the later tuor becomes very close to the old story for a time when tuor emerges out of the tunnel into the ravine ( later called cirith ninniach , but still a name of tuor 's own devising ) ; many features recur , such as the stars shining in the 'dark lane of sky above him ' , the echoes of his harping ( in the tale of course without the literary echoes of morgoth 's cry and the voices of feanor 's host that landed there ) , his doubt concerning the mournful calling of the gulls , the narrowing of the ravine where the incoming tide ( fierce because of the west wind ) met the water of the river , and tuor 's escape by climbing to the cliff-top ( but in the tale the connection between tuor 's curiosity concerning the gulls and the saving of his life is not made : he climbed the cliff in response to the prompting of the ainur ) .