Rivendell

Also known as Imladris

Rivendell () is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elvish otherworld. It is an important location in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, being the place where the quest to destroy the One Ring begins.

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Fictional location.name: Rivendell
Fictional location.series: J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
Fictional location.image: Rivendell illustration.jpg
Fictional location.caption: J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 painting of Rivendell
Fictional location.alt_name: ImladrisKarningulLast Homely House East of the Sea
Fictional location.type: Refuge of the ElvesHidden Refuge
Fictional location.blank_label: Location
Fictional location.blank_data: eastern Eriador: a western valley of the Misty Mountains
Fictional location.blank_label1: Lifespan
Fictional location.blank_data1: – Abandoned by F.A. 120
Fictional location.blank_label2: Founder
Fictional location.blank_data2: Elrond
Fictional location.ruler: Elrond
Fictional location.first: The Hobbit (1937)

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Etymology
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Geography
History
Analysis
Physical origins
A place of sanctuary
Heroic quest's starting-point
Cultural allusions
Adaptations
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Rivendell's feeling of peace may have contributed to the popularity of The Lord of the Rings during the war-troubled 1960s. Scholars have noted that Rivendell is the home of Elvish song, from the hymn to Elbereth, recalling Tolkien's Catholicism, to the complex Song of Eärendil with its multiple poetic devices. Others have written that it resembles the Celtic Otherworld of Tír na nÓg and that it physically recalls the valley of Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, where Tolkien went hiking in 1911.