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Dates
Destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age
Location
A shoreland region to the west of Hithlum
Pronunciation
la'mmoth
Meaning
'The Great Echo'1
Other names
The Great Echo

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  • Updated 16 July 2008
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Lammoth

The shoreland region of the Great Echo

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Called the 'Great Echo'; a shoreland region in the far north where Ungoliant set upon Melkor, and was in turn driven into the south by Balrogs from Angband.


Notes

1

The name 'Great Echo' comes from Morgoth's cries when he was assaulted here by Ungoliant after their return to Middle-earth. It was said that anybody who shouted aloud here would awaken the echoes again, and the Echoing Mountains of Ered Lómin to the east would ring with cries of pain.

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