House of the Fountain

The house of the Fountain was one of the twelve houses of the Elves in Gondolin, led by Ecthelion. The Elves of the house were said to delight in silver and diamonds, and they carried pale swords of great length. It was also said they commonly went into battle to the sound of flutes.
== History ==
It is unknown when the house of the Fountain (along with the eleven other houses of the Gondolindrim) was formed, but by the time of Morgoth's invasion of Gondolin in FA 510, they had become considerable in strength. Following the breach of the city, Turgon, the King of Gondolin, sent the house as a reserve to combat the invaders. They, led by their lord Ecthelion, slew many Orcs and several Balrogs alongside Tuor and the house of the White Wing, culminating in Ecthelion's defeat of Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs. But Turgon, seeing the city was lost, recalled what remained of the houses and mounted a last stand in the Place of the Fountain. Some however escaped through Idril's secret way. It is unknown what happened to the house of the Fountain afterwards; it was likely dissolved.The History of Middle-earth, Vol II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter III: "The Fall of Gondolin"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Huis van die Fontein
Albanian 	Shtëpia e Shatërvanit
Arabic 	منزل النافورة
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дом фантанны
Breton 	Tiegezh Feunteun
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Къщата на чешмата
Catalan 	Casa de la Font
Cebuano 	Pamilya sa tuburan
Chinese 	湧泉家族
Croatian 	Fontana obitelj
Czech 	Dům fontány
Danish 	Huset Springvand
Dutch 	Huis van de Fontein
Estonian 	Purskkaev Sugukond
Finnish 	Lähteen kansa
French 	Maison de la Fontaine
Galician 	Casa da Fonte
German 	Haus der Quelle
Greek 	Οίκος των Κρήνη
Hebrew 	בית מזרקה
Indonesian 	Wangsa Air mancur
Italian 	Casata della Fontana
Latvian 	Strūklaka ģimene
Lithuanian 	Fontanas šeimyninis
Luxembourgish 	Haus vun Sprangbur
Macedonian Cyrillic	Дом на Фонтана
Marathi 	कारंजे कुटुंब
Persian 	آب‌نما خانواده
Polish 	Dom Fontanną
Portuguese 	Casa da Fonte
Romanian 	Casa de Fântână
Russian 	Дом Фонтанов
Serbian 	Дом фонтане (Cyrillic) Dom fontane (Latin)
Sicilian 	Casa del Funtana
Slovak 	Dom fontány
Slovenian 	Hiša fontano
Spanish 	Casa de la Fuente
Swedish 	Huset Fontän
Tamil 	நீரூற்றுக்கள் குடும்பம்
Telugu 	ఫౌంటైన్ కుటుంబము
Thai 	ครอบครัวน้ำพุ
Turkish 	Çeşme familya
Turkmen 	Çeşmäniň maşgala
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дім Фонтанів
Urdu 	فوارہ خاندان
Uzbek 	Фаввора оила (Cyrillic) Favvora oila (Latin)
Welsh 	Teulu Ffynnon
Yiddish 	הויז פון דער פאָונטאַין
== References ==
Category:Houses of the Gondolindrim
de:Haus der Quelle
it:Casata della Fontana
pl:Ród Fontanny