Towers of the Teeth

The Black Gate as seen in Peter Jackson's Return of the King

The Towers of the Teeth (or Teeth of Mordor) were two towers situated on either side of the Black Gate. The two towers, Carchost and Narchost, stood on either side of Cirith Gorgor between the Ephel Dúath and the Ered Lithui.

History

Towers of the Teeth; Narchost in foreground, Carchost in background

Originally built by Men of Gondor following the downfall of Sauron at the end of the Second Age, Gondor maintained garrisons in the Towers to prevent the return of evil to Mordor. Following the Great Plague evil crept back into Mordor, although the Towers were once again manned during the Wainrider War. After this the Towers of the Teeth were again abandoned and fell into ruin, eventually claimed by the servants of the Dark Lord. They were repaired and fortified, and were incorporated into the defenses of the pass and gate.

Narchost stood at the western end of the Gate, and Carchost at the eastern end. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum beheld these towers and the Black Gate between them as they disputed the best passage into Mordor, and it was before these towers that the Captains of the West and their host later made their last stand against the forces of Sauron. The towers were destroyed with the defeat of Sauron in TA 3019, upon the destruction of the One Ring.

Etymology

Carchost means "fang fort" in Sindarin, and Narchost "fire fort".

Portrayal in adaptations

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

In the lore of the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the Towers of the Teeth were built by Gondor with the use of prison labor, following the Battle of Dagorlad.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Torings van die Tande
Albanian	Kullat e Dhëmbët
Amharic	ጥርሶች ማማዎች
Arabic	أبراج للأسنان
Armenian	Աշտարակներ է ատամների
Azerbaijani	Dişlərin qüllələr
Basque	Hortzak dorreak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вежы зубоў
Bengali	দাঁত টাওয়ার্স
Bosnian	Kule zuba
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Кули на зъбите
Burmese	အသွား၏တာဝါတိုင်
Cambodian	ប្រាង្គនៃធ្មេញ
Catalan	Torres de les Dents
Cebuano	Mga Torre sa mga Ngipon
Chinese	塔的牙齿
Croatian	Kula Zubi
Czech	Věže zubů
Danish	Tandtårnene
Dutch	Torens van de Tanden
Esperanto	Turoj de la Dentoj
Estonian	Torni hambad
Filipino	Ang mga tore ng mga ngipin
Finnish	Hammastornit
French	Tours des Dents
Frisian	Tuorren fan 'e tosken
Galician	Torres dos Dentes
Georgian	ციხესიმაგრე კბილები
German	Türme der Wehr
Greek	Πύργους των δοντιών
Gujarati	દાંત ટાવર્સ
Hausa	Hasumiya da Hakora
Hebrew	המגדלים של השיניים
Hindi	दांत के टावरों
Hmong	Yees ntawm lub Hniav
Hungarian	A fogak tornyok
Icelandic	Turn í Tönnum
Irish Gaelic	Túir na Fiacla
Italian	Torri dei Denti
Japanese	歯の塔
Kannada	ಟೀತ್ ಆಫ್ ಟವರ್ಸ್
Kazakh	Тістерін мұнара (Cyrillic) Tisterin munara (Latin)
Korean	치아의 타워
Kurdish	Bircên ji Diranên (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Тиштерин мунаралар
Latvian	Torņi zobiem
Lithuanian	Bokštai dantų
Luxembourgish	Tierm vum 'Zänn
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кулите на заби
Malagasy	Ireo tilikambo-ny Nify
Malay	Menara Gigi
Malayalam	പല്ലിന്റെ ടവേഴ്സ്
Maltese	Torrijiet tas-snien
Marathi	दात टॉवर्स
Mongolian Cyrillic	Шүдээ Цамхаг
Nepalese	दाँत को टावर
Norwegian	Tårn av tennene
Pashto	د غاښونو ټاورونو
Persian	برج های دندان
Polish	Wieże zębów
Punjabi	ਦੰਦ ਟਾਵਰ
Romanian	Turnuri de dinţi
Russian	Башни зубов
Sinhalese	දත් ක කුළුණු
Serbian	Куле зуба (Cyrillic) Kule zuba (Latin)
Sindhi	جي ڏند جو برج
Slovenian	Stolpi zob
Slovak	Veže zubov
Spanish	Torres de los Dientes
Sundanese	Munara tina Huntu
Swahili	Minara ya Meno
Swedish	Tändernas torn
Tajik Cyrillic	Манораҳои ба дандон
Tamil	பற்கள் டவர்ஸ்
Telugu	టీత్ టవర్స్
Thai	ทาวเวอร์ของฟัน
Turkish	Diş Kuleleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic	вежі зубів
Urdu	دانت کے ٹاورز
Uzbek	Тиш миноралар (Cyrillic) Tish minoralar (Latin)
Vietnamese	Tháp của Răng
Welsh	Tyrau o'r Dannedd
Yiddish	טאָווערס פון די ציין