Bablon was a city of Men in the Great Lands, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales. It was identified with the city of Babylon.[1]
The city was mentioned in the tale of the Fall of Gondolin by Littleheart, where he compared its fall as even being worse than Bablon's.[2]
Etymology
The name Bablon is in Gnomish, but its meaning is unclear. However, it was probably a phonological imitation of Babylon.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin": "Notes and Commentary", p. 214
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 196