Tag: carcharoth

silmarillionquotes:

“Then Morgoth recalled the doom of Huan, and he chose one from among the whelps of the race of Draugluin; and he fed him with his own hand upon living flesh, and put his power upon him. Swiftly the wolf grew, until he could creep into no den, but lay huge and hungry before the feet of Morgoth. There the fire and anguish of hell entered into him, and he became filled with a devouring spirit, tormented, terrible, and strong. Carcharoth, the Red Maw, he is named in the tales of those days, and Anfauglir, the Jaws of Thirst. And Morgoth set him to lie unsleeping before the doors of Angband, lest Huan come.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, p.180 (Of Beren and Lúthien)

dandibuja:

Lúthien was spent, and she had not time nor strength to quell the wolf. But Beren strode forth before her, and in
his right hand he held aloft the Silmaril. Carcharoth halted, and for a moment was afraid. ‘Get you gone, and fly!’ cried Beren; ‘for here is afire that shall consume you, and all evil things.’ And he thrust the Silmaril before the eyes of the
wolf.

But Carcharoth looked upon that holy jewel and was not daunted, and the devouring spirit within him awoke to
sudden fire; and gaping he took suddenly the hand within his jaws, and he bit it off at the wrist. Then swiftly all his
inwards were filled with a flame of anguish, and the Silmaril seared his accursed flesh.

– The Silmarillion

gurguliare replied to your post: fanart rec meme

  dior? carcharoth?                    

Favorite Dior: omg my favorite is this one by @vinyatar as a design. The MOST GORGEOUS with a real feeling for the mixed-ness of that line, “and now
he appeared as the fairest of all the children of the world, of threefold race:
of the Edain, and of the Eldar, and of the Maiar of the Blessed Realm.” Those eeeyyyes. Not sure if I have a favorite other fanart in terms of other overall elements

Favorite Carcharoth: OF COURSE IT’S THIS ONE by @veensa It is perfection.