Dramborleg

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Axe of Tuor
Weapon
Natalie Chen - Tuor.jpg
"Tuor" by Natalie Chen
LocationGondolin, Númenor
OwnerTuor, Kings of Númenor
AppearanceGreat axe
CreatedFirst Age
DestroyedDownfall of Númenor, S.A. 3319
GalleryImages of Axe of Tuor

The Axe of Tuor was the great axe that Tuor favoured over any sword.

History[edit | edit source]

Tuor fought with the axe during the Fall of Gondolin, taking it with him when he escaped the downfall of the city. His descendants later took it with them to Númenor as an heirloom. It was lost during the Downfall of Númenor because only the Ring of Barahir was said to survive.[1]

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In The Book of Lost Tales, the Axe of Tuor was called Dramborleg, meaning "Thudder-Sharp" in Gnomish, though it was also known as Drambor. The axe was named so because with it, Tuor "smote both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword";[2] he slew three Balrogs and some Orcs named Othrod, Balcmeg, and Lug.[3] The Qenya cognates of Dramborleg were Tarambolaika or Tarambor.[2]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

Axe of Tuor in adaptations

2022: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power:

16 September: The Great Wave:
When Galadriel breaks into the King's Tower to see Tar-Palantir, the Axe of Tuor is seen leaning against a wall alongside the other heirlooms of Númenor.

References

Weapons in Tolkien's legendarium
 Arrows:  Black Arrow · Dailir · Red Arrow
Axes:  Dramborleg · Durin's Axe
Bows:  Belthronding · Bow of Bregor · Bow of the Galadhrim
Knives:  Angrist · Barrow-blades · Morgul-knife · Sting
Maces:  Grond
Spears:  Aeglos
Swords:  Anglachel/Gurthang · Anguirel · Aranrúth · Dagmor · Glamdring · Glend · Gúthwinë · Herugrim · Narsil/Andúril ·  Orcrist · Ringil · Sword of Manwë
Realm of Gondolin
Ondolindë · Hidden City · City of Seven Names
Outside locations Amon Gwared · Anghabar · Echoriad (Crissaegrim · Eithel Nínui · Fingolfin's cairn) · Seven Gates of Gondolin (Gate of Wood · Gate of Stone · Gate of Bronze · Gate of Writhen Iron · Gate of Silver · Gate of Gold · Gate of Steel) · Orfalch Echor · Tumladen
Inside locations Alley of Roses · Arch of Inwë · Caragdûr · Fountains of the South · Gar Ainion · Great Market · Lesser Market · Idril's secret way · Place of the Fountain · Place of the Well · Road of Arches · Road of Pomps · Tower of the King · Way of Running Waters
Objects Anguirel · Axe of Tuor · Crown of the Hidden Kingdom · Elfstone · Glamdring · Glingal and Belthil · Orcrist · Sting
Houses House of the King · House of the Wing · House of the Mole · House of the Swallow · House of the Heavenly Arch · House of the Pillar · House of the Tower of Snow · House of the Tree · House of the Golden Flower · House of the Fountain · House of the Harp · House of the Hammer of Wrath
People Aranwë · Aredhel · Dark Guard · Duilin · Eärendil · Ecthelion · Egalmoth · Elemmakil · Elenwë · Enerdhil · Eöl · Exiles of Gondolin · Galdor · Glorfindel · Huor · Húrin · Hendor · Idril · Legolas · Maeglin · Meleth · Pengolodh · Penlod · Rog · Salgant · Tuor · Turgon · Ulmo · Voronwë · Warden of the Great Gate
Events Fall of Gondolin · Gates of Summer · Nirnaeth Arnoediad · Ulmo's warning · Wanderings of Húrin
Main texts Lost Tale of The Fall of Gondolin (1916-20) · The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin (c. 1920) · Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin (1950) · Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin (1977) · The Fall of Gondolin (2018)