Encircling Mountains

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Encircling Mountains is the formidable mountain range in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that surrounds and conceals the hidden Elven city of Gondolin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional mountain range
geographical feature in Middle-earth
location in Tolkien legendarium
alsoKnownAs Echoriath NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Book of Lost Tales NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
associatedWith Hidden City of Gondolin NERFINISHED
Noldor NERFINISHED
Turgon NERFINISHED
barriersTo Morgoth’s forces
conceals Gondolin NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
encloses valley of Tumladen
era First Age NERFINISHED
function defensive barrier for Gondolin
means of concealment for Gondolin
guardedBy secret ways known to the Gondolindrim
hasEvent approach of Morgoth’s armies in the Fall of Gondolin
discovery of the way to Gondolin by Maeglin
hasFeature difficult approaches
hidden passes
precipitous peaks
hasInnerFeature valley of Tumladen NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Tolkien’s concept of hidden mountain-valley cities
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedIn Beleriand NERFINISHED
northwestern Middle-earth
mentionedIn Of Maeglin
Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin NERFINISHED
opposedBy Morgoth NERFINISHED
partOf The Silmarillion legendarium NERFINISHED
purpose to keep Gondolin hidden from Morgoth
relatedWork The Fall of Gondolin (standalone publication) NERFINISHED
status destroyed or altered in the cataclysms at the end of the First Age
surrounds Gondolin NERFINISHED
terrainType mountainous
universe Middle-earth NERFINISHED

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Gondolin hiddenBy Encircling Mountains