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'''Ancalagon the Black''' was the greatest [[Dragon]] of [[Middle-earth]].
'''Ancalagon the Black''' was the greatest [[Dragon]] of [[Middle-earth]].


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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Ancalagon'' is a [[Sindarin]] name, from ''[[anc]]''<ref name="EtymAnc">{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", [[root]] A[[NAK]]</ref> and ''[[alag]]''<ref name="EtymAlag">{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", [[root]] A[[LAK]]</ref> plus the name ending -on. Its meaning is "Rushing Jaws".<ref name="Index"/>
''Ancalagon'' is a [[Sindarin]] name, from ''[[anc]]''<ref name="EtymAnc">{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", [[root]] A[[NAK]]</ref> and ''[[alag]]''<ref name="EtymAlag">{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", [[root]] A[[LAK]]</ref> plus the name ending -on. Its meaning is "Rushing Jaws".<ref name="Index"/>
==In popular culture==
Two animals are named after Ancalagon: ''Ancalagon'', a [[wikipedia:Cambrian|Cambrian]] [[wikipedia:Priapulida|priapulid]] by [[wikipedia:Simon Conway Morris|Simon Conway Morris]] in [[1977]], and ''Ankalagon'' by [[wikipedia:Leigh Van Valen|Leigh Van Valen]] in [[1980]], a [[wikipedia:Paleocene|Paleocene]] [[wikipedia:Mesonychid|mesonychid]] mammal.<ref>Chris Isaak, "[http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/fiction.html Names from Fictional Characters]", ''[http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/index.html Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature]''</ref>
==See Also==
* [[:Category:Images of Ancalagon|Images of Ancalagon]]


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Ancalagon
Dragons
Daniel Govar - Ancalagon the Black.jpg
Biographical Information
Other namesAncalagon the Black
Physical Description
RaceDragons
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Ancalagon

Ancalagon the Black was the greatest Dragon of Middle-earth.

History

During the War of Wrath, the Valar waged their final war on Morgoth. Their victory was at hand, with most of the Dark Lord's Balrogs and other troops destroyed. But then, Morgoth unleashed the winged dragons, with Ancalagon at their van. Ancalagon drove back the forces of the Valar, but was stopped by Eärendil. Ancalagon was no match for the mariner, who sailed through the skies in the ship Vingilot, with the Silmaril upon its brow. Ancalagon was cast down and fell atop Thangorodrim, breaking its mighty towers. With him fell most other dragons.[1] Up until the late Third Age, Ancalagon was considered the mightiest of all dragons, though not even he could make the One Ring melt.[2]

Etymology

Ancalagon is a Sindarin name, from anc[3] and alag[4] plus the name ending -on. Its meaning is "Rushing Jaws".[5]

In popular culture

Two animals are named after Ancalagon: Ancalagon, a Cambrian priapulid by Simon Conway Morris in 1977, and Ankalagon by Leigh Van Valen in 1980, a Paleocene mesonychid mammal.[6]

See Also

References


Named Dragons
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