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Orodruin, or Mount Doom, is a fictional volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe. Orodruin is New York based Doom metal band playing old-school traditional doom in the vein of Saint Vitus, Penance, Witchfinder General Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Located in the heart of the black land of Mordor and approximately 4,500 feet (1. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor (from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow 4 km) high, it is the site where the One Ring was originally forged by the Dark Lord Sauron and represents the endpoint of Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the Ring which is recounted in The Lord of the Rings. Sauron (ˈsaʊrɒn Quenya: /sawrɔn/ literal meaning "Abhorred") is the title character and the principal Antagonist of the Fantasy The Lord of the Rings is an epic

Orodruin is Sindarin for "fiery mountain". Sindarin is an Artificial language developed by J R R Tolkien. The Sindarin equivalent of the name Mount Doom is Amon Amarth, meaning "mountain of fate". Tolkien is reported to have identified Mordor, and in particular a phrase transcribed as "Emyn Anar", with the volcano of Stromboli off Sicily. Stromboli (Strongyle is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy [1]

When Sauron began searching Middle-earth during the Second Age for a permanent dwelling place, his attention was immediately drawn to Mordor, and especially to Orodruin, whose power he believed he could use to his advantage. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J The Second Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor (from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow He subsequently established his kingdom based around Orodruin and "used the fire that welled there from the heart of the earth in his sorceries and his forging". The most famous of Sauron's creations forged at Mount Doom is the very powerful One Ring, which he made in the fires of the Sammath Naur (or Cracks of Doom), a chasm located deep within the mountain. It is said in The Lord of the Rings that the materials of which the Ring is made are so durable and the enchantments with which it is imbued so powerful that it can only be destroyed in those same Cracks of Doom; even the fire of Ancalagon the Black, greatest of dragons, could not destroy the One Ring. J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium features dragons closely based on those of European legend

Orodruin is implied to be far more than just an ordinary volcano; it responds to Sauron's commands and his presence, lapsing into dormancy when he is away from Mordor and becoming active again when he returns. Its activity is also apparently connected to Sauron's personal power. When Sauron is defeated at the end of the Third Age, the volcano erupts violently one final time and then ceases all activity permanently. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings

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Film representations

Mount Doom as depicted in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Mount Doom as depicted in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

In Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, Mount Doom was represented by Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruapehu, both active volcanoes in New Zealand. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing Mount Ngauruhoe (English pronunciation Nah-eu-ru-ho-eh Māori IPA) is an active Stratovolcano in New Zealand. Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active Stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In long shots the mountain is either a large model or a CGI effect, or a combination. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics It was not permitted to film the summit of Ngauruhoe because it is sacred to Māori of the region. This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation. However, some scenes on the slopes of Mount Doom were filmed on the slopes of another nearby volcano, Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active Stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. [2]

Influences

The phrase "crack of doom" is sometimes thought to have been taken from William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The "Crack of Doom" is the modern English for the Old English term for Ragnarök, the great catastrophe of Norse mythology. William Shakespeare ( baptised Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between This is possibly a reference to the common phrase "crack of dawn", a saying is to indicate the time being very early in the morning, and approaching the beginning of the day. That is, the mountain's name could be a reference to the beginning of Sauron's rule, and the "doom" that would have inevitably accompanied it. Another possible source of the name is a short story by Algernon Blackwood. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE ( 14 March 1869 &ndash 10 December 1951) was an English writer of Fiction [3]

Viking metal band Amon Amarth takes their name from the Sindarin translation of Mount Doom. Amon Amarth is a Viking -themed Melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden founded in 1992 Sindarin is an Artificial language developed by J R R Tolkien.

Notes

  1. ^ Kilby, Clyde S & Plotz, Dick (1968), “Many Meetings with Tolkien: An Edited Transcript of Remarks at the December 1966 TSA Meeting”, Niekas (Niekas Publications, New Hampshire, USA) (no. The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of mythopoeia, fantasy and mythic literature 19): 39-40  Referred to at tolkienguide.com and by another publication of the Niekas editor.
  2. ^ The Making of the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings), Brian Sibley, Houghton Mifflin (2002)
  3. ^ Nelson, Dale. Brian Sibley (born July 14, 1949) is an English writer He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational Publisher in the United States. Possible Echoes of Blackwood and Dunsany in Tolkien's Fantasy. Tolkien Studies - Volume 1, 2004, pp. This article is about the academic journal For general studies of the works of J 177-181

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