The mountain known of course from The Hobbit. It is the source of the river Running.
Tolkien's illustration:
Tolkien could have gotten the idea of this mountain during his trip to the Alps in 1911. He could have seen the Matterhorn. Or perhaps not - I'm not sure at all that he was anywhere near the Matterhorn actually. From what I have found, he was defenitely some distance to the north of the Matterhorn: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken and Grindelwald. Anyway, it is a 'lonely mountain', even though it's in the Alps:
Tolkien's illustration:
Tolkien could have gotten the idea of this mountain during his trip to the Alps in 1911. He could have seen the Matterhorn. Or perhaps not - I'm not sure at all that he was anywhere near the Matterhorn actually. From what I have found, he was defenitely some distance to the north of the Matterhorn: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken and Grindelwald. Anyway, it is a 'lonely mountain', even though it's in the Alps:
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