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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[]
- ↑ 1.0 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-
- ↑ Roverandom, ch. 4
- ↑ Middle-earth Role Playing, Creatures of Middle-earth (second edition), pg. 116-7
- ↑ Middle-earth Role Playing, Lake-town, pg. 121-8