The Fall of Gondolin

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Middle-earth legendarium work fantasy novel literary work

The Fall of Gondolin is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien narrative that recounts the tragic destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in his Middle-earth legendarium.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Fall of Gondolin canonical	6
Fall of Gondolin	2
The Fall of Gondolin (1917–1920 prose tale)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle-earth legendarium work ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
basedOn	earlier manuscripts by J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
centralEvent	betrayal of Gondolin by Maeglin ⓘ escape of Tuor, Idril, and Eärendil ⓘ siege of Gondolin by Morgoth ⓘ
containsVersionOf	The Fall of Gondolin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Fall of Gondolin (1917–1920 prose tale) later revised texts of the Gondolin story ⓘ poetic and fragmentary accounts of Gondolin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
editor	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien ⓘ surface form: Christopher Tolkien
editorialApparatusBy	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien ⓘ surface form: Christopher Tolkien
featuresAntagonist	Morgoth ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Eärendil ⓘ Idril Celebrindal ⓘ Maeglin ⓘ Tuor ⓘ Turgon ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ high fantasy ⓘ
hasTheme	betrayal ⓘ fall of a hidden city ⓘ fate and doom ⓘ heroism ⓘ
illustrator	Alan Lee ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeFocus	destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin ⓘ
narrativeUniverse	Arda ⓘ Middle-earth ⓘ
partOf	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
posthumousWorkOf	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
publicationDate	2018 ⓘ
publisher	HarperCollins ⓘ
publisherImprint	HarperCollins ⓘ surface form: HarperCollins Publishers
relatedWork	Beren and Lúthien ⓘ The Children of Húrin ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ
series	legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: Middle-earth legendarium
setting	Beleriand ⓘ Gondolin ⓘ
subject	Elves ⓘ hidden realms in Middle-earth ⓘ war against Morgoth ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction	First Age ⓘ surface form: First Age of Middle-earth

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Middle-earth → appearsIn → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

The Children of Húrin → relatedWork → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien → notableWork → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien → editedWork → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

First Age → featuresEvent → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Gondolin

First Age → narratedIn → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

The Fall of Gondolin → containsVersionOf → The Fall of Gondolin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Fall of Gondolin (1917–1920 prose tale)

Beleriand → sceneOfBattle → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Gondolin

Gondolin → appearsIn → The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ