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'''Red Maw''' was a name for the mightiest wolf ever to live, given as an interpretation of his [[Elvish]] name, [[Carcharoth]]. He was bred in the pits of [[Angband]] as a guard against [[Huan the Hound]] of [[Valinor]]. Huan, it was prophesied, could only be slain by the greatest of all wolves, and Carcharoth the Red Maw proved to be that wolf. Before the gates of Angband, he bit [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]]'s hand from his arm, and with it the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] he carried. Burned by the power of the Jewel, Carcharoth fled into the south. At last, he was discovered within the borders of [[Doriath]] itself, where he fought his last fight with Huan: the wolf and the hound took one another's lives in that combat. | '''Red Maw''' was a name for the mightiest wolf ever to live, given as an interpretation of his [[Elvish]] name, [[Carcharoth]]. He was bred in the pits of [[Angband]] as a guard against [[Huan the Hound]] of [[Valinor]]. Huan, it was prophesied, could only be slain by the greatest of all wolves, and Carcharoth the Red Maw proved to be that wolf. Before the gates of Angband, he bit [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]]'s hand from his arm, and with it the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] he carried. Burned by the power of the Jewel, Carcharoth fled into the south. At last, he was discovered within the borders of [[Doriath]] itself, where he fought his last fight with Huan: the wolf and the hound took one another's lives in that combat. | ||
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Revision as of 16:59, 10 June 2008
Red Maw was a name for the mightiest wolf ever to live, given as an interpretation of his Elvish name, Carcharoth. He was bred in the pits of Angband as a guard against Huan the Hound of Valinor. Huan, it was prophesied, could only be slain by the greatest of all wolves, and Carcharoth the Red Maw proved to be that wolf. Before the gates of Angband, he bit Beren's hand from his arm, and with it the Silmaril he carried. Burned by the power of the Jewel, Carcharoth fled into the south. At last, he was discovered within the borders of Doriath itself, where he fought his last fight with Huan: the wolf and the hound took one another's lives in that combat.
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| Individuals: | Carcharoth · Draugluin · Hound of Sauron · (Wolf-Sauron) |
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| Races: | Wargs · Werewolves · White Wolves |
