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[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Across Gorgoroth.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Across [[Gorgoroth]]'' by [[Ted Nasmith]], prominently featuring Mount Doom.]] | [[Image:Ted Nasmith - Across Gorgoroth.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Across [[Gorgoroth]]'' by [[Ted Nasmith]], prominently featuring Mount Doom.]] | ||
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'''Mount Doom''', or '''[[Orodruin]]''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[oˈrodruɪn]}} in three syllables), was a volcano in [[Mordor]] | '''Mount Doom''', or '''[[Orodruin]]''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[oˈrodruɪn]}} in three syllables), was a volcano in [[Mordor]]. It stood alone in an empty plain rising about 4500 feet. Its base rised about 3000 feet.<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' entry "Orodruin"</ref> | ||
Inside its cone, were the [[Sammath Naur]] leading to the [[Crack of Doom]], a fiery chasm where [[the One Ring]] was forged. | |||
In {{TA|2954}} Mount Doom reawakened and the last inhabitants of [[Ithilien]] terrified fled over [[Anduin]].<ref>{{App|B}}</ref> | When [[Sauron]] chose the land of [[Mordor]] as his dwelling-place in the [[Second Age]], Orodruin was the reason for his choice. He "''used the fire that welled there from the heart of the earth in his sorceries and his forging.''" The most famous result of his forging, and in fact the only one we know of for sure, was the One Ring. The mountain erupted in {{SA|3429}} and it took the name [[Amon Amarth]] "Mount Doom". | ||
In {{TA|2954}} Mount Doom reawakened and the last inhabitants of [[Ithilien]] terrified fled over [[Anduin]].<ref>{{App|B}}</ref> From then on it erupted sporadically until the end of the Age. | |||
[[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]'s quest in the [[War of the Ring]] was to destroy the Ring at Mount Doom. | [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]'s quest in the [[War of the Ring]] was to destroy the Ring at Mount Doom. | ||
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Mount Doom, or Orodruin (S, pron. [oˈrodruɪn] in three syllables), was a volcano in Mordor. It stood alone in an empty plain rising about 4500 feet. Its base rised about 3000 feet.[1]
Inside its cone, were the Sammath Naur leading to the Crack of Doom, a fiery chasm where the One Ring was forged.
When Sauron chose the land of Mordor as his dwelling-place in the Second Age, Orodruin was the reason for his choice. He "used the fire that welled there from the heart of the earth in his sorceries and his forging." The most famous result of his forging, and in fact the only one we know of for sure, was the One Ring. The mountain erupted in S.A. 3429 and it took the name Amon Amarth "Mount Doom".
In T.A. 2954 Mount Doom reawakened and the last inhabitants of Ithilien terrified fled over Anduin.[2] From then on it erupted sporadically until the end of the Age.
Frodo's quest in the War of the Ring was to destroy the Ring at Mount Doom.
Etymology
Mount Doom is the Common Speech translation of Amon Amarth in Gondor.[3]
The name was given because the volcano was linked in ancient and little-understood prophecies with the final end of the Third Age, when the One Ring was found again.[3]
Portrayal in Adaptations
2001-3: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy:
- Mount Ngauruhoe was used as Mount Doom in some scenes. In long shots the mountain is either a large model or a CGI effect, or a combination. It was not permitted to film the summit of Ngauruhoe because it is sacred to the Maori of the region. However, some scenes which showed the slopes of Mount Doom were filmed on the actual slopes of Mount Ruapehu.
References
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth entry "Orodruin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 768-9
