- "The Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure."
- —from The Silmarillion
The Eye of Sauron, or Great Eye, was a symbol adopted by the Dark Lord in the late Second Age. It was said that few could endure its terrible gaze. The Eye was used as a symbol on armor and banners of Mordor, representing Sauron's quasi-omniscience.
With it, Sauron searched for and tracked the paths of the Ring-bearer Frodo Baggins at the end of the Third Age.
History[]
The Eye of Sauron
It is unknown when the Eye of Sauron was formed. At the apex of Barad-dûr, the Eye was a flaming, visible, though perhaps not tangible presence during the events of The Lord of the Rings, made clear when it appeared through a window when clouds parted in Mordor.[1]
- "Far off the shadows of Sauron hung; but torn by some gust of wind out of the world, or else moved by some great disquiet within, the mantling clouds swirled, and for a moment drew aside; and then he saw, rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr. One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye; and then the shadows were furled again and the terrible vision was removed."
- —The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter III "Mount Doom"
In adaptations[]
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Great Eye is a gigantic eyeball composed of energy that sits atop Barad-dûr.
In Monolith's sequel to Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War the Eye depicted in Jackson's trilogy is the actual manifestation of Sauron and the wraith of Celebrimbor, the Elf who forged the rings of power, in a state of perpetual combat. When the ring is destroyed and Barad-dûr falls, the Eye implodes and Celebrimbor is presumed free.
See also[]
Gallery[]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Oog van Sauron |
| Albanian | Syri i Sauronit |
| Amharic | ጻኡሮን ዓይን |
| Arabic | عين سورون |
| Armenian | Սաւրոն-ի աչք |
| Asturian | Güeyu de Sauron |
| Azerbaijani | Sauronın Göz |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | вачэй Саурона |
| Bosnian | Saurona oko |
| Breton | Lagad Sauron |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Окото на Саурон |
| Catalan | Ull de Sàuron |
| Cebuano | Mata sa Sauron |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 索伦之眼 |
| Cornish | Lagas Sauron |
| Croatian | Sauronovo oko |
| Czech | Sauronovo oko |
| Danish | Saurons Øje ("Øjet") |
| Dutch | Oog van Sauron |
| Esperanto | Okulo de Sauron |
| Estonian | Sauroni silm |
| Faroese | Saurons Eyga |
| Filipino | Mata ni Sauron |
| Finnish | Sauronin Silmä |
| French | Oeil de Sauron |
| Frisian | Each fan Sauron |
| Galician | Ollo de Sauron |
| German | Auge von Sauron |
| Greek | Μάτι του Σάουρον |
| Hawaiian | Maka o Sauron |
| Haitian Creole | Je la Sauron |
| Hebrew | העין של סאורון |
| Hindi | साोरन की आँख |
| Hmong | Qhov muag ntawm Sauron |
| Hungarian | Szauron szeme |
| Icelandic | Sauronsar auga |
| Indonesian | Mata Sauron |
| Irish Gaelic | Súl na Sauron |
| Italian | Occhio di Sauron |
| Japanese | サウロンの目 |
| Javanese | Mata Sauron |
| Kannada | ಸೌರಾನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣು |
| Kazakh | Саұронның көз (Cyrillic) Sauronnıñ köz (Latin) |
| Korean | 사우론의 눈 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Саурондын көз |
| Latvian | Saurona acs |
| Lithuanian | Saurono akis |
| Luxembourgish | Aen vum Sauron |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Окото на Саурон |
| Malagasy | Maso ny Sauron |
| Malaysian | Mata Sauron |
| Maltese | Għajn ta ' l-Sauron |
| Manx | Sooill Sauron |
| Marathi | सायरोनची डोके |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Саурон-ийн нүд |
| Nepalese | साउरोनको आँखा |
| Norwegian | Saurons Øye |
| Occitan | Uèlh de Sauron |
| Old English | Ēage Sauron |
| Pashto | د د سترګو صاورون |
| Persian | چشم سائورون |
| Polish | Oko Saurona |
| Portuguese | Olho de Sauron |
| Punjabi | ਸਾਓਰੋਨ ਦੀ ਅੱਖ |
| Romanian | Ochiul lui Sauron |
| Russian | Око Саурона |
| Samoan | Mata o le Sauron |
| Sardinian | Ogru de Sauron |
| Scottish Gaelic | Sùil Sauron |
| Serbian | Сауроново око (Cyrillic) Sauronovo oko (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Occhiu di Sauron |
| Sinhalese | ෂෞරොන්ගේ ඇස |
| Slovak | Sauronovo oko |
| Slovenian | Sauronova oko |
| Somali | Isha ee Sauron |
| Spanish | Ojo de Sauron |
| Swahili | Jicho la Sauron |
| Swedish | Saurons Öga |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Чашм аз Саурон |
| Tamil | ஸுரோன்வின் கண் |
| Thai | ตาของเซารอน |
| Turkish | Sauron'un Gözü |
| Turkmen | Sauronyň Gözü |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Око Саурона |
| Urdu | لارڈ ساؤرن کی آنکھ |
| Uzbek | Сауроннинг кўз (Cyrillic) Sauronning ko'z (Latin) |
| Venetian | Ocio de Sauron |
| Vietnamese | Mắt của Sauron |
| Welsh | Llygad Sauron |
| Yiddish | אויג פון סאַוראָן |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter II: "The Land of Shadow"
External links[]
- Sauron Eye live animation following mouse