The House of the Tower of Snow was one of the twelve houses of the Gondolindrim, in Gondolin in the First Age.
History[]
It was alongside the House of the Pillar the only house not to be given a detailed description in The Fall of Gondolin. It also shared a leader with the House of the Pillar; both houses being commanded by Penlod, tallest of the Ñoldor.
They did not seem an integral part of Gondolin's armies and are only mentioned in one area of the battle in the Fall of Gondolin, when after the death of Rog and his men, they defended a lane from a band of Orcs. They were outnumbered and Penlod was slain with his back to the wall and most Elves from both his houses fell with him.[1]
Penlod was a great scribe among the Eldar and of exceeding height. Whether or not the rest of the house of the Tower of Snow shared these characteristics is not mentioned. It is probable that their residence was the Tower of Snow itself.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Huis van die Toring van Sneeu |
| Amharic | የበረዶ ማማ ቤተሰብ |
| Arabic | عائلة برج الثلج |
| Armenian | Ձյան աշտարակի տուն |
| Azerbaijani | Qar Qala ailəsi |
| Bengali | তুষার মিনার পরিবার |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Къщата на Снежната Кула |
| Catalan | Casa dels Torre de la Neu |
| Chinese | 雪塔家族 |
| Croatian | Dom Snježna Kula |
| Czech | Dům Sněhové Věže |
| Danish | Sne Tårnet-huset |
| Dutch | Huis van de Toren van Sneeuw |
| Esperanto | Domo de la Turo de neĝo |
| Estonian | Lumetornide pere |
| Finnish | Lumen tornin huone |
| French | Maison du Marteau de Colère |
| Georgian | თოვლის კოშკი სახლი |
| German | Haus des Turms aus Schnee |
| Greek | Σπίτι του πύργου του χιονιού |
| Gujarati | બરફ ટાવર પરિવાર |
| Hebrew | משפחת מגדל השלג |
| Hindi | स्नो टॉवर परिवार |
| Italian | Casate del Pilastro e della Neve |
| Japanese | スノータワーファミリー |
| Kannada | ಸ್ನೋ ಟವರ್ ಕುಟುಂಬ |
| Kazakh | Қар мұнарасы отбасы (Cyrillic) Qar munarası otbası (Latin) |
| Korean | 스노우 타워 가족 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кар Мунара үй-бүлө |
| Laotian | ຄອບຄົວທາວເວີຫິມະ |
| Latvian | Sniega Torņa ģimene |
| Lithuanian | Sniego bokštas šeima |
| Luxembourgish | Haus vun Schnee Tuerm |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Куќата на Снежната Кула |
| Malaysian | Keluarga Menara Salji |
| Marathi | स्नो टॉवर कुटुंब |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Цас цамхаг гэр бүл |
| Nepalese | हिमपात टावर परिवार |
| Norwegian | Snø Tårn-hus |
| Pashto | د واورې د برج کور |
| Persian | خانواده برف برج |
| Polish | Ród Śnieżnej Wieży |
| Portuguese | Casa da Torre da neve |
| Russian | Дом Снежной Башни |
| Sinhalese | හිම කුළුණ පවුල |
| Slovak | Dom snehobielej veže |
| Slovenian | Hiša Snežnimi Stolpi |
| Spanish | Casa de la Torre de Nieve |
| Swahili | Familia ya mnara wa theluji |
| Swedish | Snö Torn-hus |
| Tamil | பனி கோபுரம் குடும்பம் |
| Telugu | స్నో టవర్ ఫ్యామిలీ |
| Thai | ครอบครัวสโนว์ทาวเวอร์ |
| Turkish | Kar Kulesi ailesi |
| Turkmen | Gar Minara öý |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Дім Сніжної Вежі |
| Urdu | برف ٹاور خاندان |
| Uzbek | Қор Минора оила (Cyrillic) Qor Minora oila (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Ngôi nhà của tháp tuyết |
| Welsh | Eira Tŵr Tŷ |
| Xhosa | Intsapho yenqaba yekhephu |
| Yiddish | הויז פון דעם טורעם פון שניי |