S. Amon Amarth loc. “Mount Doom, (lit.) Hill of Doom”
The Sindarin name of “Mount Doom” (LotR/1037), a combination of amon “hill” and amarth “fate, doom”, literally “Hill of Doom” (RC/769).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Amarthon >> Dolamarth (TI/343), with the element dôl for “hill” instead of amon.
References ✧ LotR/1037; LotRI/Mount Doom; PE17/66, 93, 104, 114, 123; PMI/Amon Amarth; RC/233, 769; S/293; SA/amarth; SI/Amon Amarth, Mount Doom, Orodruin; TII/Amon Amarth
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Elements
| amon | “hill, mountain with steep sides; lump, clump, mass” | ✧ PE17/93 |
| amarth | “fate, doom” | ✧ PE17/66; PE17/104; PE17/114; PE17/123; SA/amarth |
N. Dolamarth loc. “Mount Doom”
Early name of S. Amon Amarth from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, also appearing as Amarthon (TI/343). It is a combination of dôl “head, hill” and ammarth “doom”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.57).
See S. Amon Amarth for further discussion.
References ✧ TI/343; TII/Amon Amarth
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Elements
| dôl | “head, hill” |
| ammarth | “fate, doom” |