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This article refers to the fissure in Mount Doom. For other namesakes, see Crack of Doom (disambiguation).
Gollum (dancing) and Frodo shortly before Gollum falls

The Cracks of Doom, also referred to as Sammath Naur, was the name given to the volcanic fissure in Mount Doom where the One Ring was forged by Sauron, and the only place at which it could be destroyed.

History and description[]

This place is described in The Return of the King as a great fissure boring a large tunnel down into Mount Doom. From the Cracks of Doom, a red light, presumably from lava, was emitted. The red glow was the only light in the cavern, as even the Phial of Galadriel was dimmed by the power of Sauron in the heart of his realm. There was a road leading from Barad-dûr to the Cracks of Doom.

Frodo claimed the One Ring here; he and Gollum fought over it. Gollum subsequently fell into the Cracks itself with the Ring, thus completing the Quest of the Ring.[1]

Etymology[]

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Sammath Naur

Sammath Naur is Sindarin, indicated to mean "chambers of fire".

Portrayal in adaptations[]

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring[]

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring film, Elrond leads Isildur to the Cracks of Doom to destroy the One Ring immediately after it is cut from Sauron's hand, but Isildur refuses and takes the Ring for himself. It appears as a doorway with a long bridge that ends with a narrow cliff, to where the lava falls.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Krake van Straf
Albanian Çarje e Dënim
Arabic شقوق الموت
Armenian Ծրածկս ոֆ Դոոմ
Azerbaijani Apokalipsis çatlar
Belarusian Cyrillic Расколіны кобі
Bengali ক্র্যাকস অফ ডুম
Bosnian Pukotine kobi
Bulgarian Cyrillic Пукнатини на съдбата
Cambodian បំបែកនៃសេចក្ដីវិនាស
Catalan Esquerdes del Destí
Cebuano Liki sa Kalaglagan
Chichewa Ming'alu ya Kiyama
Chinese 裂缝的厄运
Corsican Scrusciri di Andantino ?
Croatian Napukline kobi
Czech Pukliny osudu
Danish Dommedagsspalterne
Dutch Scheuren van Doom
Esperanto Fendoj de Fatalo
Filipino Bitak ng Tadhana
Finnish Tuhon Halkeamat
French Crevasse du Destin
Frisian Scheuren fan Doom
Galician Fendas do Destino
German Schicksalsklüfte
Greek Ρωγμές της μοίρας
Gujarati ડૂમ તિરાડો
Hebrew גיא האבדון
Hindi विनाश की दरारें
Hmong Kab nrib pleb uas Doom
Hungarian Repedések a Végzet
Indonesian Retak Kiamat
Italian Voragine del Fato
Irish Gaelic Scoilteanna na Seirbigh
Japanese 運命の亀裂
Javanese Retak Siksa
Kannada ಡೂಮ್ ಬಿರುಕುಗಳು
Korean 운명의 균열
Kurdish Qulikên Qutên (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic алаамат толтурулган жаракалар
Latvian Nosodījuma plaisas
Lithuanian Įtrūkimai Bausmė
Macedonian Cyrillic Пукнатини на несреќата
Malayalam ഡൂം വിഭജനം
Mongolian Cyrillic Зөгнөлийн хагарал
Nepalese डूम क्र्याक्स
Norwegian Sprekker av Undergang
Pashto د عذاب درزونه
Persian ترک رستاخیز
Polish Szczeliny Zagłady
Portuguese (Brazil) Fendas da Perdição
Romanian Crapaturi de Doom
Russian Трещины гибели
Scottish Gaelic Sgoltaidhean de Bhite
Serbian Пукотине пропасти (Cyrillic) Pukotine propasti (Latin)
Slovak Trhliny skazy
Slovenian Razpoke obsodba
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) Grietas del Destino
Sundanese Retakan tina Doom
Swahili Nyufa wa Adhabu
Swedish Sprickor av Doom
Thai รอยร้าวของการลงโทษ
Tajik Cyrillic Тарқишҳои аз ҷазоро
Tamil டூம் விரிசல்
Tatar Апокалиптик ярыклар
Telugu డూమ్ యొక్క పగుళ్లు
Turkish Kıyamet çatlaklar
Turkmen Apokaliptik çatryklar
Ukrainian Cyrillic Тріщини приреченості
Urdu عذاب کی درار
Uzbek Қиёмат Йориқлар (Cyrillic) Qiyomat Yoriqlar (Latin)
Welsh Craciau o Doom
Xhosa Iintanda Kutshatyalaliswa
Yiddish קראַקקס פון דום
Yoruba Dojuijako ti Ìparun
Yucatec Maya Grietas u Doom

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