Gollum's cave

thumb|330x330px|Gollum's cave as depicted in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gollum's cave was the dwelling place of Gollum, otherwise known as Sméagol, from TA 2470 onwards. It was where Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring by chance, which Gollum owned, and took it.
==Description==
The cave was located in the depths of the Misty Mountains near Goblin-town. It was close to the goblin-hall by following an estimated thirty miles of long, dark, and narrow tunnel.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Over Hill and Under Hill: Goblin-town"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Introduction"
The cave housed a small subterranean lake of ice cold water in which sat a tiny island which supplied Gollum with a small amount of protection from nearby Goblin-town. This lake harbored a species of blind fish, Gollum's main food source throughout the years he spent there.
==History==
After being exiled from his family of Stoors in the late twenty-third century of the Third Age, Gollum sought shelter from the Sun under the nearby mountain range, the Misty Mountains. Following the flow of an underground stream, he made his way to a dark cave and made his home there.  He soon found out that Orcs were living close by and used the network of tunnels adjoining his. When he felt bold and hungry enough, Gollum, using his magic ring to become invisible, throttled them and ate them.
In TA 2941, Bilbo Baggins and his company of Dwarves were journeying through the Misty Mountains and were taken by surprise as a group of Orcs jumped upon them, causing a great mass of confusion amongst the Dwarves. During their escape from Goblin-town, Bilbo would then have to fend for himself after falling and being missed in the darkness. He soon stumbled upon this cave after finding the One Ring and subsequently met Gollum. Gollum, afraid of Bilbo's Elvish dagger, didn't attack as he normally would have done. Instead, he spoke to Bilbo and ended up taking part in a riddle-game with the hobbit. If Gollum won, he would kill and eat Bilbo, and if Bilbo won, Gollum would show him the way out. After Gollum lost the riddle-game and discovered the loss of the Ring, he became enraged and tried to kill Bilbo. However, Bilbo put on the Ring and used it to follow Gollum to the exit of the cave.The Hobbit, Chapter V: "Riddles in the Dark"
After Bilbo's escape with the Ring, Gollum remained in the cave for a long time. However, he eventually left and wandered Middle-earth, trying to find Bilbo and reclaim his One Ring for himself once again.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Grot van Gollum
Albanian 	Shpella e Gollumit
Armenian 	Գոլումի քարայր
Asturian 	Cueva de Gollum
Azerbaijani 	Gollumın mağara
Basque 	Gollumken haitzuloa ?
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Пещерата на Голум
Catalan 	Cova de Gollum
Croatian 	Gollumovu pećinu
Czech 	Gollumova jeskyně
Danish 	Gollums hule
Dutch 	Grot van Gollum
Esperanto 	Kaverno de Gollum
Estonian 	Gollumi koobas
Finnish 	Gollumin luola
French 	Grotte de Gollum
Friulian 	Caverne di Gollum
Galician 	Cova de Gollum
Georgian 	გოლუმის მღვიმე
German 	Höhle von Gollum
Greek 	Σπήλαιο του Γκόλουμ
Haitian Creole 	Gròt de Gollum
Hebrew 	מערת של גולום
Hindi 	गोलम की गुफा
Hungarian 	Gollum barlangja
Icelandic 	Gollums hellir
Indonesian 	Gua Gollum
Italian 	La grotta di Gollum
Korean 	골룸의 동굴
Latin 	Spelunca de Gollum
Latvian 	Golluma ala
Luxembourgish 	Höhl vun Gollum
Macedonian Cyrillic	Пештера на Голлум
Maltese 	Grotta ta 'Gollum
Norwegian 	Gollums grotte
Occitan 	Cauna de Gollum
Polish 	Jaskinia Golluma
Portuguese 	Caverna de Gollum
Romanian 	Peștera din Gollum
Sardinian 	Cueva de Gollum
Serbian 	Голлумова пећина (Cyrillic) Gollumova pećina (Latin)
Sicilian 	Grotta di Gollum
Slovak 	Gollumova jaskyňa
Slovenian 	Gollumova jama
Spanish 	Caverna de Gollum
Swedish 	Gollums grotta
Telugu 	గోళ్ళుమ్ గుహ
Turkish 	Gollum'in mağarası
Turkmen 	Gollumyň gowagy
Welsh 	Ogof y Gollum
Yiddish 	הייל פון גאָללום
Yotuba 	Iho Gollum
==References==
es:Caverna de Gollum
pl:Jaskinia Golluma
Category:Caves
Category:Misty Mountains