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ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates The way through the mountains existed from early times, but was not known as the Morgul-way until after the capture of Minas Morgul in III 2002 Location Running eastward through Ephel Dúath from Minas Morgul into Mordor Race Men Settlements Minas Morgul stood at the western end of the way Passes The way ran through the Morgul Pass; high above, the pass of Cirith Ungol followed a more difficult route through the mountains Pronunciation Morgul is pronounced 'mo'rgool' Meaning Morgul means 'black sorcery' Other names The Morgul-road, The Wraith-road Indexes: Alphabetical: M Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 May 2024 This entry is complete The roadway through the Mountains of Shadow Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Where the stream known as Morgulduin ran down out of Ephel Dúath, it formed a narrow valley that could be used as a pass from Ithilien into Mordor. At the mouth of this valley, in the earliest days of Gondor, the Dúnedain built a city: Minas Ithil, the fortress of Isildur. Long afterwards, that city was captured by the Nazgûl and renamed Minas Morgul, and the road that ran from the city and over the mountains was in turn named the Morgul-way. Once it reached the eastern side of the mountains, the road ran on across the Plateau of Gorgoroth to Mount Doom, and from there to Sauron's fortress of Barad-dûr, some sixty miles to the east. Above the Morgul-way was an even more difficult passage across the mountains, leading up by a set of perilous stairs and over the mountains far above the main roadway: a dangerous pass known as Cirith Ungol. Indexes: Alphabetical: M Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 May 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2011, 2022, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates The way through the mountains existed from early times, but was not known as the Morgul-way until after the capture of Minas Morgul in III 2002 Location Running eastward through Ephel Dúath from Minas Morgul into Mordor Race Men Settlements Minas Morgul stood at the western end of the way Passes The way ran through the Morgul Pass; high above, the pass of Cirith Ungol followed a more difficult route through the mountains Pronunciation Morgul is pronounced 'mo'rgool' Meaning Morgul means 'black sorcery' Other names The Morgul-road, The Wraith-road Indexes: Alphabetical: M Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 May 2024 This entry is complete The roadway through the Mountains of Shadow

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the Morgul-way

Where the stream known as Morgulduin ran down out of Ephel Dúath, it formed a narrow valley that could be used as a pass from Ithilien into Mordor. At the mouth of this valley, in the earliest days of Gondor, the Dúnedain built a city: Minas Ithil, the fortress of Isildur. Long afterwards, that city was captured by the Nazgûl and renamed Minas Morgul, and the road that ran from the city and over the mountains was in turn named the Morgul-way. Once it reached the eastern side of the mountains, the road ran on across the Plateau of Gorgoroth to Mount Doom, and from there to Sauron's fortress of Barad-dûr, some sixty miles to the east. Above the Morgul-way was an even more difficult passage across the mountains, leading up by a set of perilous stairs and over the mountains far above the main roadway: a dangerous pass known as Cirith Ungol. Indexes: Alphabetical: M Miscellaneous Places About this entry: Updated 19 May 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2011, 2022, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.