Ered Gorgoroth

This article is about the mountains in Beleriand. For the plateau in Mordor, see Plateau of Gorgoroth.

Ered Gorgoroth located on a map of Beleriand

The Ered Gorgoroth, or Mountains of Terror, was a mountain range in the north of Beleriand.

They were the southern edge of the highlands of Dorthonion, separating Dorthonion and the north-lands of Ard-galen from Beleriand proper.

History

At the feet of the Ered Gorgoroth, by Robert Zigo

The Ered Gorgoroth was named by the Sindarian Elves of Doriath after the terrible being Ungoliant made it her temporary home. South of the Ered Gorgoroth lay Nan Dungortheb, infested by Giant Spiders that Ungoliant used to breed her monstrous offspring. Among them was her infamous daughter Shelob.

The Ered Gorgoroth had no known passes, and even the Orcs of Morgoth passed it by. In all of the First Age, only Beren son of Barahir is said to have passed the mountain range, and he never told others of it afterward.

Like the rest of Beleriand, the Ered Gorgoroth was drowned at the end of the War of Wrath, though part of Dorthonion survived, as the isle of Tol Fuin.

Etymology

Ered Gorgoroth was Sindarin for 'mountains of terror'.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ኢሬድ ጎርጎሮት
Arabic	ىريد غوجورروث
Armenian	Էրեդ Գորգորոթ
Assamese	এৰেড গৰ্গৰথ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Еред Горгорот
Bengali	এরেদ গোরগ্রোথ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Еред Горгорот
Chinese	戈堝洛斯山脈
Danish	Rædselsbjergene (Ered Gorgoroth)
French	Les Monts de Terreur (Mountains of Terror)
Georgian	ერედ გორგოროთი (Ered Gorgoroth) ტერორის მთები (Mountains of Terror)
Greek	Ερεδ Γοργοροθ
Gujarati	ઍરેદ ગોર્ગોર્થ
Hebrew	ארד גורגורות'
Hindi	एर्ड गॉर्गोरथ
Hungarian	A Rettegés Hegyei (Mountains of Terror)
Japanese	エレド・ゴルゴロス
Kannada	ಎರೆಡ್ ಗಾರ್ಗೋರೊಥ್
Kazakh	Еред Горгорот (Cyrillic) Ered Gorgorot (Latin)
Korean	에레드 고르고로스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Эрэд Горгоротh
Macedonian Cyrillic	Еред Горгорот
Maithili	एरेड गोरगोरोथ
Malayalam	എറെഡ് ഗോർഗോറോത്ത്
Marathi	एर्ड गॉर्गोरोथ
Mongolian Cyrillic	Эрэд Горгоротh
Nepalese	एरेद ङोर्गोरोथ
Norwegian	Skrekkens fjell (Mountains of Terror)
Persian	اراد گرگورث
Punjabi	ਈਰੇਡ ਗੋਰਗੋਰੋਥ
Russian	Эред Горгорот
Serbian	Еред Горгорот (Cyrillic) Ered Gorgorot (Latin)
Sindhi	ايريڊ گورگورٿ
Sinhalese	ඊර්ඩ් ගොර්ගොරොත්
Tajik Cyrillic	Еред Горгоротҳ
Tamil	எரெட் கோர்கோரோத்
Tatar	Эред горгорот
Telugu	ఎరెడ్ గోర్గోరోత్
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Еред Ґорґорот
Urdu	ےرےد گورگوروت
Uzbek	Еред Горгоротҳ (Cyrillic) Ered Gorgoroth (Latin)
Yiddish	ײרעד גאָרגאָראָטה