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Dates
I 320 1 to I 510 (190 years)
Race
Elves
Division
Sindar (through his father) and Noldor (though his mother)
Culture
Gondolindrim
Pronunciation
my'glin (with the first syllable pronounced just as the English word 'my')
Meaning
'Sharp Glance'
Other names
Lómion

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  • Updated 30 November 2002
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Maeglin

The betrayer of Gondolin

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MAEGLIN

The son of Eöl and Aredhel Ar-Feiniel; he escaped his father's halls in Nan Elmoth with his mother, and came with her to Gondolin. Many years later, he was captured by the spies of Morgoth and betrayed the city.


Notes

1

The year of Maeglin's birth is taken from The Grey Annals in The War of the Jewels, volume 11 of The History of Middle-earth.

See also...

Anghabar, Anguirel, Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, Dwarves, Elves of Gondolin, Eöl, Fall of Gondolin, Gondolin, Great Gate of Gondolin, Hidden Realm, High King of the Noldor, Lómion, Morgoth, Seventh Gate

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