The Rapids of Sarn Gebir as depicted in The Lord of the Rings Online
The Rapids of Sarn Gebir,[1] or simply the Rapids, were an impassible part of the great river Anduin.
History[]
The rapids passed through the highlands of the Emyn Muil, above the Argonath and Falls of Rauros. As the Rapids of Sarn Gebir was filled with spiky rocks and stony eyots, a portage-way was built on the western bank of the river in order for travelers to avoid the rapids and go southward.[2]
On February 23 in TA 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring encountered a number of Orc archers and a Nazgûl, whose winged steed was shot down by Legolas, just prior to approaching the Rapids of Sarn Gebir. The Fellowship afterwards used the portage-way to carry their light boats past the rapids. On February 25, Boromir remarked during the passage that there are no boats that can withstand the Rapids of Sarn Gebir.[2]
Etymology[]
Sarn Gebir means "stone-spiked" in the Sindarin language.[3]
Other versions[]
In an early draft to The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien originally used the names Rapids of Pensarn, Sarn Ruin, and Ruinel for the rapids. Sarn Gebir originally referred to the Emyn Muil.[4]
In adaptations[]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[]
The ambush at the Rapids of Sarn Gebir were originally set to appear in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), but on the night before filming was set to begin, torrential rains and twenty feet high floodwaters washed away the set. Due to time and budgeting constraints, the scene was then cut from the screenplay.
The Lord of the Rings Online'[]
The Rapids of Sarn Gebir appears in The Lord of the Rings Online as a playable location.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ሳርን ገቢር |
| Arabic | سارن جبير |
| Armenian | Սառն Գեբիր |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Сарн Гебір |
| Bengali | সার্ন জাবির |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сарн Гебир |
| Danish | Sarn Gebir ("Klippeskærene") |
| Georgian | საარნ ღებირ |
| Gujarati | સાર્ન ગેબીર |
| Hebrew | סארן גביר |
| Hindi | सर्न गेबीर |
| Japanese | サーン ゲビル |
| Kannada | ಸರ್ನ್ ಗೆಬೀರ್ |
| Kazakh | Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebïr (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Сарн Гэбир |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Сарн Гебир |
| Marathi | सरन गेबीर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Сарн Гебир |
| Nepalese | सर्न गेबिर |
| Persian | سارن جبریر |
| Punjabi | ਸਬਰ ਗਬੀਰ |
| Russian | Сарн Гебир |
| Serbian | Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebir (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | සර්න් ගෙබීර් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сарн Гебир |
| Tamil | ஸர்ந கெபிர் |
| Tatar | Сарн Гебир |
| Telugu | సర్న్ జబీర్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сарн Гебір |
| Urdu | سارن جابر |
| Uzbek | Сарн Гебир (Cyrillic) Sarn Gebir (Latin) |
| Yiddish | סאַרן געביר |
References[]
- ↑ The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings, pg. 52
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. IX: "The Great River"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", pg. 327
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth: Index