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Cabed Naeramarth, formerly known as Cabed-en-Aras, was a deep gorge near the Forest of Brethil through which the river Taeglin ran.

History[]

Cabed-en-Aras was where Túrin confronted and slew Glaurung in FA 499, when the dragon tried to cross the ravine to attack the Forest of Brethil.

As Glaurung was on the verge of death, and Túrin in a swoon from Glaurung's blood, Niënor found them there, and in his last moments Glaurung captured her in his spell. When Glaurung died, she was released from the spell, and, thinking Túrin dead and regaining all memory of her life, Niënor cast herself down the ravine. After waking and discovering what had occurred, Túrin renamed the gorge Cabed Naeramarth.[1][2] In later years, the gorge was thought to be haunted and even the local animals avoided the place.[3]

Etymology[]

Cabed Naeramarth is a Sindarin word meaning "Leap of Dreadful Doom", containing the words cabed ("Leap"), naer ("dreadful, horrible, unendurable"), and amarth ("fate, doom").[2]

Cabed-en-Aras is a Sindarin word meaning "Leap of the Deer", containing the words cabed ("Leap"), en ("of the"), and aras ("deer").[4]

Other versions[]

In earlier writings, Cabed Naeramarth was referred to as Cabed Amarth, meaning "Leap of Doom".[5]

Originally, the gorge was referred to as Mengas Dûr,[6] possibly meaning "Dark Gap in the Way"[7] from the words men ("road, way"), gas ("hole, gap"), and dûr ("dark (with evil implications), gloomy, hellish").[8]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ጫበድ፡አን፡ዓራስ
Armenian Կաբեդ-է-Արաս
Belarusian Cyrillic Кабед-ен-Арас
Bengali কাবাডি-যেন-আরাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic Кабед-ен-Арас
Danish Cabed-en-Aras ("Hjortens spring")
Georgian კაბედ-ენ-არასი
Gujarati કેબેડ-એન-આરસ
Hebrew קאבד אן אראס
Hindi कब्ऐद्-ऐन्-अरस
Japanese ?
Kannada ಕ್ಯಾಬೆಡ್-ಎಂ-ಅರಸ್
Kazakh Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin)
Korean 카 베드 - 아 라스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Кабэд-эн-Арас
Macedonian Cyrillic Цабед-ен-Арас
Mongolian Cyrillic Цабед-ен-Арас
Marathi काबेड-एन-आरस
Nepalese चबेद्-एन्-आरस
Persian چابهدءهنءاراس ?
Russian Кабед-эн-Арас
Sanskrit चबेद्-एन्-आरस्
Serbian Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin)
Sinhalese කබෙඩ්-එන්-අරස්
Tajik Cyrillic Кабед-ен-Арас
Tamil சபெத்-எந்-ஆரஸ் ?
Telugu కాబేడీ-ఎం-అరస్
Ukrainian Cyrillic Кабед-ен-Арас
Urdu چابےدءےنء اراس
Uzbek Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin)
Yiddish קאַבעד-ענ-אַראַס

References[]

  1. The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Children of Húrin, Ch. XVII: "The Death of Glaurung", pg. 244
  3. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Lay of the Children of Húrin)"
  4. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", Notes, pg. 150
  5. The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pg. 160
  6. The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pg. 156
  7. A Gateway to Sindarin, pg. 384
  8. Mengas Dûr on eldamo.org
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