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+ | | caption =Ancalagon facing Eärendil, by [[Ralph Damiani]] |
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− | | othernames = Ancalagon the Black |
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+ | | title =The Black |
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+ | | birth =Sometime before [[FA 510]] |
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+ | | death =[[FA 587]]<ref name=history>''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', Vol. XI: ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', Part Three: V: [[The Tale of Years]]</ref> |
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− | | weapon = Fire, heat, gust, natural body weapons, commanding other dragons (possibly) |
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+ | | race =[[Dragons]] |
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+ | | culture =[[Fire-drakes]] (Dragons of Morgoth) |
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+ | | height ="As tall as a mountain" |
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+ | | skin =Possibly black |
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− | '''Ancalagon''', |
+ | '''Ancalagon''', often titled "The Black", was the greatest of all winged [[dragons]]. He was bred by [[Morgoth]] during the [[First Age]] and was the largest dragon to have ever existed in [[Middle-earth]]. His appearance in history was restricted to the [[War of Wrath]]. |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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+ | After [[Eärendil]] made his journey to [[Valinor]] to convince the Valar to overthrow Morgoth and rescue the overmatched and defeated [[Elves]] and [[Edain]], the [[Host of Valinor]] made war upon Morgoth and destroyed his armies. [[File:Dragon of the First Age by rubendevela-0.jpg|thumb|left|Ancalagon the Black, by Ruben de Vela|367x367px]]Facing final defeat, Morgoth unleashed his last and greatest weapon; a fleet of winged [[fire drakes]], led by Ancalagon. So terrible was their onslaught that the armies of the Valar were driven back from the gates of Angband, and their coming was said to have been accompanied by great thunder, lightning, and a tempest of fire. |
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− | [[File:Dragon_of_the_First_Age_by_rubendevela.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ancalagon the Black faces Eärendil by [http://www.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-of-the-First-Age-150658041 Rubendevela]]] |
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⚫ | But Eärendil came out of the West in his blessed ship [[Vingilot]], accompanied by "a myriad" of the [[Great Eagles|Eagles of Manwë]] led by [[Thorondor]]. The Eagles and Eärendil dueled with Ancalagon and the other dragons for a day. Eventually, Eärendil was victorious, casting Ancalagon down upon [[Thangorodrim]], destroying the volcanic mountains in his fall. The death of Ancalagon marked the end of Morgoth's final resistance.<ref name="silm">''[[The Silmarillion]]'','' [[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', Chapter XXIV: "[[Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath]]"</ref> |
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+ | ===Legacy=== |
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⚫ | [[Gandalf]] spoke of him as he told [[Frodo Baggins]] the true origin of the [[One Ring]]. "It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the [[Rings of Power]], but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring, the Ruling Ring, for that was made by Sauron himself."<ref name="lord"/> |
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⚫ | [[Gandalf]] spoke of him as he told [[Frodo]] the true origin of |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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− | + | ''Ancalagon'' is a [[Sindarin]] name meaning "Rushing Jaws" from ''anca'' ("jaws") and the root ''alak-'' ("rushing").<ref>''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names</ref> |
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+ | The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English Middle English] translation for ''Ancalagon'' is '''Andracca''', from ''and-'' ("opposition"), ''anda'' ("hatred, envy"), and ''draca'' ("dragon").<ref name=oldenglish/> |
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==Character== |
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+ | [[File:Caglayan-kaya-goksoy-ancalagon-the-black-by-ckgoksoy-dblr46m.jpg|thumb|Ancalagon depicted by [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nxb1X Çağlayan Kaya Göksoy]|409x409px]] |
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− | Ancalagon's size is not specified, but |
+ | Ancalagon's size is not specified, but must have been colossal due to the destruction of "the towers of [[Thangorodrim]]" when he fell on them, which are elsewhere identified with the three smoking peaks of those mountains.<ref name="silmn">''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', Ch. XXIV: "[[Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath]]"</ref> |
+ | However, his size cannot be assumed to be larger than Thangorodrim; some powerful but comparatively small creatures are able to cause great destruction even in death, such as [[Durin's Bane]] breaking the slopes of [[Celebdil]]. |
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− | *How Eärendil and other reinforcements including great eagles managed to slay Ancalagon and his kin is logically unknown as simply speaking, there were huge differences in size and war potential between the dragons and the eagles. This was true even for Thorondor, the greatest Eagle of all time. Therefore, eagles and elves could most likely only have won against their draconic foes because of support or collaboration with the Host of the Valar. |
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+ | Like all other Urulóki, Ancalagon breathed fire, which was implied to be hotter than any other dragon's flame.<ref name="lord">''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'','' [[The Fellowship of the Ring (novel)|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Book One, Ch. II: "[[The Shadow of the Past]]"</ref> |
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− | *Ancalagon's characteristics share several resemblances with [[Carcharoth]].{{Fact}} |
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− | *[[Gandalf]] might or might not have seen Ancalagon during the War of Wrath. |
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+ | *In [[1977]], an extinct genus of worms found in the The Walcott Quarry on Fossil Ridge in 1911 dating from the Middle Cambrian Era from the Cambrian Burgess Shale was named ''Ancalagon'', inspired by Tolkien's dragon.<ref>http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=96#age</ref> |
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==Gallery== |
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+ | |Anato Finnstark - Ancalagon the Black.jpg|Depiction by [https://www.deviantart.com/anatofinnstark Anato Finnstark] |
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|ancalagon_the_black_by_brokenmachine86-d45n2qt.jpg|Ancalagon flying by [http://brokenmachine86.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-the-Black-251339429 BrokenMachine86] |
|ancalagon_the_black_by_brokenmachine86-d45n2qt.jpg|Ancalagon flying by [http://brokenmachine86.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-the-Black-251339429 BrokenMachine86] |
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− | |The_Dark_Shadow_by_felipe_elias.jpg|The dark shadow by [http://felipe-elias.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-101627322 |
+ | |The_Dark_Shadow_by_felipe_elias.jpg|The dark shadow by [http://felipe-elias.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-101627322 Felipe-elias] |
|ancalagon_v2_copy.jpg|The great one by [http://drz73.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-v2-copy-395901710 drZ73] |
|ancalagon_v2_copy.jpg|The great one by [http://drz73.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-v2-copy-395901710 drZ73] |
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+ | |ancalagon.jpg|Greatest creation of Morgoth by [http://deagol.web.fc2.com/per/per/ancalagon.htm Deagol] |
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− | |ancalagon2.jpg|crawling over a ruin by [http://deagol.web.fc2.com/per/per/ancalagon2.htm deagol] |
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− | |Ancalagon the black by skyrace-d7hemcm.jpg|the devils by [http://skyrace.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-the-Black-452498854 skyrace] |
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− | |Ancalagon attacks the vingilot by belegilgalad-d319r54.jpg|Ancalagon and the flying ship by [http://belegilgalad.deviantart.com/art/Ancalagon-attacks-the-Vingilot-183533224 Belegilgalad] |
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− | |C7260956ac69539b48c9838e582953d4.jpg|Towering over mountains |
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+ | | width="300" |'''Foreign Language''' |
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+ | |Albanian |
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+ | |Ankalagon |
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+ | |Amharic |
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+ | |ዓንቻላጎን |
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+ | |Arabic |
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+ | |أنكالاجون |
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+ | |Armenian |
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+ | |Անկալագոն |
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+ | |Assamese |
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+ | |এন্কালাগন |
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+ | |Belarusian Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анkалагон |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Bengali |
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+ | |আঙ্কালাগন |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Bulgarian Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анkалагон |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Catalan |
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+ | |Ancàlagon |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Chinese (Hong Kong) |
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+ | |安卡拉剛 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Czech |
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+ | |Ankalagon |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Danish |
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+ | |Ankalagon |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Dogri |
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+ | |एन्कालागॉन |
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+ | |Georgian |
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+ | |ანკალაგონი |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Greek |
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+ | |Ανκάλαγκον |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Gujarati |
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+ | |એન્કાલેગોન |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Hebrew |
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+ | |אנקאלאגון |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Hindi |
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+ | |अंकलगोन |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Japanese |
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+ | |アンカラゴン |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Kannada |
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+ | |ಅಂಕಲಗಾನ್ |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Kazakh |
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+ | |Анцалагон (Cyrillic) Ancallone (Latin) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Konkani |
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+ | |आंकालागोन |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Korean |
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+ | |앙칼라곤 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Kyrgyz Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анцалагон |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Macedonian Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анцалагон |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Malayalam |
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+ | |അങ്കലഗൺ |
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+ | |Marathi |
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+ | |अंकलगॉन |
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+ | |Mongolian Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анкалагон |
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+ | |Norwegian |
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+ | |Ankalagon |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Pashto |
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+ | |انکلاګون |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Persian |
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+ | |(Ancalagon) آنکالاگون |
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+ | (Ancalagon the Black) آنکالاگون سیاه |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Polish |
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+ | |Ankalagon |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Punjabi |
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+ | |ਐਨਕਲਾਗਨ |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Russian |
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+ | |Анкалагон |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Romanian |
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+ | |Ancalagon cel Negru |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Sanskrit |
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+ | |आन्चलगोन् |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Serbian |
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+ | |Анkалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Sinhalese |
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+ | |ඇන්කලගන් |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Spanish |
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+ | |Ancagolón |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Tajik Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анкалагон |
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+ | |Tamil |
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+ | |அஞ்சலைகோன் |
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+ | |Tatar |
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+ | |Анкалагон |
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+ | |Telugu |
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+ | |అంకాలగాన్ |
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+ | |Thai |
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+ | |อังคาลากอน |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Ukrainian Cyrillic |
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+ | |Анкалаґон |
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+ | |Urdu |
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+ | |انکالگون |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Uzbek |
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+ | |Анкалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin) |
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+ | |Yiddish |
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+ | |אַנקאַלאַגאָן |
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Latest revision as of 19:20, 23 March 2024
Ancalagon, often titled "The Black", was the greatest of all winged dragons. He was bred by Morgoth during the First Age and was the largest dragon to have ever existed in Middle-earth. His appearance in history was restricted to the War of Wrath.
Biography
After Eärendil made his journey to Valinor to convince the Valar to overthrow Morgoth and rescue the overmatched and defeated Elves and Edain, the Host of Valinor made war upon Morgoth and destroyed his armies.
Facing final defeat, Morgoth unleashed his last and greatest weapon; a fleet of winged fire drakes, led by Ancalagon. So terrible was their onslaught that the armies of the Valar were driven back from the gates of Angband, and their coming was said to have been accompanied by great thunder, lightning, and a tempest of fire.
But Eärendil came out of the West in his blessed ship Vingilot, accompanied by "a myriad" of the Eagles of Manwë led by Thorondor. The Eagles and Eärendil dueled with Ancalagon and the other dragons for a day. Eventually, Eärendil was victorious, casting Ancalagon down upon Thangorodrim, destroying the volcanic mountains in his fall. The death of Ancalagon marked the end of Morgoth's final resistance.[3]
Legacy
Gandalf spoke of him as he told Frodo Baggins the true origin of the One Ring. "It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring, the Ruling Ring, for that was made by Sauron himself."[4]
Etymology
Ancalagon is a Sindarin name meaning "Rushing Jaws" from anca ("jaws") and the root alak- ("rushing").[5]
The Middle English translation for Ancalagon is Andracca, from and- ("opposition"), anda ("hatred, envy"), and draca ("dragon").[1]
Character
Ancalagon's size is not specified, but must have been colossal due to the destruction of "the towers of Thangorodrim" when he fell on them, which are elsewhere identified with the three smoking peaks of those mountains.[6]
However, his size cannot be assumed to be larger than Thangorodrim; some powerful but comparatively small creatures are able to cause great destruction even in death, such as Durin's Bane breaking the slopes of Celebdil.
Like all other Urulóki, Ancalagon breathed fire, which was implied to be hotter than any other dragon's flame.[4]
Trivia
- In 1977, an extinct genus of worms found in the The Walcott Quarry on Fossil Ridge in 1911 dating from the Middle Cambrian Era from the Cambrian Burgess Shale was named Ancalagon, inspired by Tolkien's dragon.[7]
Gallery
Translations
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Albanian | Ankalagon |
Amharic | ዓንቻላጎን |
Arabic | أنكالاجون |
Armenian | Անկալագոն |
Assamese | এন্কালাগন |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Анkалагон |
Bengali | আঙ্কালাগন |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Анkалагон |
Catalan | Ancàlagon |
Chinese (Hong Kong) | 安卡拉剛 |
Czech | Ankalagon |
Danish | Ankalagon |
Dogri | एन्कालागॉन |
Georgian | ანკალაგონი |
Greek | Ανκάλαγκον |
Gujarati | એન્કાલેગોન |
Hebrew | אנקאלאגון |
Hindi | अंकलगोन |
Japanese | アンカラゴン |
Kannada | ಅಂಕಲಗಾನ್ |
Kazakh | Анцалагон (Cyrillic) Ancallone (Latin) |
Konkani | आंकालागोन |
Korean | 앙칼라곤 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Анцалагон |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Анцалагон |
Malayalam | അങ്കലഗൺ |
Marathi | अंकलगॉन |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Анкалагон |
Norwegian | Ankalagon |
Pashto | انکلاګون |
Persian | (Ancalagon) آنکالاگون
(Ancalagon the Black) آنکالاگون سیاه |
Polish | Ankalagon |
Punjabi | ਐਨਕਲਾਗਨ |
Russian | Анкалагон |
Romanian | Ancalagon cel Negru |
Sanskrit | आन्चलगोन् |
Serbian | Анkалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin) |
Sinhalese | ඇන්කලගන් |
Spanish | Ancagolón |
Tajik Cyrillic | Анкалагон |
Tamil | அஞ்சலைகோன் |
Tatar | Анкалагон |
Telugu | అంకాలగాన్ |
Thai | อังคาลากอน |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Анкалаґон |
Urdu | انکالگون |
Uzbek | Анкалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin) |
Yiddish | אַנקאַלאַגאָן |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, III: "The Quenta", Appendix 1: Translation of Quenta Noldorinwa into Old English
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Three: V: The Tale of Years
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. II: "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=96#age