Cabed Naeramarth, formerly known as Cabed-en-Aras, was a deep gorge near the Forest of Brethil through which the river Taeglin ran.
History[]
Cabed-en-Aras was where Túrin confronted and slew Glaurung in FA 499, when the dragon tried to cross the ravine to attack the Forest of Brethil.
As Glaurung was on the verge of death, and Túrin in a swoon from Glaurung's blood, Niënor found them there, and in his last moments Glaurung captured her in his spell. When Glaurung died, she was released from the spell, and, thinking Túrin dead and regaining all memory of her life, Niënor cast herself down the ravine. After waking and discovering what had occurred, Túrin renamed the gorge Cabed Naeramarth.[1][2] In later years, the gorge was thought to be haunted and even the local animals avoided the place.[3]
Etymology[]
Cabed Naeramarth is a Sindarin word meaning "Leap of Dreadful Doom", containing the words cabed ("Leap"), naer ("dreadful, horrible, unendurable"), and amarth ("fate, doom").[2]
Cabed-en-Aras is a Sindarin word meaning "Leap of the Deer", containing the words cabed ("Leap"), en ("of the"), and aras ("deer").[4]
Other versions[]
In earlier writings, Cabed Naeramarth was referred to as Cabed Amarth, meaning "Leap of Doom".[5]
Originally, the gorge was referred to as Mengas Dûr,[6] possibly meaning "Dark Gap in the Way"[7] from the words men ("road, way"), gas ("hole, gap"), and dûr ("dark (with evil implications), gloomy, hellish").[8]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጫበድ፡አን፡ዓራስ |
| Armenian | Կաբեդ-է-Արաս |
| Assamese | কেবেড-এন-আৰাছ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Кабед-ен-Арас |
| Bengali | কাবেদ-এন-আরাস |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Кабед-ен-Арас |
| Danish | Cabed-en-Aras ("Hjortens spring") |
| Georgian | კაბედ-ენ-არასი |
| Greek | Καβεδ-αν-Αράς |
| Gujarati | કેબેડ-એન-આરસ |
| Hebrew | קאבד אן אראס |
| Hindi | कब्ऐद्-ऐन्-अरस |
| Japanese | カベド-アン-アラス |
| Kannada | ಕ್ಯಾಬೆಡ್-ಎಂ-ಅರಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin) |
| Korean | 카 베드 - 아 라스 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кабед-ан-Арас |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Цабед-ен-Арас |
| Malayalam | കാബെഡ്-എൻ-അരസ് |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Цабед-ен-Арас |
| Marathi | काबेड-एन-आरस |
| Nepalese | कैबेड-एन-अरस |
| Persian | چابهدءهنءاراس ? |
| Russian | Кабед-эн-Арас |
| Sanskrit | चबेद्-एन्-आरस् |
| Serbian | Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | කබෙඩ්-එන්-අරස් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Кабед-ен-Арас |
| Tamil | கேபெட்-என்-அரஸ் |
| Telugu | కాబేడీ-ఎం-అరస్ |
| Thai | คาเบด-เอน-อารัส |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Кабед-ен-Арас |
| Urdu | چابےدءےنء اراس |
| Uzbek | Кабед-ен-Арас (Cyrillic) Kabed-en-Aras (Latin) |
| Yiddish | קאַבעד-ענ-אַראַס |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Children of Húrin, Ch. XVII: "The Death of Glaurung", pg. 244
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Lay of the Children of Húrin)"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", Notes, pg. 150
- ↑ The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pg. 160
- ↑ The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pg. 156
- ↑ A Gateway to Sindarin, pg. 384
- ↑ Mengas Dûr on eldamo.org