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Dates
Raised shortly before the beginning of the First Age. Destroyed in the War of Wrath, c. I 583
Location
Above the gates of Angband in the Iron Mountains, far to the north of Beleriand
Origins
Raised by Morgoth Bauglir
Pronunciation
thango'rodrim
Meaning
'Mountains of Oppression'

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  • Updated 10 October 1998
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Thangorodrim

The three towering peaks above Angband’s gates

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The three mighty peaks that Morgoth raised from the Iron Mountains above the gates of Angband when he returned there at the beginning of the First Age. They were destroyed in the fall of Ancalagon during the War of Wrath.


See also...

Ancalagon, Angband, Angrod, Dragons, Fingon, Maedhros, Morgoth, Narn i Chîn Húrin, Ruin of Beleriand, Sons of Fëanor, Tale of Grief, The Black, The North, The Valiant, Third Battle

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