The Hidden City of Turgon;

The Hidden City of Turgon among the Encircling Mountains is known in almost all tales and records as Gondolin, translated as 'the Hidden Rock'. However, there were ancient traditions that the city had seven names. These seven names were all used at least once throughout his work. Gondolin...Is the most famous of the seven names, and the one used throughout the histories of the First Age. The name came originally from the Quenya form Ondolindë, 'Rock of the Music of Water', but was adapted to Sindarin usage as Gondolin. Gar Thurion.... is known as the 'The Secret Place', a name closely related to Gondolin the 'Hidden Rock'; both names related to the fact that the city was hidden from the eyes of friends and foes alike. Gondobar...Is known as the 'City Of Stone' & Gondothlimbar...is known as the 'City of the Dwellers in Stone'. Gondobar and Gondothlimbar, the City of Stone and the City of the Dwellers in Stone, were poetically linked. Gwarestrin...is the Tower of Guard'. This is not to be confused with Minas Tirith, which also translates as 'Tower of Guard' (in fact there were two towers named Minas Tirith in history, and during the First Age the earlier tower lay not far from Gondolin to the northwest). Loth...literally means 'Flower' & Lothengriol....means 'The Flower that Blooms on the Plain', a reference to the city standing in the midst of the valley of Tumladen. These are the 7 names of Gondolin that Tolkien himself had created one way or another. Which one is your favorite? #lotr #tolkien #turgon #bookoflosttales #thesilmarillion #homeseries #historyofmiddleearth #letstalkarda #jrrtolkien #fantasy #gondolin