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Contents
Turlin and the Exiles of Gondolin
The Story Told in the Sketch of the Mythology
The Story Told in the Quenta Noldorinwa
The Conclusion of the Sketch of the Mythology
The Conclusion of the Quenta Noldorinwa
‘They attempt to seize the swan-ships in Swanhaven, and a fight ensues’ (p.32)
‘he caused the watch and ward to be thrice strengthened at all points’ (p.64)
The King’s Tower Falls
‘the tower leapt into a flame and in a stab of fire it fell’ (p.96)
Glorfindel and the Balrog
‘that Balrog that was with the rearward foe leapt with great might on certain lofty rocks’ (p.107)
The Rainbow Cleft
‘he should be led to a river-course that flowed underground through which a turbulent water ran at last into the western sea’ (p.135)