| This article is about the chapter. For the episode of The Rings of Power, see A Shadow of the Past. |
The Shadow of the Past is the second chapter of the first book in The Fellowship of the Ring.
Plot[]
On April 12, 3018, Gandalf returns to Bag End after many years and explains to Frodo the true nature of Bilbo's (now Frodo's) magic ring, how it is the One Ring and must be destroyed for the good of the Shire and all the Free Peoples of the world.
Synopsis[]
Frodo brings the Ring out of the fireplace, and asks Gandalf about the markings on the side. Gandalf explains the text is the Black Speech of Mordor, and then reads the loosely translated version.
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for the Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where Shadows lie."
Appearances[]
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| Events | Objects and artifacts | Miscellanea |
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Miscellanea
Translations[]
| Foreign language | Translated title |
| Afrikaans | Die Skaduwee van die verlede |
| Albanian | Hija e së Kaluarës |
| Amharic | ጥንት ጥላ |
| Arabic | ظل الماضي |
| Armenian | Որ ստվերային Անցյալի |
| Azerbaijani | Keçmişin kölgə |
| Basque | Iraganean itzala |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Цень мінулага |
| Bengali | অতীতের ছায়া |
| Bosnian | Sjena prošlosti |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сянката на миналото |
| Burmese | အတိတျ၏အရိပ် |
| Cambodian | ស្រមោលនៃអតីតកាល |
| Catalan | L'ombra del passat |
| Cebuano | Ang Landong sa Kagahapon |
| Chinese | 过去的阴影 |
| Corsican | A Ombra di u Passatu |
| Croatian | Sjena prošlosti |
| Czech | Stín minulosti |
| Danish | Fortidens skygge |
| Dutch | De Schaduw van het Verleden |
| Esperanto | La Ombro de la Pasinteco |
| Estonian | Vari minevikus |
| Filipino | Ang Anino ng Nakalipas na Panahon |
| Finnish | Menneisyyden varjo |
| French | L'ombre du passé |
| Frisian | It Skaad fan it Ferline |
| Georgian | წარსულის ჩრდილი |
| German | Der Schatten der Vergangenheit |
| Greek | Η Σκιά του Παρελθόντος |
| Haitian Creole | Lonbwaj tan Lontan |
| Hebrew | הצל של העבר |
| Hindi | अतीत की छाया |
| Hungarian | A múlt árnyéka |
| Icelandic | Skugginn af Fortíðinni |
| Indonesian | Bayangan Masa Lalu |
| Irish Gaelic | An Scáth an am atá thart |
| Italian | L'ombra del passato |
| Japanese | 過去の影 |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Өткеннен көлеңкелі |
| Kannada | ದಿ ಷಾಡೋ ಆಫ್ ದಿ ಪಾಸ್ಟ್ |
| Korean | 과거의 그림자 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Мурда көмүскө |
| Laotian | ເງົາຂອງອະດີດ |
| Latin | Et in umbra Carmina Praeteritum ? |
| Latvian | Ēna no pagātnes |
| Lithuanian | Praeities šešėlis |
| Luxembourgish | De Schied vun der Vergaangenheet |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Сенката на минатото |
| Malagasy | Ny Aloky ny Aloka |
| Malay | Bayang masa lalu |
| Maltese | Il-dell tal-imgħoddi |
| Maori | Ko te Taumaru o te Mua |
| Marathi | भूतकाळ सावली |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Өнгөрсөн сүүдэр |
| Nepalese | विगतका छाया |
| Norwegian | Skyggen av Fortiden |
| Pashto | د تېرو وختونو نومول |
| Persian | سایه از گذشته |
| Polish | Cień przeszłości |
| Portuguese | A Sombra do Passado |
| Punjabi | ਬੀਤੇ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੈਡੋ |
| Romanian | Umbra trecutului |
| Russian | Тень прошлого |
| Samoan | Le Ata lafoia o le taimi ua Tuanai |
| Serbian | Сенка прошлости (Cyrillic) Senka prošlosti (Latin) |
| Sindhi | ماضي جي پاڇو |
| Sinhalese | අතීතයේ ඡායා |
| Slovak | Tieň minulosti |
| Slovenian | Sence preteklosti |
| Spanish | La Sombra del Pasado |
| Swahili | Kivuli wa Zamani |
| Swedish | Skuggan av det Förflutna |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дар сояи гузашта |
| Tamil | கடந்த காலத்தின் நிழல் |
| Telugu | ది షాడో ఆఫ్ ది పాస్ట్ |
| Thai | เงาของอดีต |
| Turkish | Geçmişin Gölgesi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Тінь минулого |
| Urdu | ماضی کا سایہ |
| Uzbek | Ўтмишнинг Соя (Cyrillic) O'tmishning Soya (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Bóng đen quá khứ |
| Welsh | Mae Cysgod y Gorffennol |
| Yiddish | דער שאָטן פון די פאַרגאַנגענהייַט |
| Yoruba | Awọn Ojiji ti awọn ti o ti Kọja |