Snaga was the name of an Orc in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
Biography[]
Snaga was the only surviving subordinate of Shagrat after the skirmish in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. He met Samwise Gamgee on the stairs of the Tower of Cirith Ungol and ran off to the tower's higher levels. However, he then got in the way of Shagrat, whom he had betrayed. The Black Uruk captain began to threaten that he would either be fed to Shelob or killed in a similar manner to the traitorous Radbug. Snaga mockingly told him that all of his loyal soldiers had been killed by the Orcs led by fellow rival captain Gorbag. Shagrat attempted to kill the lesser Orc, who evaded him and climbed the stairs to where the captive Frodo Baggins was. Snaga began to torture the hobbit prisoner, until Sam attacked him. The two fought until Snaga lost his balance and died falling through the level's trap door.[1]
Etymology[]
The word Snaga means 'slave'.[2]
Coincidentally, Snaga also means "strength" in many Slavic languages, including Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian.
Portrayal in adaptations[]
Radio[]
Snaga appeared in The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series), voiced by Gordon Reid.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
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Amharic | ጽናጋ ? |
Arabic | أن قوة |
Armenian | Սնագա |
Assyrian | ܨܢܐܓܐ |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Снага ? |
Bengali | ষ্নাগা |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Снага |
Chinese (Hong Kong) | 史那加 |
Dari | صناگا |
Georgian | სნაგა |
Greek | Σναγγα |
Gujarati | ષ્નગ |
Hebrew | סנאגא |
Hindi | स्नागा |
Japanese | スガガ |
Kannada | ಸ್ನಾಗ |
Kazakh Cyrillic | Снага |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Снага |
Laotian | ສນະgະ ? |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Снага |
Marathi | ष्नग |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Снага |
Nepalese | ष्नग |
Pashto | صناګا |
Persian | صناگا |
Punjabi | ਸ੍ਨਗ |
Russian | Снага |
Sanskrit | ष्नग |
Serbian | снага (Cyrillic) Snaga (Latin) |
Sinhalese | ෂ්නග |
Tajik Cyrillic | Снага |
Tamil | ஷ்நக |
Telugu | ష్నగ |
Thai | ษนะง ? |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Снаґа |
Uzbek | Снага (Cyrillic) Snaga (Latin) |
Yiddish | תנאַגאַ |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F: I: The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age