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The Narghil Pass, also known as the Nargil Pass or Nargul Pass[1], was a narrow[2] pass in Mordor going through the southern[3] part of Ephel Dúath between Núrn and Near Harad.[4]
The source of a southern river flowing northward into the Sea of Núrnen was located within the northern part of the Narghil Pass.[5]
History[]
The Narghil Pass may have contained one of the great roads that led to Haradwaith and Rhûn where the soldiers of Barad-dûr gained possession "of goods and booty and fresh slaves" from tributary lands which they then brought back to Mordor in "long waggon-trains" along one of the great roads.[6]
Before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, the Mordor-orcs used the Narghil Pass to cross into the Desert of Lostladen beyond the Harnen river,[7] making plans with the Haradrim of Near Harad and the Corsairs of Umbar.[8]
Etymology[]
Narghil, Nargil, and 'Nargul are Sindarin names with unknown meanings.[9] It was suggested by Roman Rausch that the first element of the three names may either be the syncopated narg- from the root NÁRAK ("tear, rend") or nar- from the root NAR- ("flame, fire"), speculating that it may refer to the color red.[10]
It was further suggested by Roman Rausch that the second element of Narghil was hîl or hil ("gorge, pass") from SKIL, an alternative root to KIL.[10]
It was suggested by Matthew Dinse that the second element of Nargil may contain cîl ("cleft, pass between hills, gorge"), a lenited form of the root KIL. They concluded by listing that the name could possibly translate to "Rending Gorge", "Red Pass", or "Fire-Pass", with the third translation possibly being a reference to Mordor's environment.[10]
In adaptations[]
The Nargil Pass appears in Middle-earth Role Playing. The source of the River Culduin is located there where it flows northward into the Sea of Núrnen.
See also[]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Danish | Nargilpasset |
| Finnish | Nargil-Sola |
| French | Col de Nargil |
References[]
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, Part Three: "Minas Tirith": chapter II. "Book Five Begun and Abandoned", Notes, pg. 265 (note 13)
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Mordor (and Adjacent Lands)", pg. 93
- ↑ First Map of The Lord of the Rings, between squares N14 and O14
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The Treason of Isengard, chapter XV: "The First Map of The Lord of the Rings", "Maps IIIA and III", Map III, pgs. 309-10 (between squares S16 and S17)
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, Part Three: "Minas Tirith": chapter XIV. "The Second Map", The Second Map (East), pg. 435 (square S16)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Two, chapter II: "The Land of Shadow", pg. 923
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, Part Three: "Minas Tirith": chapter II. "Book Five Begun and Abandoned", (ii) The Muster of Rohan, draft A, pg. 237
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, Part Three: "Minas Tirith": chapter II. "Book Five Begun and Abandoned", (ii) The Muster of Rohan, draft E, pgs. 243-4
- ↑ Nargil on eldamo.org
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Essekenta Endamarwa: Names from The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard and The War of the Ring, 2.52 Narghil Pass, Nargil Pass on Sindanórie.net