S. Cirith Gorgor loc. “Haunted Pass”
The main entrance into Mordor, translated “Haunted Pass” (LotR/636). This name is a combination of cirith “cleft, pass” and gorgor “haunting fear” (RC/334-5).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared in some notes as N. Kirith Naglath “Cleft of the Teeth” (WR/137), whose second element seems to be a variant class plural of N. neleg “tooth”. It was changed in the text to Kirith Gorgor “Dreadful Pass” (WR/122).
References ✧ LotR/636; LotRI/Cirith Gorgor; RC/334; TII/Cirith Gorgor; WR/122; WRI/Kirith Gorgor
Glosses
Elements
| cirith | “cleft, ravine, defile” | ✧ RC/335 |
| gorgor | “extreme horror, terror, haunting fear” | ✧ RC/335 |
N. Kirith Gorgor loc. “Dreadful Pass”
References ✧ SDI1/Kirith Gorgor; WR/122; WRI/Kirith Gorgor
Glosses
Changes
Elements
| cirith | “cleft, pass” | ✧ WR/122 (Kirith) |
| gorgor | “dreadful” | ✧ WR/122 |
N. Kirith Naglath loc. “Cleft of the Teeth”
References ✧ WR/137; WRI/Kirith Naglath
Glosses
Related
Elements
| cirith | “cleft, pass” | ✧ WR/137 (Kirith) | |
| #nagol | “tooth” | class-plural | ✧ WR/137 (Naglath) |