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This article is about the type of Dragons. For the creature that appeared in the second episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, see Nameless things#In adaptations.


Sea-serpents or fish-dragons were a breed of fish-like Dragons mentioned in The Lost Road and Other Writings.[1]

History[]

Sea-serpents lived in fresh water or in the Sea. Not appearing in any tale set in Arda, they are only mentioned in The Lost Road and Other Writings, in the section concerning Elvish etymologies.[1]

Etymology[]

Lingwilókë is a Quenya word meaning "fish-dragon, sea-serpent", being comprised of lingwe ("fish") and lókë ("dragon").[1]

The Ñoldorin cognate of lingwilókë is lhimlug, being comprised of lhim ("fish") and Lhûg ("dragon").[1]

In other versions[]

In Roverandom, a Sea-serpent lived in a cave known as Pot at the bottom of the Deep Blue Sea. It is an extremely enormous and powerful creature, more than one hundred miles long, allegedly causing storms just by passing through the world. The Man-in-the-Moon had once tried to seal the Sea-serpent with his magic, but took fifty years to create the proper magic, and succeeded, though accidentally causing an entire continent to sink. During the time of the story, the wizard, Mr. Artaxerxes, received written Complaints about the Sea-serpent allegedly waking up and moving to a new den that is very close to the mer-king's palace. Unfortunately, when Mr. Artaxerxes went to deal with it, Roverandom followed him and bit the tail of a shark in the shell carriage, causing a domino effect which ended with the last shark in the carriage biting the Sea-serpent. The awakening was further accelerated when Mr. Artaxerxes tried to put it back to sleep, causing it to dream that it was being burnt alive by a volcano. Earthquakes and hurricanes followed as the Sea-serpent continuously rolled over until he spoke loudly that he would only go back to sleep if Mr. Artaxerxes was banished. The Mer-people accepted his terms and banished the wizard.[2]

In adaptations[]

Middle-earth Role Playing[]

In Middle-earth Role Playing, Sea-serpents, known as Water Drakes or Water Serpents, appear in two different forms. The first form, known as Rain-drakes or Lake-worms, are a smaller variety that live only in fresh water. The second form, known as True Water-drakes or True Sea Serpents, are a larger variety that live in both fresh water and in the sea.[3] Furthermore, one particular True Water-drake called Séahmatha ("Lake Serpent" in a Northern language) dwells within the Long Lake.[4]

Middle-earth Collectible Card Game[]

In the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, Sea-serpents are considered to be of Drake-kind, being referred to as Sea Serpents and Rain-drakes. One particular Sea Serpent that inhabits coastal regions and sites is named Eärcaraxë.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Seeslange
Albanian Gjarpërinjtë e detit
Amharic የባህር-እባቦች
Arabic ثعابين البحر
Assamese সাগৰীয় সাপ
Azerbaijani Dəniz ilanları
Basque Itsas-sugeak
Belarusian Cyrillic Марскія змеі
Bosnian Morske zmije
Bulgarian Cyrillic Морски змии
Catalan Serps marines
Cebuano Mga bitin sa dagat
Corsican Serpenti marini
Croatian Morske zmije
Czech Mořští hadi
Danish Havslanger
Dutch Zee-slangen
Esperanto Marserpentoj
Estonian Merimaod
Filipino Mga ahas sa dagat
Finnish Merikäärmeet
French Serpents de mer
Frisian Seeslangen (Western)
Galician Serpes mariñas
Georgian ზღვის გველები
German Seeschlangen
Greek Θαλάσσια φίδια
Hebrew נחשי ים
Hindi समुद्री नागों
Hungarian Tengeri kígyók
Icelandic Sjóormar
Indonesian Naga-naga laut
Italian Serpenti marini
Javanese Ula-ula segara
Kannada ಸಮುದ್ರ ಸರ್ಪಗಳು
Kazakh Теңіз серпенттері (Cyrillic) Teñiz serpentteri (Latin)
Konkani दर्यांतले नाग
Kurdish دەریا-سەرپێنتس (Sorani) Derya-maran (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Деңиз-жыландар
Latvian Jūras čūskas
Lithuanian Jūros žalčiai
Luxembourgish Mierschlaangen
Macedonian Cyrillic Морски змии
Malayalam കടൽ സർപ്പങ്ങൾ
Malaysian Ular-ular laut
Maltese Serpenti tal-baħar
Mongolian Cyrillic Далайн могойнууд
Nepalese समुद्री सर्पहरू
Norwegian Sjøslanger
Pashto سمندري ماران
Persian مارهای دریایی
Polish Węże morskie
Portuguese Serpentes marinhas
Punjabi ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ-ਸੱਪ
Romanian Șerpi de mare
Russian Морские змеи
Sanskrit समुद्रनागाः
Scottish Gaelic Nathraichean mara
Serbian Морске змије (Cyrillic) Morske zmije (Latin)
Shona Nyoka dzemugungwa
Sindhi سامونڊي نانگن
Sinhalese මුහුදු සර්පයන්
Slovak Morské hady
Slovenian Morske kače
Somali Abeesooyinka badda
Spanish Serpientes marinas
Sundanese Oray-oray laut
Swahili Nyoka za baharini
Swedish Havsormar
Tajik Cyrillic Морҳои баҳрӣ
Tamil கடல் பாம்புகள்
Tatar Диңгез еланнары
Telugu సముద్ర సర్పాలు
Turkish Deniz yılanları
Turkmen Deňiz ýylanlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic Морські змії
Uyghur دېڭىز يىلانلىرى
Uzbek Денгиз илонлари (Cyrillic) Dengiz ilonlari (Latin)
Welsh Seirff y môr
Yiddish ים-שלאַנגען

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part III: "The Etymologies", entry LOK-
  2. Roverandom, ch. 4
  3. Middle-earth Role Playing, Creatures of Middle-earth (second edition), pg. 116-7
  4. Middle-earth Role Playing, Lake-town, pg. 121-8
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