Sindarin
minas morgul
place name. Tower of Sorcery
Cognates
- S. morgul “black arts, sorcery, necromancy” ✧ SA/gûl
Elements
Word Gloss minas “tower, fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)” morgul “black arts, sorcery, necromancy”
Noldorin
minas morgol
place name. Tower of Sorcery
Changes
- Minas Morghul → Minas Morgul ✧ SDI1/Minas Morgul
- Minas Morgol → Minas Morghul ✧ SDI1/Minas Morgul
- Minas-Morgol → Minas-Morghul ✧ TI/146
- Minas Morghul → Minas Morgul ✧ WR/230
Elements
Word Gloss minnas “tower” morgul “sorcery” Variations
- Minas Morgul ✧ SDI1/Minas Morgul; TII/Minas Morgol; WR/230; WRI/Minas Morghul
- Minas Morghul ✧ SDI1/Minas Morgul; TII/Minas Morgol; WR/230; WRI/Minas Morghul
- Minas-Morgol ✧ TI/127; TI/146
- Minas-Morghul ✧ TI/146
The name of Minas Ithil after it fell into the hands of Sauron, translated “Tower of Sorcery” (LotR/245). This name is a combination of minas “tower” and morgul “sorcery” (MR/350, PE17/31).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Minas Morgol “Tower of Sorcery” (TI/127), soon revised to N. Minas Morghul (TI/146) and eventually to its final form N/S. Minas Morgul (WR/230).