The Encyclopedia of Arda - Belegost (original) (raw)

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Dates Founded before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location To the east of Mount Dolmed in the Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Culture Dwarves of Belegost Pronunciation be'legost Meaning 'Great fortress' Other names Gabilgathol, Mickleburg Indexes: Alphabetical: B Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 26 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 A citadel of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV An Elvish name (meaning simply 'Great Fortress') for the Dwarf-citadel that lay near Mount Dolmed in the Blue Mountains, called Gabilgathol by the Dwarves themselves. Notes 1 In the twelfth volume of the The History of Middle-earth, The Peoples of Middle-earth, an essay appears entitled Of Dwarves and Men which sheds some light on the people of Belegost. Circumstantial evidence given there suggests that the Dwarves of Belegost were unrelated to Durin's Folk, the Longbeards that appear in Tolkien's better-known work, and instead belonged to a different clan, either the Firebeards or the Broadbeams. The word-order used there suggests that Belegost was founded by the Broadbeams, while nearby Nogrod was populated by the Firebeard clan. See also... Black Thorn of Brethil, Blue Mountains, Dragon of Dor-lómin, Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, Dragonhead of the North, Dwarf-cities, Dwarf-kind, Dwarves, Dwarves of Belegost, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Eöl, Gabilgathol, Longbeards, Lord of Belegost, Mickleburg, [See the full list...]Misty Mountains, Mount Dolmed, Mountains of Lune, Nogrod, Seven Rivers of Ossir, Sindar Indexes: Alphabetical: B Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 26 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discover how DISC fits together with our FREE and comprehensive Complete Introduction to DISC.

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Dates Founded before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location To the east of Mount Dolmed in the Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Culture Dwarves of Belegost Pronunciation be'legost Meaning 'Great fortress' Other names Gabilgathol, Mickleburg Indexes: Alphabetical: B Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 26 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 A citadel of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Belegost

An Elvish name (meaning simply 'Great Fortress') for the Dwarf-citadel that lay near Mount Dolmed in the Blue Mountains, called Gabilgathol by the Dwarves themselves. Notes 1 In the twelfth volume of the The History of Middle-earth, The Peoples of Middle-earth, an essay appears entitled Of Dwarves and Men which sheds some light on the people of Belegost. Circumstantial evidence given there suggests that the Dwarves of Belegost were unrelated to Durin's Folk, the Longbeards that appear in Tolkien's better-known work, and instead belonged to a different clan, either the Firebeards or the Broadbeams. The word-order used there suggests that Belegost was founded by the Broadbeams, while nearby Nogrod was populated by the Firebeard clan. See also... Black Thorn of Brethil, Blue Mountains, Dragon of Dor-lómin, Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, Dragonhead of the North, Dwarf-cities, Dwarf-kind, Dwarves, Dwarves of Belegost, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Eöl, Gabilgathol, Longbeards, Lord of Belegost, Mickleburg, [See the full list...]Misty Mountains, Mount Dolmed, Mountains of Lune, Nogrod, Seven Rivers of Ossir, Sindar Indexes: Alphabetical: B Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 26 October 2008 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discover how DISC fits together with our FREE and comprehensive Complete Introduction to DISC.