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Dates In Middle-earth for many thousands of years before the beginning of the First Age, banished 25 March III 3019 (endured at least 16,000 years, and probably much longer) Race Ainur Division Maiar of Aulë Pronunciation go'rthowr Meaning Formed from two Sindarin roots meaning 'dread' and 'abhorred' Other names Annatar, Artano, Aulendil, Sauron Titles Base Master of Treachery, The Black Hand, Black Master, The Black One, The Cruel, The Dark Lord, The Dark Power, The Deceiver, The Enemy, King of Men, Lord of Barad-dûr, Lord of the Black Land, Lord of the Dark Tower, Lord of the Earth, Lord of Gifts, Lord of Mordor, Lord of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, The Nameless Enemy, The Nameless One, The Necromancer, The One Enemy, The Power of the Black Land, The Red Eye, Ringlord, The Ring-maker, The Sorcerer, The Terrible, The Unnamed Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: G About this entry: Updated 18 March 2016 This entry is complete An old name of Sauron Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The name Sauron developed from the Quenya tongue as the name of the dreadful spirit that served Morgoth in the First Age, and became a Dark Lord in his own right during the Second and Third Ages. Though he was most widely known as Sauron, he had a different name in the Sindarin tongue used by the Grey-elves of Beleriand, who called him Gorthaur the Cruel. In fact the names Sauron and Gorthaur are etymologically related, and both descend ultimately from a root word thaw, meaning 'detestable' or 'abhorrent'. The Sindarin name Gorthaur added the intensifying prefix gor- meaning 'dread'. We have little detail about the usage of the name Gorthaur beyond the fact that it was Sindarin in origin. Presumably this means that the native Sindarin speakers of Beleriand, most notably the Elves of Doriath, would have used the name between themselves, though we have no record of such specific usage. The name appears to have fallen out of use after the First Age: at least, by the time of the War of the Ring the name Sauron seems to have been universally used. See also... The Cruel Indexes: Alphabetical: G Ainur About this entry: Updated 18 March 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2009, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus reports have billions of combinations based on our advanced reporting engine of more than a million components.

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Dates In Middle-earth for many thousands of years before the beginning of the First Age, banished 25 March III 3019 (endured at least 16,000 years, and probably much longer) Race Ainur Division Maiar of Aulë Pronunciation go'rthowr Meaning Formed from two Sindarin roots meaning 'dread' and 'abhorred' Other names Annatar, Artano, Aulendil, Sauron Titles Base Master of Treachery, The Black Hand, Black Master, The Black One, The Cruel, The Dark Lord, The Dark Power, The Deceiver, The Enemy, King of Men, Lord of Barad-dûr, Lord of the Black Land, Lord of the Dark Tower, Lord of the Earth, Lord of Gifts, Lord of Mordor, Lord of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, The Nameless Enemy, The Nameless One, The Necromancer, The One Enemy, The Power of the Black Land, The Red Eye, Ringlord, The Ring-maker, The Sorcerer, The Terrible, The Unnamed Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: G About this entry: Updated 18 March 2016 This entry is complete An old name of Sauron

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The name Sauron developed from the Quenya tongue as the name of the dreadful spirit that served Morgoth in the First Age, and became a Dark Lord in his own right during the Second and Third Ages. Though he was most widely known as Sauron, he had a different name in the Sindarin tongue used by the Grey-elves of Beleriand, who called him Gorthaur the Cruel. In fact the names Sauron and Gorthaur are etymologically related, and both descend ultimately from a root word thaw, meaning 'detestable' or 'abhorrent'. The Sindarin name Gorthaur added the intensifying prefix gor- meaning 'dread'. We have little detail about the usage of the name Gorthaur beyond the fact that it was Sindarin in origin. Presumably this means that the native Sindarin speakers of Beleriand, most notably the Elves of Doriath, would have used the name between themselves, though we have no record of such specific usage. The name appears to have fallen out of use after the First Age: at least, by the time of the War of the Ring the name Sauron seems to have been universally used. See also... The Cruel Indexes: Alphabetical: G Ainur About this entry: Updated 18 March 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2009, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus reports have billions of combinations based on our advanced reporting engine of more than a million components.