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In in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad . In that same battle, he captured Húrin of Dor-Lomin , who had slain his personal body guard of Trolls , and brought him to Angband. He also led the assault on Gondolin , and there slew, and was slain by, Ecthelion Of The Fountain , a Ñoldorin Elf -lord. In the earliest version of his mythology ('' The Book Of Lost Tales ''), Tolkien describes Kosomot, the original version of Gothmog, as a son of Morgoth and the ogress Fluithuin, but the idea of the children of Valar was abandoned in later writings. Kosomet, however, is often considered his Quenya name. In one of Tolkien's early Middle-earth writings, '' Lay Of The Children Of Húrin '', "Lungothrin, Lord of Balrogs" is mentioned. It is not, however, certain if it was another name for Gothmog, or it simply meant "a Balrog lord." According to Christopher Tolkien , the latter is more probable, as the name Gothmog was mentioned in the earliest Middle-earth writings, as well as the final version of Tolkien's mythology. In Peter Jackson's 2003 motion picture ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'', Gothmog was the name of an orc captain in the army of the Witch-King of Angmar. It is not known for sure, but it is believed that this orc was named "Gothmog" by the writers as a tribute to the Balrog known as Gothmog of the Tolkien books. |
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