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Lonely Mountain
Fictional mountain home of dwarves and dragon in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Lonely Mountain is a mountain northeast of Mirkwood. It is the location of the Dwarves' Kingdom under the Mountain and the town of Dale lies in a vale on its southern slopes. In The Lord of the Rings, the mountain is called by the Sindarin name Erebor.[T 1] The Lonely Mountain is the destination of the protagonists, including the titular Hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and is the scene of the novel's climax.
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Other name(s) | Erebor; the Kingdom under the Mountain |
Type | isolated mountain |
Ruler | Kings of Durin's Folk: [1] T.A. 1999–2210, [2] 2590–2770, [3] 2941–Fourth Age; Smaug: T.A. 2770–2941 |
Locations | the Chamber of Thrór, Dale, the Front Gate, the Great Hall, the Secret Door |
Location | Northeast of Mirkwood |
Founder | Thráin I |
The mountain has been described as the goal of Bilbo's psychological quest in The Hobbit; scholars have noted that it and The Lord of the Rings are both structured as quests to a distant mountain, but that the quests have very different motivations. Further, the mountain is a symbol of adventure in The Hobbit, and of Bilbo's maturation as an individual, while to the Dwarves, it stands for the gain of beauty in return for loss of life.