Gate of Gold
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The Gate of Gold is one of the seven great defensive gates guarding the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defensive fortification
ⓘ
fictional city gate ⓘ structure in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy | wardens of the Golden Gate ⓘ |
| accesses | Hidden City of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Golden Gate of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Book of Lost Tales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Fall of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gondolin’s city walls
ⓘ
Turgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCulture | Noldor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToRealm | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendsAgainst | Morgoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn |
The Silmarillion, chapter "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Turgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedInEvent | Fall of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | mythopoeic construct ⓘ |
| follows | Gate of Bronze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Elves of Gondolin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of the Golden Flower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | golden ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
heavily guarded passage
ⓘ
ornamented with gold ⓘ part of a sequential system of gates ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
control of access to Gondolin
ⓘ
defense of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInspiration | medieval city gates ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sindarin ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Hidden Way to Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
gold
ⓘ
yellow stone ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | obstacle on Tuor’s approach to Gondolin ⓘ |
| oneOf | Seven Gates of Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gondolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tolkien legendarium structures ⓘ |
| precedes | Gate of Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityLevel | high ⓘ |
| setIn | Beleriand region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
splendor of the Noldor
ⓘ
wealth of Gondolin ⓘ |
| timePeriod | First Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.