- For other uses see: The Crack of Doom.
The Cracks of Doom is the name for the volcanic fissure in Mount Doom, where Frodo Baggins had to throw the One Ring into to be destroyed. It was the only place in Middle-earth where the One Ring could be destroyed.
History
It is described in The Return of the King as a great fissure that split a long tunnel that bored into Mount Doom. From the Crack of Doom, a red light, presumably from lava, is emitted. The red glow is the only light in the cavern, as even the Phial of Galadriel is dimmed by the power of Sauron in the heart of his realm. There is a road leading from Barad-dûr to the Crack of Doom.
Frodo claims the One Ring here; he and Gollum fight over it. Gollum falls into the Crack of Doom with the ring, thus completing the Fellowship of the Ring's quest.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring
In The Fellowship of the Ring film, Elrond leads Isildur to the Crack of Doom to destroy the One Ring immediately after it's 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. (The Fellowship of the Ring (film))
Translations around the World
Foreign Language | Translated name |
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Afrikaans | Krake van Straf |
Albanian | Çarje e Dënim |
Arabic | الشقوق الموت |
Armenian | Ծրածկս ոֆ Դոոմ |
Azerbaijani | Çatlar ? əcəl ? |
Belarusian | Црацкс оф Доом |
Bengali | নিয়তি এর ফাটল |
Bosnian | Pukotine od Propasti |
Bulgarian | Пукнатини на съдбата |
Catalan | Esquerdes del Destí |
Cebuano | Liki sa Kalaglagan |
Chichewa | Ming'alu ya Kiyama |
Chinese | 裂缝的厄运 |
Corsican | Scrusciri di Andantino ? |
Croatian | Pukotine od Propasti |
Czech | Trhliny Zkázy |
Danish | Revner af Doom |
Dari | چراچکس وف دووم |
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 da Perdição |
German | Risse des Schicksals |
Greek | Ρωγμές της μοίρας |
Gujarati | ઓફ ડૂમ તિરાડો |
Hebrew | סדקים של אבדון |
Hindi | कयामत 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 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | បំបែកនៃសេចក្ដីវិនាស |
Korean | 운명의 균열 |
Kurdish | چراچکس ۆف دۆۆم (Arabic script) Qulikên Qutên (Latinised) |
Kyrgyz | Црацкс оф Доом ? |
Lithuanian | Įtrūkimai Bausmė |
Macedonian | Пукнатини на несреќата |
Nepali | डुम को चर्किएको ? |
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 (Latinised) |
Siamese (Thai) | รอยร้าวของการลงโทษ |
Slovak | Trhliny Skazy |
Slovenian | Razpoke Obsodba |
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Grietas del Destino |
Sudanese | Retakan tina Doom |
Swahili | Nyufa wa Adhabu |
Swedish | Sprickor av Doom |
Tajik | Тарқишҳои аз ҷазоро |
Tamil | டூம் விரிசல் |
Telugu | డూమ్ యొక్క పగుళ్లు |
Turkish | Çatlaklar Kıyamet |
Ukrainian | Црацкс оф Доом ? |
Urdu | عذاب کی درار |
Uyghur | چراچكس وف دووم |
Uzbek | Чрачкс оф Доом ? (Cyrillic) Qiyomat Yoriqlar (Latinised) |
Welsh | Craciau o Doom |
Xhosa | Iintanda Kutshatyalaliswa |
Yiddish | קראַקקס פון דום |
Yoruba | Dojuijako ti Ìparun |
Yucatec Maya | Grietas u Doom |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter III: "Mount Doom"