmaˈrɪljɔn/) is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.

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The War of the Jewels

The War of the Jewels (1994) is the 11th volume of Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth, analysing the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Tolkien's legendarium

Tolkien's legendarium is the body of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoetic writing that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings.

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Tuor

Tuor is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Turgon

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Turgon "the Wise" (Y.T. 1300–Y.S. 510; died aged 2426) is an Elven king of the Noldor, second son of Fingolfin, brother to Fingon, Aredhel and Argon, and ruler of the hidden city of Gondolin.

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Unfinished Tales

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_Gondolin

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