Dark Tree

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The Dark Tree, also known as the Morgoth-element or Melkor-ingredient, was a abstract concept of J.R.R. Tolkien's in relation to the works and forces of evil that opposed the Free Peoples of the World.

History

In the early days of Arda, Morgoth poured much of his power into Arda. This power, or influence, was referred to as the Morgoth-element and later, abstractly, as the Dark Tree.

In the year 220 of the Fourth Age, Borlas and Saelon discussed the nature of evil as a Dark Tree that grows perpetually, and that even if it is hewed at all times, it would always return as it’s roots cannot be destroyed. In the context of their time, Borlas applied the term to a describe a secret and dark cult of misguided Gondorians who do not remember the evil of old. It involved the worship of the Dark Lords, connected to the term Herumor. Berelach, Borlas's son, might have been a member of the cult due to his belief that "peace makes things slack" and general disregard to a prior incident involving some Shipmen in his fleet.

The oldest root of the Dark Tree began with Morgoth, but lesser roots grew from his influence, representing those allied with him, his lieutenants, and the Úvanimor.

See also

• Dark Lord

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Donker Boom
Albanian	Pemë Errët
Amharic	ጨለማ ዛፍ
Arabic	شجرة مظلمة
Armenian	Մութ Ծառ
Asturian	Árbol Ascuru
Azerbaijani	Qaranlıq Ağac
Basque	Arbola Iluna
Belarusian Cyrillic	Змрочнае дрэва
Bengali	অন্ধকার গাছ
Bosnian	Tamno drvo
Breton	Gwezenn Teñval
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Тъмното дърво
Burmese	မှောင်မိုက်သစ်ပင်
Cambodian	មែកធាងងងឹត
Catalan	Arbre Fosc
Chinese	黑暗的树
Croatian	Mračno stablo
Czech	Tmavý strom
Danish	Mørkt Træ
Dari	درخت تاریک
Dutch	Donkere Boom
Esperanto	Malhela Arbo
Estonian	Tume puu
Faroese	Myrkt Træ
Filipino	Madilim na Puno
Finnish	Tumma puu
French	Arbre Sombre
Frisian	Donkere Beam (Western)
Friulian	Arbul Scur
Galician	Árbore Escura
Georgian	მუქი ხე
German	Dunkler Baum
Greek	Σκούρο Δέντρο
Gujarati	ડાર્ક ટ્રી
Hebrew	עץ כהה
Hindi	अंधेरा पेड़
Hungarian	Sötét fa
Icelandic	Myrkur Tré
Indonesian	Pohon gelap
Irish Gaelic	Crann Dorcha
Italian	Albero Scuro
Japanese	ダークツリー
Javanese	Wit Peteng
Kannada	ಕಪ್ಪು ಮರ
Kazakh	Қараңғы Ағаш (Cyrillic) Qarañğı Ağaş (Latin)
Konkani	काळें झाड
Korean	어두운 나무
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Кара Дарак
Laotian	ຕົ້ນ​ໄມ້​ຊ​້​ໍ​າ​
Latin	Arbor Tenebris
Latvian	Tumšs koks
Lithuanian	Tamsus medis
Luxembourgish	Däischter Bam
Macedonian Cyrillic	Темното дрво
Maithili	कारी गाछ
Malagasy	Hazo Maizina
Malayalam	ഇരുണ്ട വൃക്ഷം
Malaysian	Pokok gelap
Maltese	Siġra Mudlama
Manx	Craid Dorraghey
Marathi	गडद झाड
Mongolian Cyrillic	Харанхуй мод
Nepalese	अँध्यारो रुख
Norwegian	Mørkt Tre
Occitan	Arbre Escur
Pashto	توره ونه
Persian	درخت تیره
Polish	Ciemne drzewo
Portuguese	Árvore Escura
Punjabi	ਹਨੇਰਾ ਰੁੱਖ
Romanian	Copac Întunecat
Russian	Темное дерево
Sanskrit	कृष्णवृक्षः
Sardinian	Arbure Iscuros
Scottish Gaelic	Crann Dorcha
Serbian	Тамно дрво (Cyrillic) Tamno drvo (Latin)
Sicilian	Àrvuru Scuru
Sindhi	اونداهي وڻ
Sinhalese	අඳුරු ගස
Slovak	Tmavý strom
Slovenian	Temno drevo
Somali	Geed Madow
Spanish	Árbol Oscuro
Sundanese	Poék Tangkal
Swahili	Mti wa giza
Swedish	Mörkt Träd
Tajik Cyrillic	Дарахти Сиёҳ
Tamil	கருமையான மரத்தை
Tatar	Кара агач
Telugu	చీకటి చెట్టు
Thai	ต้นไม้มืด
Turkish	Karanlık Ağaç
Turkmen	Garaňky Agaç
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Темне дерево
Urdu	سیاہ درخت
Uzbek	Қоронғи Дарахт (Cyrillic) Qorong'i Daraxt (Latin)
Venetian	Àlbara Scuro
Vietnamese	Cây tối
Welsh	Coeden Dywyll
Yiddish	טונקל בוים
Yoruba	Igi Dudu