Thou must fare afar to the folk of the wood, where Thingol is throned in the Thousand Caves.

Thingol built a fabulous capital city and fortress beneath a great hill called Menegroth, the Thousand Caves.

Menegroth means 'the Thousand Caves or Delvings', but it contained one great rond and many minor ones.

There are some elements in the poem that were not taken up into the prose version, such as the description of the Thousand Caves (980 ff.)

He is found by Thingol's men come to summon them to a feast at the Thousand Caves.

Thingol was slain and the Thousand Caves sacked.

Tuban is known as the "City of a Thousand Caves" since there are so many caves in the area, containing both stalagtites and stalagmites.

Marston records the band in his own studio Menegroth: The Thousand Caves.

The name Menegroth of the Thousand Caves has not occurred before.

There he was found by Thingol's messengers who came to summon them to a feast in the Thousand Caves.