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{{short description|Mountain range in Middle-earth}} |
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| name = ''Misty Mountains'' |
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| source = ] ] |
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| alt_name = ''Hithaeglir'', Towers of Mist |
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| type = Mountain range |
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| blank_data = Between ] and ] |
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| blank_data2 = ] |
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| locations = Caradhras, Eyrie, ], ], ] (Moria), ] |
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The '''Misty Mountains''' are a fictional ] in ]'s ] of ].<ref>Karen Wynn Fonstad, '']'', HarperCollins, 1994 edition, Regional Maps, p. 79, {{ISBN|0 261 10277 X}}.</ref> It was also called '''''Hithaeglir''''' ("mist-peak-line" in ]),<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien (1977), ed. Christopher Tolkien, '']'', George Allen & Unwin, Index p.335, {{ISBN|0 04 823139 8}}.</ref> the '''Mountains of Mist''', or the '''Towers of Mist'''.<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien (1977), '']'', George Allen & Unwin, ch.3 p. 54; {{ISBN|0 04 823139 8}}.</ref> The range stretched continuously for some 900 miles<ref>Karen Wynn Fonstad, '']'', HarperCollins, 1994 edition, Regional Maps, p. 79, {{ISBN|0 261 10277 X}}. In the Appendix (p.191) a different length is listed: 702 miles. The higher-scale map of Middle-earth which accompanies ''Unfinished Tales'' yields a length of about 850 miles.</ref> (1440 kilometres) across the continent of Middle-earth. |
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The Misty Mountains first appeared in Tolkien's 1937 book, '']''. They feature also in '']''. |
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{{anchor|Geography}} |
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==Fictional geography== |
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], which are said to have inspired Tolkien]] |
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The Misty Mountains stretched for some 900 miles: from Carn Dûm in the north<ref>Robert Foster (1978), '']'', Unwin Paperbacks, p. 63, {{ISBN|0-04-803001-5}}.</ref> to Dol Baran in the south, and were a formidable barrier between the large Middle-earth regions of Eriador to the West and Wilderland to the East. The northernmost section, the Mountains of Angmar, ran from Carn Dûm to Mount Gundabad. Mount Gundabad was where ] awoke; it became an abode of ]. Mount Gram, another Orc nest, was not far away. Mount Gundabad was on the eastern side of the range, where it nearly joined the westernmost extremity of the Grey Mountains. The greatest ] realm in Middle-earth, ], lay at the midpoint of the Misty Mountains. The area's three massive peaks - the Mountains of Moria' - were Caradhras (Redhorn and its pass), Celebdil (Silvertine) and Fanuidhol (Cloudyhead) — in Khuzdûl (aka Dwarvish) respectively named Barazinbar, Zirakzigil and Bundushathûr. Under Celebdil was the main part of Khazad-dûm, with the ] from the foundations of the mountain to its summit. The southernmost peak of the Misty Mountains was Methedras (Endhorn); the last foothill was Dol Baran, looking across the ] to the White Mountains. |
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===Passes=== |
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The Misty Mountains had few passes; the most important were the High Pass and the Redhorn Pass. |
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The High Pass or Pass of Imladris lay near ].<ref>{{ME-ref|UT|p. 281}}</ref><ref>''Unfinished Tales'', p. 271</ref> There were two routes in the High Pass; the lower pass<ref>''The Annotated ]'', p. 105, "their main gate used to open on a different pass..."</ref> was more prone to being blocked by Orcs; hence most travellers used the higher pass. |
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The Redhorn Pass was near the subterranean realm of ], and was usually open year-round.<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), '']'', 2nd edition (1966), George Allen & Unwin, book 2 ch. III p. 302; {{ISBN|0 04 823045 6}}</ref> |
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==Cultural references== |
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The ] names all mountains on ]'s moon ] after mountains in Tolkien's work.<ref>International Astronomical Union. . ''Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature''. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.</ref> In 2012, they named a Titanian mountain range "]" after the Misty Mountains.<ref>International Astronomical Union. . ''Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature''. Accessed Nov 14, 2012.</ref> |
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The title of the 1971 ] song "]" was based on Tolkien's mountain range.<ref>] himself, in '']'', May 1993, page 18, referred to "The self-indulgence, the silly over-the-top Tolkien-esque stuff... ] made it everlasting.".</ref><ref>Denis Collins (1993), 'Lord of the Lyrics', in ''Amon Hen'' (the bulletin of ], U.K.), no. 122 p.24.</ref> |
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==Works cited== |
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{{Portal|Speculative fiction}} |
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*{{cite book|chapter=Misty Mountains|last=Evans|first=Jonathan|pages=431–432|title = ]|editor = ]|isbn = 0-415-96942-5|publisher = ]|year=2006}} |
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==References== |
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