The Gates of Angband were the main entrance point to the fortress of Angband.
The Gates were dark wide arches and above them was a thousand foot precipice. Leading up to the Gates lay a dreary dale and a road, and beside the road there were black chasms that opened and there came forth writhing serpent-like forms. A guard of some kind was also there.[1]
History
The exact date of the building of the Gates is unknown, but it is likely that it dates back to the building of Angband. Before the Sun, the place before the Gates was known for the massive quantities of filth and desolation that spread for miles southward. After the rise of Sun, a vast plain of green grass stretched across the great plain of Ard-galen south of the Gates until the end of the Siege of Angband at the conclusion of the Dagor Bragollach.[2] The Gates were the main port from which Morgoth's vast armies of darkness issued from. Few Elves or Men save those who were captured and enslaved safely passed through the Gates, save for Beren and Lúthien who passed by stealth and enchantments.[1] The Gates were once breached during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad by a group led by Gwindor who burst through the Gates and made it up doors of Angband, but were slain there between the Gates and the doors by Morgoth's main force.[3] The Gates of Angband were destroyed along with the fortress itself during the War of Wrath.[4]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Poorten van Angband |
| Albanian | Portat e Angbandit |
| Arabic | بوابات أنجباند |
| Armenian | Անգբանդի դարպասները |
| Azerbaijani | Angbandın qapıları |
| Basque | Angband-en ateak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Вароты Ангбанда |
| Bengali | অ্যাংব্যান্ডের গেটস |
| Bosnian | Angbandove kapije |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Портите на Ангбанд |
| Catalan | Portes de Àngband |
| Cebuano | Mga ganghaan sa Angband |
| Corsican | Porta di Angband |
| Croatian | Gejts Angbanda |
| Czech | Brány Angbandu |
| Danish | Angbands porte |
| Dutch | Poorten van Angband |
| Estonian | Angbandi väravad |
| Filipino | Mga pintuan ng Angband |
| Finnish | Angbandin portit |
| French | Portes d’Angband |
| Galician | Portas de Angband |
| German | Tore von Angband |
| Georgian | ანგბანდის კარიბჭე |
| Greek | Πύλες του Άνγκμπαντ |
| Gujarati | આંગબેન્ડના દરવાજા |
| Haitian Creole | Pòtay nan Angband |
| Hebrew | שערי אנגבאנד |
| Hindi | अंगबैंड का गेट्स |
| Hungarian | Angband-kapuja |
| Indonesian | Gerbang Angband |
| Irish Gaelic | Geataí Angband |
| Italian | Porte di Angband |
| Japanese | アングバンドの門 |
| Kannada | ಆಂಗ್ಬ್ಯಾಂಡ್ನ ಗೇಟ್ಗಳು |
| Kazakh | Ангбандның қақпалары (Cyrillic) Angbandnıñ qaqpaları (Latin) |
| Korean | 앙 밴드의 게이츠 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Ангбанддын дарбазалары |
| Latin | Angbandum portas |
| Latvian | Angband vārti |
| Lithuanian | Angbando varteliai |
| Luxembourgish | Tore vun Angband |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Портите на Ангбанд |
| Malaysian | Gerbang Angband |
| Maltese | Il-bibien ta 'Angband |
| Marathi | अंगबँडचे गेट्स |
| Mongolian хаалга | Ангбанд-ийн хаалга |
| Nepalese | एन्डब्यान्डको ढोका |
| Norwegian | Angbands porter |
| Persian | دروازه های آنگباند |
| Polish | Bramy Angband |
| Portuguese | Portões de Angband |
| Punjabi | ਐਂਗਬੈਂਡ ਦੇ ਫਾਟਕ |
| Romanian | Porțile Angbandului |
| Russian | Ангбандские ворота |
| Scottish Gaelic | Geataichean Angband |
| Serbian | Капије Ангбанда (Cyrillic) Kapije Angbanda (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඇන්ග්බෑන්ඩ්ගේ ගේට්ටු |
| Slovak | Angbandove brány |
| Slovenian | Angbandova vrata |
| Spanish | Puertas de Angband |
| Swahili | Milango ya Angband |
| Swedish | Angbands grindar |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дарвозаҳои Ангбанд |
| Tamil | அங்க்பாண்டின் வாயில்கள் |
| Telugu | అంగ్బ్యాండ్ యొక్క గేట్లు |
| Turkish | Angband'ın kapıları |
| Turkmen | Angband'in Derwezeleri |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ворота Ангбанда |
| Uzbek | Ангбанднинг дарвозалар (Cyrillic) Angbandning darvozalar (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Cổng Angband |
| Welsh | Gatiau Angband |
| Xhosa | Amasango eAngband |
| Yiddish | טויערן פון אַנגבאַנד |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"