Sindarin
torech ungol
place name. Shelob’s Lair, (lit.) Tunnel of the Spider
Elements
Word Gloss torech “lair, (secret) hole, excavation” ungol “spider”
torech ungol
place name. Shelob’s Lair, (lit.) Tunnel of the Spider
Elements
Word Gloss torech “lair, (secret) hole, excavation” ungol “spider”
Sindarin name of Shelob’s Lair (LotR/717), more literally “Tunnel of the Spider”, a combination of torech “(secret) hole” and ungol “spider” (RC/490).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as Terch Ungol “Spider’s Lair”, revised to Torech Ungol “Spider’s Hole” (WR/202).