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"The Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure." — from The Silmarillion

The Eye of Sauron, or Great Eye, was a symbol adopted by the Dark Lord in the Third Age. It was said that few could endure its terrible gaze. The Eye was used as a symbol on armor and banners of Mordor, representing Sauron's quasi-omnipotence.

With it, Sauron searched for and tracked the paths of the Ring-bearer Frodo Baggins at the end of the Third Age.

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History

It is unknown when the Eye of Sauron was formed. At the apex of Barad-dûr, the Eye was a flaming, visible, though perhaps not tangible presence during the events of The Lord of the Rings, made clear when it appeared through a window when clouds parted in Mordor.[1]





"Far off the shadows of Sauron hung; but torn by some gust of wind out of the world, or else moved by some great disquiet within, the mantling clouds swirled, and for a moment drew aside; and then he saw, rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr. One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye; and then the shadows were furled again and the terrible vision was removed." — The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter II "The Land of Shadow"

Portrayal in adaptations

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Great Eye is a gigantic eyeball composed of energy that sits atop Barad-dûr.

In Monolith's sequel to Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War the Eye depicted in Jackson's trilogy is the actual manifestation of Sauron and the wraith of Celebrimbor, the Elf who forged the rings of power, in a state of perpetual combat. When the ring is destroyed and Barad-dûr falls, the Eye implodes and Celebrimbor is presumed free.

See also

Gallery

Eye of Sauron (1980)

The 2 Spires and the Lidless Eye.





The Eye alone

Barad-dûr's Collapse

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Translations around the world

Foreign Language Translated name Afrikaans Oog van Sauron Albanian Syri i Sauronit Amharic ጻኡሮን ዓይን Arabic عين سورون Armenian Սաւրոն-ի աչք Azerbaijani Sauronın göz Belarusian Cyrillic вачэй Саурона Bosnian Saurona oko Bulgarian Cyrillic Окото на Саурон Catalan Ull de Sàuron Cebuano Mata sa Sauron Chinese (Simplified) 索伦之眼 Croatian Sauronovo oko Czech Sauronovo oko Danish Saurons øje Dutch Oog van Sauron Esperanto Okulo de Sauron Estonian Sauroni silm Fijian Mata ni Sauron Filipino Mata ni Sauron Finnish Sauronin Silmä French Oeil de Sauron Frisian Each fan Sauron Galician Ollo de Sauron German Auge von Sauron Greek Μάτι του Σάουρον Hausa Ido na Sauron Hawaiian Maka o Sauron Haitian Creole Je la Sauron Hebrew העין של סאורון Hindi सायरोन की आँख ? Hmong Qhov muag ntawm Sauron Hungarian Szauron szeme Icelandic Sauronsar auga Igbo Anya nke Sauron Indonesian Mata Sauron Irish Gaelic Súl na Sauron Italian Occhio di Sauron Japanese サウロンの目 Javanese Mripat saka Sauron Kannada ಸೌರಾನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣು Kazakh Саұронның көз (Cyrillic) Sauronnıñ köz (Latin) Korean 사우론의 눈 Kyrgyz Cyrillic Саурондын көз Latvian Saurona acs Lithuanian Saurono akis Luxembourgish An vun Sauron Macedonian Cyrillic Окото на Саурон Malagasy Maso ny Sauron Malaysian Mata Sauron Maltese Għajn ta ' l-Sauron Marathi सायरोनची डोके Mongolian Cyrillic Саурон-ийн нүд Nepalese षौरोन् को आँखा ? Norwegian Saurons øye Pashto د د سترګو صاورون Persian چشم سائورون Polish Oko Saurona Portuguese Olho de Sauron Punjabi ਸਾਓਰੋਨ ਦੀ ਅੱਖ Romanian Ochiul lui Sauron Russian Око Саурона Samoan Mata o le Sauron Scottish Gaelic Shùil de Sauron Serbian Сауроново око (Cyrillic) Sauronovo oko (Latin) Sinhalese ෂෞරොන්ගේ ඇස Slovak Sauronovo oko Slovenian Sauronova oko Somalian Isha ee Sauron Spanish Ojo de Sauron Swahili Jicho la Sauron Swedish Saurons öga Tajik Cyrillic Чашм аз Саурон Tamil ஸுரோன்வின் கண் Thai ตาของเซารอน Turkish Sauron'un gözü Ukrainian Cyrillic Око Саурона Urdu لارڈ ساؤرن کی آنکھ Uzbek Сауроннинг кўз (Cyrillic) Sauronning ko'z (Latin) Vietnamese Mắt của Sauron Welsh Llygad Sauron Yiddish אויג פון סאַוראָן

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