- The article is on the pool just below Henneth Annûn. For the chapter in The Two Towers (novel) see: The Forbidden Pool.
"Far below them they saw the white waters pour into a foaming bowl, and then swirl darkly about a deep oval basin in the rocks, until they found their way out again through a narrow gate, and flowed away, fuming and chattering, into calmer and more level reaches." --The Two Towers
The Forbidden Pool was a basin of water created by the waterfall that concealed one of the two entrances into the hiding place of the rangers of Ithilien.[1]
History
The Gondor rangers of Henneth Annûn fiercely protected the secrecy of their refuge. Anyone who came to Henneth Annûn unbidden was to be killed, and this pool was deemed one of the boundaries. Gollum, searching for fish, chanced to find the pool by accident, but was spared death thanks to his master, Frodo Baggins.[2]
Behind the Scenes
It was revealed in the appendices of the film that the water used for the pool reacted with the acrylic paints on the bottom, so they had to use chemicals to reduce foaming.
Translations around the World
Foreign Language | Translated name |
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Afrikaans | Verbode Swembad |
Albanian | Pishina e ndaluar |
Arabic | بركة ممنوع |
Armenian | արգելվում է լողավազան |
Azerbaijani | Qadağan hovuz |
Bengali | নিষিদ্ধ পুল |
Bosnian | Zabranjenog bazena |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Забранени басейн |
Catalan | Prohibida Piscina |
Chinese | 禁游泳池 |
Croatian | Zabranjenog bazena |
Czech | Zakázaný bazén |
Danish | Forbudtpulje |
Dutch | Verboden Zwembad |
Estonian | Keelatud bassein |
Finnish | Kielletty lampi |
French | Le Lac Interdit |
Italian | Stagno Proibito |
Japanese | 禁じられたプール |
Galician | Lago Prohibido |
Georgian | აკრძალული აუზი |
German | Verbotener pool |
Greek | Απαγορευμένη πισίνα |
Haitian Creole | Entèdi rezèvwa dlo |
Hebrew | בריכה אסורה |
Hindi | निषिद्ध पूल |
Hungarian | Tiltott medence |
Icelandic | Forboðna Laug |
Indonesian | Kolam Terlarang |
Kannada | ನಿಷೇಧಿತ ಪೂಲ್ |
Korean | 금지 된 풀 |
Latvian | Aizliegta baseins |
Lithuanian | Uždraustasis baseinas |
Luxembourgish | Verbueden Basseng |
Macadonian Cyrillic | Забранетиот базен |
Malay | Kolam yang dilarang |
Maltese | Projbit pool |
Marathi | निषिद्ध पूल |
Mongolian Cyrillic | хориотой сан |
Nepalese | वर्जित पूल |
Norwegian | Den forbudte kulp |
Pashto | ممنوعه حوض |
Persian | استخر ممنوع |
Polish | Zakazanych basen |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Lago Proibido |
Punjabi | ਪਾਬੰਦੀ ਪੂਲ |
Romanian | Heleșteul Neîngânduit |
Russian | Запретный бассейн |
Serbian | Забрањени Базен (Cyrillic) Zabranjeni Bazen (Latin) |
Sinhalese | තහනම් තටාකය |
Shona | Rambidzwa Dziva |
Sindhi | حرام پول |
Slovak | Zakázané bazén |
Slovenian | Prepovedano bazen |
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Estanque Vedado |
Sudanese | Dilarang kolam renang |
Swahili | Bwawa Haramu |
Swedish | Förbjudna Bassäng |
Tamil | தடை செய்யப்பட்ட பூல் |
Telugu | ఫర్బిడెన్ పూల్ |
Thai | สระว่ายน้ำที่ต้องห้าม |
Turkish | Yasak Havuz |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Заборонене басейн |
Urdu | حرام پول |
Vietnamese | Hồ bơi bị Cấm |
Welsh | Pwll Gwaharddedig |
Yiddish | פאַרבאָטן פּול |
adagun-odo |
Lakes of Arda
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Bywater Pool | Forbidden Pool | Gollum's water | Great Lake | Kheled-zâram (Mirrormere) | Lake Evendim | Lake Helevorn | Lake Mithrim | Linaewen | Long Lake | Lórellin | Nen Hithoel | Nísinen | Tarn Aeluin |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Henneth Annûn"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter VI: "The Forbidden Pool"