Rivendell
Sign in to saveRivendell () is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elvish otherworld. It is an important location in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, being the place where the quest to destroy the One Ring begins.
Key facts
- Fictional location.name
- Rivendell
- Fictional location.series
- J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
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- Rivendell illustration.jpg
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- J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 painting of Rivendell
- Fictional location.alt_name
- ImladrisKarningulLast Homely House East of the Sea
- Fictional location.type
- Refuge of the ElvesHidden Refuge
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- Location
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- eastern Eriador: a western valley of the Misty Mountains
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- Lifespan
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- – Abandoned by F.A. 120
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- Founder
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- Elrond
- Fictional location.ruler
- Elrond
- Fictional location.first
- The Hobbit (1937)
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Fiction
- Geography
- History
- Analysis
- Physical origins
- A place of sanctuary
- Heroic quest's starting-point
- Cultural allusions
- Adaptations
- Legacy
- References
- Primary
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- Sources
Rivendell () is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elvish otherworld. It is an important location in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, being the place where the quest to destroy the One Ring begins.
Rivendell's feeling of peace may have contributed to the popularity of The Lord of the Rings during the war-troubled 1960s. Scholars have noted that Rivendell is the home of Elvish song, from the hymn to Elbereth, recalling Tolkien's Catholicism, to the complex Song of Eärendil with its multiple poetic devices. Others have written that it resembles the Celtic Otherworld of Tír na nÓg and that it physically recalls the valley of Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, where Tolkien went hiking in 1911.