The Lord of the Eagles was at one time the leader of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth, the most famous servants of Manwë.[1]
History[]
In the Third Age, the Lord of the Eagles dwelt with his fifteen chieftains at the Great Shelf on the east side of the Misty Mountains. At some point in his life, he was wounded by a poisoned arrow, but survived after the wizard Gandalf the Grey healed him of his arrow-wound. As a result, the Lord of the Eagles held Gandalf in friendship.[1]
In TA 2941, Thorin and Company encountered the Lord of the Eagles and many of his servants when they were rescued by the Eagles from Goblin-town, the lair of the Great Goblin, and spent a night on the Great Shelf.[1]
Later that year, the Eagles appeared many hours into the Battle of Five Armies by the Lonely Mountain, and were crucial in the victory over the Orcs and Wargs.[2] The Lord of the Eagles was proclaimed "King of All Birds" after this, and was given a golden crown while his fifteen chieftains were each given golden collars.[3]
In other versions[]
Speculation[]
It is possible that Gwaihir may have been one of his fifteen chieftains. It is also possible that the Lord of the Eagles was Thorondor.[4]
In adaptations[]
Der kleine Hobbit[]
In the 1980 German radio series adaptation, Friedrich W. Bauschulle voiced the Lord of the Eagles.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North[]
In the 2011 video game, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Gwaihir appears at Fornost Erain bearing the title "Lord of the Eagles", possibly implying that the developers thought that the character in The Hobbit was Gwaihir himself.[5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Here van die Arende |
| Albanian | Zoti i Shqiponjave |
| Amharic | የንስሮች ጌታ |
| Arabic | سيد النسور |
| Armenian | Արծիվների Տերը |
| Azerbaijani | Qartalların Ağası |
| Basque | Arranoen jauna |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Валадар арлоў |
| Bengali | ঈগলের প্রভু |
| Bosnian | Gospodar orlovi |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Повелителят на Орлите |
| Catalan | Senyor de les Àguilas |
| Cebuano | Ginoo sa mga agila |
| Chinese | 老鹰之王 |
| Croatian | Gospodar orlovi |
| Czech | Pán orly |
| Danish | Ørne herre |
| Dutch | Heer der Adelaars |
| Esperanto | Sinjoro de la Agloj |
| Estonian | Kotkaste isand |
| Faroese | Ørnirnar harri ? |
| Filipino | Panginoon ng mga agila |
| Finnish | Kotkien ruhtinas |
| French | Majesté des Aigles |
| Frisian | Hear fan 'e Earnen (Western) |
| Galician | Señor das Aguias |
| Georgian | არწივების მბრძანებელი |
| German | Fürst der Adler |
| Greek | Άρχοντας των Αετούς |
| Hebrew | בעל עיטים |
| Hindi | लॉर्ड ऑफ़ द ईगल्स |
| Hungarian | A Sasok ura |
| Icelandic | Höfðingiörnanna |
| Indonesian | Tuan dari Elang-elang |
| Irish Gaelic | Tiarna na hiolair |
| Italian | Signore delle Aquile |
| Japanese | イーグルスの領主 |
| Kannada | ಹದ್ದುಗಳ ಪ್ರಭು |
| Kazakh | Бүркіттердің мырзасы (Cyrillic) Bürkitterdiñ mırzası (Latin) |
| Konkani | गरुडांचो स्वामी |
| Korean | 독수리의 군주 |
| Kurdish | پەروەردگاری هەڵۆکان (Sorani) Xudanê ajel (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Бүркүттөрдүн мырзасы |
| Laotian | ພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງນົກອິນຊີ |
| Latin | Dominus Aquilae |
| Latvian | Ērgļu pavēlnieks |
| Lithuanian | Erelių valdovas |
| Luxembourgish | Här vun den Adler |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Господарот на орлите |
| Malagasy | Tompo ny ny voromahery |
| Malayalam | കഴുകന്മാരുടെ നാഥൻ |
| Malaysian | Penguasa Helang |
| Maltese | Ħakkiem ta 'l-ajkli |
| Marathi | गरुडांचा स्वामी |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Бүргэдийн эзэн |
| Nepalese | ईगलहरूको प्रभु |
| Norwegian | Ørnenes herre |
| Occitan | Senhor dels Aiglas |
| Old English | Hlāford þāra Earnas |
| Pashto | د عقاب څښتن |
| Persian | سالار عقابهای |
| Polish | Król Orłów (King of the Eagles) Wódz Orłów (Chief of the Eagles) |
| Portuguese | Senhor das Águias |
| Punjabi | ਦ ਲਾਰਡ ਆਫ਼ ਦ ਉਕਾਬਦੀਆਂ |
| Romanian | Stăpânul vulturilor |
| Russian | Повелитель Орлиные |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tighea nan Iolaire |
| Serbian | Господар орлови (Cyrillic) Gospodar orlovi (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | රාජාලීන්ගේ ස්වාමියා |
| Slovak | Pán orly |
| Slovenian | Gospodar orli |
| Spanish | Señor de las Águilas |
| Sundanese | Gusti tina garuda |
| Swahili | Bwana wa Tai |
| Swedish | Örnarnas herre |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Худованди уқобҳо |
| Tamil | கழுகுகளின் அதிபதி |
| Tatar | Бөркетләр Хуҗасы |
| Telugu | ఈగల్స్ ప్రభువు |
| Thai | เจ้าแห่งนกอินทรี |
| Turkish | Kartallar Tanrısı |
| Turkmen | Bürgütleriň Hojaýyny |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Володар орлів |
| Urdu | عقابوں کا رب |
| Uzbek | Бургутлар ҳукмдори (Cyrillic) Burgutlar hukmdori (Latin) |
| Welsh | Arglwydd yr Eryrod |
| Vietnamese | Chúa tể của những con đại bàng |
| Yiddish | האר פון די אָדלער |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Hobbit, Ch. VI: "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Ch. XVII: "The Clouds Burst"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Ch. VII: "Queer Lodgings"
- ↑ The real Lord of the Eagles on reddit.com
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Chapter 1: Fornost, Citadel Tower