Flame of Anor

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"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor."

—Gandalf, to the Balrog of Moria

During Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings, he says of himself that he is the wielder of the flame of Anor. It is nowhere else referred to in the trilogy, so its particular meaning remains unclear. Anor is the Elvish word for the Sun, so literally the flame of Anor would have alluded to the light of the Sun, which had originated in the fiery fruit of Laurelin, one of the Two Trees of Valinor. Thus, Gandalf may have meant the power he gained as a servant (a Maia) of the Lords of the West, in defiance to the corrupted darkness of the Balrog.

Alternatively, Gandalf may have been referring to Narya, the Ring of Fire, which he wore and wielded, but it seems unlikely that Gandalf would want to reveal his ownership of a Ring of Power, a matter of utmost secrecy, to one of his greatest enemies. However, considering that the Balrog owed no allegiance to Sauron at that time, Gandalf may have been merely attempting to scare it away.

In Tolkien's earliest drafts, forms of this passage were variations on: "I am the master of White Flame. The Red Fire cannot come this way" (and one variation mixes in the idea of Black Shadow, too). These terms seem to be symbolic - white for the powers of good, but red or black for Sauron and his servants. As the text developed, the Red Fire and Black Shadow were lost. The White Flame remained, but developed into the more poetic flame of Anor. On this reading, then, the 'flame of Anor' doesn't refer to a specific thing, but is Gandalf's way of announcing what he stands for, or perhaps his power as a servant of the Valar.

"Only one thing I have added, the fire that giveth Life and Reality, and behold, the Secret Fire burnt at the heart of the world."

—Ilúvatar

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Vlam van Anor
Albanian	Flaka e Anor
Arabic	شعلة أنور
Azerbaijani	Anor'in alov
Belarusian Cyrillic	Полымя Анора
Bosnian	Plamena anora
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Пламъкът на Анор
Chinese	阿诺之火
Czech	Plamen Anoru
Danish	Flamme af Anor
Dutch	Vlam van Anor
Catalan	Flama d'Anor
Esperanto	Flamo de Anor
Estonian	Anori leek
Fijian	Yameyame ni Anor
Filipino	Ningas ng Anor
Finnish	Anorin liekki
French	Flamme d'Anor
Galician	Fogata de Anor
Georgian	ანორს ფლეიმის
German	Flamme von Anor
Greek	Φλόγα της Ανορ
Gujarati	એનારની જ્વાળા ?
Hebrew	להבת אנור
Hindi	आनोर की लौ
Hmong	Nplaim ntawm Anor
Hungarian	Anor lángja
Indonesian	Nyala api Anor
Irish Gaelic	Lasair de Anor
Italian	Fiamma di Anor
Japanese	アノールの焔 / アノールの炎 (varies by publisher)
Kannada	ಅನೋರ್ನ ಜ್ವಾಲೆಯು
Kazakh	Анор үй жалын (Cyrillic) ? jalın (Latin)
Latvian	Anor liesmas
Lithuanian	Anor liepsna
Luxembourgish	Flam vun Anor
Macedonian Cyrillic	Пламен на Анор
Malaysian	Api Bara Anor
Maltese	Fjamma ta ' l-Anor
Maori	Mura o Anor
Mongolian Cyrillic	Анор-ийн дөл
Nepalese	आनोर को ज्वाला
Norwegian	Anorflamme
Persian	شعله انور
Polish	Płomień Anora
Portuguese	Chama de Anor
Punjabi	ਅਨੋਰ ਦੀ ਲਾਟ ?
Romanian	Flacăra de Anor
Russian	Пламя Анора
Serbian	Пламен Анора (Cyrillic) Plamen Anora (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic	Lasair de Anor
Sesotho	Mollo oa Anor
Slovak	Plameň Anora
Slovenian	Plamen Anor
Spanish	El fuego de Anor
Swahili	Moto wa Anor
Swedish	Anors flamma
Tamil	ஃப்ளேம் ஆஃப் ஆநொர்
Telugu	అనోర్ యొక్క ఫ్లేమ్
Thai	เปลวเพลิงแห่งอานอร์
Turkish	Anor Alevi
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Полум'я Анора
Vietnamese	Ngọn lửa của Anor
Welsh	Fflam o Anor
Yiddish	פלאַם פון אַנאָר