| This article is about the field of Gondolin. For the valley of Gondor, see Tumladen. |
Tuor surveys the Vale of Tumladen and the city of Gondolin, as drawn by Ted Nasmith
The Vale of Tumladen,[1] or Tumladen, was a green field located within the Encircling Mountains where the great city of Gondolin was located.
In the center of the Vale of Tumladen was a small hill made of smooth stone, called afterwards the Amon Gwared. This stone hill was the foundation for the city Gondolin, built by Turgon.
History[]
Prior to its settlement by the Elves, the Vale of Tumladen was a great lake, which was eventually drained by the Dry River. It was located east of the upper waters of Sirion, as was found out later by the Elves, in the middle of the Encircling Mountains. Turgon was shown by Ulmo, a Vala, where it was located by means of a dark tunnel that ran deep under the mountains, hollowed out by streams that ran to join the Sirion. In this way, Turgon discovered the Vale of Tumladen, and thought it indeed to be a perfect place to construct his city that was supposed to be modeled after the great city of Tirion upon the green hill Túna, back in Valinor. Indeed, after many years of labor, Gondolin did come to rival Tirion with its beauty and splendor. Gondolin, the city contained within Tumladen, survived for more than 503 years, the longest-lived of the Ñoldorin kingdoms. The Vale of Tumladen was eventually betrayed by Maeglin, however, and in so doing, Maeglin brought about the destruction of the last kingdom of the Ñoldor in Beleriand. It was there that the battle of Ecthelion of the Fountain and Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs, took place in the very square of the King. There it was also that they slew each other, and in so doing, Ecthelion felled the mightiest of Balrogs, even though he himself was slain. And so, with the treachery of Maeglin, the fair vale of Tumladen and the city of Gondolin were destroyed and ruined.[2][3]
Etymology[]
Tumladen is a Sindarin name that means "Wide Valley",[4] being derived from the roots tum ("valley, vale")[5] and laden ("flat, wide").[6] Tumladen can also be spelled as Tumladhen.[6]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጡምላደን |
| Arabic | طوملادين |
| Armenian | Թումլադեն |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Тумладен |
| Bengali | তুমলাদেন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Тумладен |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 倘拉登谷 |
| Georgian | ტუმლადენი |
| Greek | Τυμλαδεν |
| Gujarati | તુમ્લાડેન |
| Hebrew | טומלאדן |
| Hindi | तुमलाडेन |
| Japanese | トゥムラデン |
| Kannada | ತುಮ್ಲಾಡೆನ್ |
| Kazakh | Тұмладен (Cyrillic) Tumladen (Latin) |
| Korean | 툼 라덴 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Тумладэн |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Тумладен |
| Marathi | टुमलाडेन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тумладэн |
| Nepalese | टुम्लदेन |
| Pashto | طوملادېن |
| Persian | توملادن |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਮਲਾਡੇਨ |
| Russian | Тумладен |
| Sanskrit | टुम्लदेन् |
| Serbian | Тумладен (Cyrillic) Tumladen (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ටුම්ලාඩන් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Тумладен |
| Tamil | தும்லாடன் |
| Telugu | తుమ్లాడెన్ |
| Thai | ทุมลาเดน |
| Urdu | طوملادےن |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Тумладен |
| Uzbek | Тумладен (Cyrillic) Tumladen (Latin) |
| Yiddish | תּומלאַדען |
References[]
- ↑ Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen"
- ↑ The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
- ↑ The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, I: "The Childhood of Túrin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", entry "Tumladen"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry tum
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XVI. Galadriel and Celeborn", pg. 351