Gollum's water, also known as the dark lake, was a body of water that existed within Gollum's cave by which Gollum lived alone for many decades.
Deep within the Misty Mountains, this lake was formed by water that had seeped through the rock and formed the cave. The water was wide, deep, and piercingly cold, yet fish somehow lived in it. An underground stream flowed from it to the outside.[1]
History[]
Gollum lived off of the lake and its fish. He paddled a homemade boat back and forth between the lake and a small island at the center of the lake, which was also Gollum's home. The Great Goblin would occasionally send goblins down to get fish, and they were in turn eaten by Gollum. The goblins, however, did not seem to suspect Gollum's existence.
The lake first appears in The Hobbit in the chapter "Riddles in the Dark", as the meeting place of Gollum and Bilbo, after the latter discovers the former's lost "property:" the One Ring. There, the two engage in a riddle-game, which ends when Bilbo asks Gollum what is in his own pocket. Gollum then discovers his ring is missing and finds that Bilbo has it.[2]
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Gollum se meer |
Albanian | liqeni i Gollumit |
Arabic | بحيرة غولوم |
Armenian | Գոլումի լիճը |
Azerbaijani | Gollumın gölü |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Возера Горлума |
Bosnian | Gollumovo jezero |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Езерото на Ам-гъл |
Catalan | El llac de Gòl·lum |
Cebuano | Lago Gollum |
Croatian | Gollumovo jezero |
Czech | Glumovo jezero |
Danish | Gollums sø |
Dutch | Meer Gollem |
Esperanto | Lago de Golumo |
Estonian | Gollumi järv |
Faroese | Gollums vatn |
Filipino | Lawa ng Gollum |
Finnish | Klonkkuin järvi |
French | Le lac de Gollum |
Frisian | Gollums mar (Western) |
Galician | Lago de Gollum |
German | Gollums See |
Greek | λίμνη του Γκόλουμ |
Gujarati | ગોલમનું તળાવ |
Hebrew | האגם של גולום |
Hindi | गोल्म की झील |
Hmong | Gollum lub pas dej |
Hungarian | Gollam-tó |
Icelandic | Gollums vatnið |
Indonesian | Danau Gollum |
Italian | Il lago di Gollum |
Japanese | ゴラムの湖 |
Javanese | Tlaga Gollum |
Kannada | ಗೊಲ್ಲಮ್ ಸರೋವರ |
Kazakh | Голлом көлі (Cyrillic) Gollom köli (Latin) |
Konkani | गोल्लमाचें तळें |
Korean | 골룸의 호수 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Голлум көлү |
Latin | Lacus Gollum |
Latvian | Golluma ezers |
Lithuanian | Gollumo ežeras |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Голумовото езеро |
Malayalam | തടാകം ഗോളം |
Malaysian | Tasik Gollum |
Maltese | Il-lag ta' Gollum |
Maori | Ko te roto o Gollum |
Marathi | गॉलम तलाव |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Голлум нуур |
Nepalese | गोलम ताल |
Norwegian | Gollums innsjø |
Pashto | د ګولم جهيل |
Persian | دریاچه گولوم |
Polish | Jezioro Golluma |
Portuguese | O lago de Gollum |
Punjabi | ਗੋਲ੍ਲੁਮ ਦੀ ਝੀਲ |
Romanian | Lacul lui Gollum |
Romansh | Lai Gollum |
Russian | Озеро Голлума |
Sanskrit | गोल्लुमस्य सरोवरम् |
Samoan | Vaituloto o Gollum |
Scottish Gaelic | Loch Gollum |
Serbian | Голумово језеро (Cyrillic) Golumovo jezero (Latin) |
Sinhalese | ගොලුම් විල |
Slovak | Glochovo jazero |
Slovenian | Gollumovo jezero |
Somali | Harada Gollum |
Spanish | Lago de Gollum |
Sundanese | Danau Gollum |
Swahili | Ziwa la Gollum |
Swedish | Gollums sjö |
Tajik Cyrillic | Кӯли Голлум |
Tamil | ஏரி கோலும் |
Tatar | Голлум күле |
Telugu | గోళ్ళుమ్ సరస్సు |
Thai | ทะเลสาบของกอลลัม |
Turkish | Gollum'un gölü |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Озеро Ґолум |
Urdu | گوللم کی جھیل |
Uzbek | Голлум кўли (Cyrillic) Gollum ko'li (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Hồ Gollum |
Welsh | llyn Gollum |
Yiddish | גאָלומס אָזערע |
Lakes of Arda
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Bywater Pool | Forbidden Pool | Gollum's water | Great Lake | Kheled-zâram (Mirrormere) | Lake Evendim | Lake Helevorn | Lake Mithrim | Linaewen | Long Lake | Lórellin | Nen Hithoel | Nísinen | Tarn Aeluin |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Over Hill and Under Hill: Goblin-town"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter V: "Riddles in the Dark"