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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 DĂșath 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.[1] 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.[2]

Narchost stood at the western end of the Gate, and Carchost at the eastern end.[3] 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

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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 ጄርሶቜ ማማዎቜ
Arabic ۣۚ۱ۧۏ Ù„Ù„ŰŁŰłÙ†Ű§Ù†
Armenian Ô±Ő·ŐżŐĄÖ€ŐĄŐŻŐ¶Ő„Ö€ Ő§ ŐĄŐżŐĄŐŽŐ¶Ő„Ö€Ő«
Azerbaijani Dißlərin qĂŒllələr
Basque Hortzak dorreak
Belarusian Cyrillic ВДжы Đ·ŃƒĐ±ĐŸŃž
Bengali àŠŠàŠŸàŠàŠ€ àŠŸàŠŸàŠ“àŠŻàŠŒàŠŸàŠ°à§àŠž
Bosnian Kule zuba
Bulgarian Cyrillic ĐšŃƒĐ»Đž ĐœĐ° зъбОтД
Burmese á€Ąá€žá€œá€Źá€žáá€á€Źá€á€«á€á€­á€Żá€„á€ș
Cambodian ប្រាង្គនៃធ្មេញ
Catalan Torres de les Dents
Cebuano Mga Torre sa mga Ngipon
Chinese ćĄ”çš„ç‰™éœż
Croatian Kula Zubi
Czech VÄ›ĆŸe zubĆŻ
Danish TandtÄrnene
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 áƒȘიჼესიმაგრე კბილები
German TĂŒrme der Wehr
Greek Î ÏÏÎłÎżÏ…Ï‚ τωΜ ÎŽÎżÎœÏ„ÎčώΜ
Gujarati àȘŠàȘŸàȘ‚àȘ€ àȘŸàȘŸàȘ”àȘ°à«àȘž
Hausa Hasumiya da Hakora
Hebrew Ś”ŚžŚ’Ś“ŚœŚ™Ś کڜ Ś”Ś©Ś™Ś Ś™Ś™Ś
Hindi à€Šà€Ÿà€‚à€€ à€•à„‡ à€Ÿà€Ÿà€”à€°à„‹à€‚
Hmong Yees ntawm lub Hniav
Hungarian A fogak tornyok
Icelandic Turn í Tönnum
Irish Gaelic TĂșir na Fiacla
Italian Torri dei Denti
Japanese æ­ŻăźćĄ”
Kannada àČŸàł€àČ€àł àȆàČ«àł àȟàČ”àČ°àłàČžàł
Kazakh ĐąŃ–ŃŃ‚Đ”Ń€Ń–Đœ ĐŒÒ±ĐœĐ°Ń€Đ° (Cyrillic) Tisterin munara (Latin)
Korean ìč˜ì•„의 타워
Kurdish BircĂȘn ji DiranĂȘn (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic ĐąĐžŃˆŃ‚Đ”Ń€ĐžĐœ ĐŒŃƒĐœĐ°Ń€Đ°Đ»Đ°Ń€
Latvian TorƆi zobiem
Lithuanian BokĆĄtai dantĆł
Luxembourgish Tierm vum 'ZĂ€nn
Macedonian Cyrillic ĐšŃƒĐ»ĐžŃ‚Đ” ĐœĐ° забО
Malagasy Ireo tilikambo-ny Nify
Malay Menara Gigi
Malayalam àŽȘàŽČà”àŽČàŽżàŽšà”àŽ±à”† àŽŸàŽ”à”‡àŽŽà”àŽžà”
Maltese Torrijiet tas-snien
Marathi à€Šà€Ÿà€€ à€Ÿà„‰à€”à€°à„à€ž
Mongolian Cyrillic ĐšÒŻĐŽŃŃ ĐŠĐ°ĐŒŃ…Đ°Đł
Nepalese à€Šà€Ÿà€à€€ à€•à„‹ à€Ÿà€Ÿà€”à€°
Norwegian TÄrn av tennene
Pashto ŰŻ ŰșŰ§ÚšÙˆÙ†Ùˆ ÙŒŰ§ÙˆŰ±ÙˆÙ†Ùˆ
Persian ۚ۱ۏ Ù‡Ű§ÛŒ ŰŻÙ†ŰŻŰ§Ù†
Polish WieĆŒe zębĂłw
Punjabi àšŠà©°àšŠ àšŸàšŸàš”àš°
Romanian Turnuri de dinĆŁi
Russian Đ‘Đ°ŃˆĐœĐž Đ·ŃƒĐ±ĐŸĐČ
Sinhalese à¶Żà¶­à·Š ක කුළුණු
Serbian ĐšŃƒĐ»Đ” зуба (Cyrillic) Kule zuba (Latin)
Sindhi ŰŹÙŠ ÚÙ†ŰŻ ŰŹÙˆ ۚ۱ۏ
Slovenian Stolpi zob
Slovak VeĆŸe zubov
Spanish Torres de los Dientes
Sundanese Munara tina Huntu
Swahili Minara ya Meno
Swedish TĂ€ndernas torn
Tajik Cyrillic ĐœĐ°ĐœĐŸŃ€Đ°ÒłĐŸĐž ба ĐŽĐ°ĐœĐŽĐŸĐœ
Tamil àźȘàź±àŻàź•àźłàŻ àźŸàź”àź°àŻàźžàŻ
Telugu టీఀ్ టఔర్ఞ్
Thai àž—àžČàž§àč€àž§àž­àžŁàčŒàž‚àž­àž‡àžŸàž±àž™
Turkish Diß Kuleleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic ĐČДжі Đ·ŃƒĐ±Ń–ĐČ
Urdu ŰŻŰ§Ù†ŰȘ کے ÙčŰ§ÙˆŰ±ŰČ
Uzbek йОш ĐŒĐžĐœĐŸŃ€Đ°Đ»Đ°Ń€ (Cyrillic) Tish minoralar (Latin)
Vietnamese Thåp của Răng
Welsh Tyrau o'r Dannedd
Yiddish Ś˜ŚÖžŚ•Ś•ŚąŚšŚĄ Ś€Ś•ŚŸ ړڙ ŚŠŚ™Ś™ŚŸ

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