Salgant

Salgant was an Elf of Gondolin.

Biography

Salgant was the Lord of the House of the Harp in Gondolin. He was heavy and squat and owned a harp of gold. He presided over a noble house of valiant warriors loyal to the realm and the King but had character flaws. Despite his inadequacies, he was a friendly Elf and knew Eärendil as a child; he often played with him and taught him to play music with the wooden pipes he made for him. He was said to have fawned on Maeglin and was a craven coward.^[1][2]

Unfortunately, Salgant was a traitor and was persuaded by Maeglin to join in his conspiracy to seize the kingship of Gondolin for himself, though the prospect frightened Salgant. In furtherance of this, he used his position to persuade Turgon to hold the city at all costs. When the attack came, the King ordered Salgant to defend the Great Market with Glorfindel and his house of Elves. In an act of betrayal, he countermanded that order and sent his warriors to the Lesser Market instead, but they rebelled.^[1]

He fled in fear and disappeared. His fate is unknown. Eärendil mourned for him when he heard that his childhood friend was not amongst the survivors.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ሳልጋንት
Arabic	سالجانت
Armenian	Սալգանտ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Салгант
Bengali	সালগান্ত
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Салгант
Georgian	სალგანტი
Greek	Σαλγκαντ
Gujarati	સલગંટ
Hebrew	צאלגאנת
Hindi	षल्गन्त
Kannada	ಸಾಲ್ಗಂಟ್
Kazakh	Салгант (Cyrillic) Salgant (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Салгант
Macedonian Cyrillic	Салгант
Marathi	षल्गन्त
Mongolian Cyrillic	Салгант
Nepalese	साल्गन्ट
Pashto	صالګانت
Persian	صالگانت
Russian	Салгант
Sanskrit	षल्गन्त्
Serbian	Салгант (Cyrillic) Salgant (Latin)
Sinhalese	සල්ගන්ට්
Tajik Cyrillic	Салгант
Tamil	சல்கண்ட்
Tatar	Сальгант
Telugu	సల్గంట్
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Салґант
Urdu	صالگانت
Uzbek	Салгант (Cyrillic) Salgant (Latin)
Yiddish	סאַלגאַנט

References