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What does 'Udûn' mean in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'?

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The word "Udûn" plays a large role in episode 6 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. For one thing, it's the title of the episode. For another, it's the victory chant taken up by the orcs as Adar's (Joseph Mawle) plan for the Southlands finally falls into place.As episode 6 reveals, Adar didn't simply want the hilt of Sauron's old sword to wield it for himself. He wanted to use it to trigger the eruption of Orodruin (aka Mount Doom), thus destroying the Southlands and making them a place where the orcs can live without fear of sunlight. His plan succeeds despite the intervention of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and the Númenóreans, and the episode culminates with a game-changing volcanic explosion.

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When the orcs realize what is about to happen, they gleefully chant the word "Udûn." In the Elvish Sindarin, Udûn means "dark pit" or "hell" — all the kinds of places where orcs would thrive. However, it also has a deeper meaning linked to the history of Middle-earth.Udûn is another name for Utumno, the first fortress of the Dark Lord Morgoth (then called Melkor). Utumno has a similar meaning to Udûn: in the Elvish Quenya, it means "underworld." Given the underworld connotations and Morgoth's involvement, it's clear Utumno was a pretty nasty place. However, it was destroyed when Morgoth was defeated in the First Age. Based on the orcs' excited chants of "Udûn! Udûn!" it's clear that Adar's project was to create an Utumno 2.0.In terms of geography, Udûn isn't just the name of Morgoth's fortress. It's also the name of a valley in the northwest of Mordor, which is where the Black Gate is located in The Lord of the Rings. In her book The Atlas of Middle-earth, Karen Wynn Fonstad describes the symmetry of the vale of Udûn as being similar to a caldera, suggesting it could be a remnant of volcanic activity. However, she also notes that for that to be the case, the volcano would have had a base spanning 45 miles. For comparison, Mount Doom is seven miles across!The episode title of "Udûn" likely derives from the Utumno comparison, but throughout this season we've been seeing how the orcs shaped the Southlands into Mordor. That means the name is also a nod to the future of the land we see get destroyed by the eruption.

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Like with its discussion of mithril, the references to Udûn are another example of The Rings of Power gesturing to both the past and future of Middle-earth. This is just the latest in the show's trend of taking small details from Tolkien's work and incorporating them into the world's larger mythology.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now streaming on Prime Video. New episodes release every Friday at 12 a.m. ET.

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Melkor’s ancient fortress in the far north of the world

"The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow!"

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The Sindarin name of Utumno, the fortress of Melkor in the far north of the world. It was the first and greatest of Melkor's citadels, delved in the earliest days, the home to hosts of demons and monsters. From Udûn, Melkor troubled the world for millennia. From there, he destroyed the Lamps of the Valar, so that the Powers left Almaren, their dwelling-place in Middle-earth, and removed into the West. At the time of the awakening of the Elves, though, the Valar attacked Udûn in full force, and destroyed it utterly, carrying its master back to Valinor as their prisoner.

The name Udûn is much less common as a name for Melkor's fortress than the equivalent Utumno. In The Lord of the Rings it appears just once, in Gandalf's quote given above. It survived, though, as a name for the northern valley of Mordor that lay behind the Morannon. No doubt Sauron chose this name in memory of his ancient master's greatest stronghold.

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The Rings of Power Explained: What Does Udûn Mean?

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Orcs constantly repeated the word “Udûn” in the latest The Rings of Power episode, but the story didn’t explain what it meant.

Interestingly, the name of The Rings of Power Episode 6 itself was “Udûn” and featured some exciting developments in Middle-earth. Let’s get a closer look at that peculiar word and what it means for Galadriel and the others. Unless you possess some knowledge of the universe invented by J.R.R. Tolkien, do not keep reading further if you don’t wish to come across some big spoilers.

What Does Udûn Mean?

Udûn is a word that literally means “Hell” in Sindarin, the fictional elvish language. It stands for different things in the Lord of the Rings universe. The Elves invented the word to refer to Morgoth’s stronghold before the First Age, also known as Utumno. The fallen Ainur built the fortress following his first arrival in Arda. It quickly became home to legions of demons, including the fearsome Balrogs. The Elves promptly learned to fear that place where many of their kind were held as prisoners. Morgoth also corrupted some of the prisoners and transformed them into the first Orcs. Ultimately, the stronghold was destroyed by the Valar when they waged war on Morgoth, who ended up chained and was brought to Valinor.

RELATED: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 6 Recap, Theories, and Thoughts

Once Sauron took over the Southlands, he renamed a valley in the northwest of Mordor as Udûn. The story doesn’t clearly say it, but the latest The Rings of Power installment showed how Mordor became the dark land. The valley was pivotal due to its geographical position. Considering its importance, Sauron built the main entrance into the land of Mordor there. Its name in Sindarin is Morannon, but common people know it as the Black Gate. Everyone who wanted to get into Mordor had to pass through the iron gate. The Black Gate appeared several times in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, ranging from Frodo and Sam’s first attempt to get past it to Aragorn calling out Sauron in front of it. The upcoming The Rings of Power episodes will likely show how Sauron built it at first.

RELATED: The Rings of Power Explained: Who Is Pharazôn, Míriel’s Consul?

Jackson’s trilogy mentions Udûn during the epic battle between Gandalf and the Balrog in Moria. Right before he clashed with Durin’s Bane, the wizard referred to the creature as flame of Udûn. What Gandalf meant was to indicate the Balrog’s ancient home in Morgoth’s stronghold.

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By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 30, 2022 9:57 pm EST

So far, most of the episode titles for "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" have been pretty self-explanatory. In "Adrift," Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) is adrift at sea. In "The Great Wave," Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) dreamt of a great wave. Sure, most of the show's titles also have more metaphorical double meanings, but on the surface, they've been quite obvious. The meaning behind the title of the latest and darkest episode of the show, "Udûn," is a little bit less transparent — and has a more loaded history — than most.

Though it has a long history in J.R.R. Tolkien's texts, the word Udûn isn't mentioned on screen until nearly the end of this week's hour. When it is, it's by a lineup of captured orcs, who begin chanting the word when the eruption of Mount Doom begins. Adar (Joseph Mawle), the mysterious villain who's also currently a prisoner of Galadriel and Míriel, looks heartened by the sound of his orc underlings' chant, presumably because he knows just what it means. 

According to the Parf Edhellen Tolkien dictionary, the author used "udûn" to mean "hell" or "dark pit" in Sindarin Elvish. The orcs, then, seem to sense what's going on underground, as the rather hellish pit that is Mount Doom begins to explode.

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There's more to the word than a simple definition, though. Udûn is also a place you can point to on Middle-earth maps, albeit one that hasn't been mentioned by name in the prequel series yet. 

While it's not exactly the same as Mordor, the volcanic region where Frodo and friends take the ring in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it is a specific location within Mordor. Though not strictly canonical, Karen Wynn Fonstad's book "The Atlas of Middle Earth" is nonetheless a valuable resource for fans of Tolkien's works. Her maps show that Udûn is in northwest Mordor, and also speculate that it's closely linked to the creation of Mount Doom.

Given that we more or less just saw said creation begin, it seems Fonstad's assertions were correct. It's likely that the Mount Doom eruption will signal a major shift in the surrounding landscape, eventually turning parts of the beautiful Southlands into the wasteland Mordor. Interestingly, though, the volcano-adjacent valley area is not the only Udûn that shows up in Tolkien's writings.

Any way you slice it, Udûn is bad news

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According to "The Silmarillion" and "The History of Middle-earth," Udûn was also one of the names given to the fortress the Dark Lord Morgoth created before the First Age. Also called Utumno, which means "underworld," the fortress existed somewhere in the northern Iron Mountains and was used for, among other things, creating orcs (something Adar seems to have witnessed). In a section of "The History of Middle-earth" titled "Morgoth's Ring," Tolkien writes:

"Then he returned to his dwelling in the North, and there built for himself a mighty fortress, and delved great caverns underground secure from assault, and he gathered to him many lesser powers that seeing his greatness and growing strength were now willing to serve him; and the name of that evil fastness was Utumno."

So basically, all uses of Udûn lead back to evil underground places, and multiple usages are directly associated with orcs or volcanic mountains. It seems likely that we just witnessed the origin of the future region Udûn, but it's unclear how or if this plotline ties into the fortress Udûn that stood before the Second Age. 

Like many of the best mysteries in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," this is a question that will surely be answered in due time.

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