House of the Mole

The house of the Mole was one of the twelve houses of the Elves of Gondolin. Their emblem was a plain black field with no symbol. Their founder and master was Maeglin, King Turgon's nephew; he chose the grimmest and most loyal warriors he could get. They did nothing to stop Maeglin from betraying the whole city of Gondolin.
The folk of the Mole was said to be of dark countenance and lowering gaze, and were no help to the rest of the Gondolindrim in the end. They bore polished armor with a reddish shine, yet which lacked any designs or emblems. They wore harnesses of sable and round steel helmets covered with mole skin, and they fought with mattocks. 
During the Fall of Gondolin, which came about because of Maeglin's treachery, the people of this house became allies of Melkor, but did not aid their lord when he attempted to capture Idril and Eärendil. However, they attacked Tuor when he killed Maeglin at Caragdûr, which scarred their name forever among the Eldar and Edain.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Chinese 	鼴鼠家族
Czech 	Dům mola
Finnish 	Myyrän kansa
French 	Maison de la Taupe
German 	Haus des Maulwurfs
Gujarati 	મોલ હાઉસ
Hebrew 	בית השומה
Italian 	Il casato della Talpa
Japanese 	モルの家
Kannada 	ಮೋಲ್ನ ಮನೆ
Korean 	두더지의 집
Macedonian Cyrillic	Куќа на крт
Sinhalese 	මවුලයේ නිවස
Slovak 	Dom krtka
Slovenian 	Hiša krt
Spanish 	Casa del topo
Tamil 	மோல் வீடு
Telugu 	మోల్ హౌస్
Thai 	บ้านของตุ่น
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дім Крота
== References ==
Category:Houses of the Gondolindrim
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