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Use this tag when asking about the primary antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, not just for questions with 'Sauron' in them. Should also be used in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag. Also tag with [the-lord-of-the-rings] where appropriate.

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Was the Eye of Sauron a physical or metaphorical manifestation of Sauron's will?

The Lord of the Rings - Book 6, Chapter 3 - "Mount Doom" Far off the shadows of Sauron hung; but torn by some gust of wind out of the world, or else moved by some great disquiet within, the mantling …
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How could Sauron return to Gorgoroth that easily?

Sauron can teleport But it is often mentioned in the legends that certain of the Valar, and occasionally of the Maiar, 'passed over the Sea', and appeared in Middle-earth. …
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The One Ring and Númenor

‘Question 2’: How could Ar-Pharazôn defeat Sauron when Sauron had the One Ring? … Ar-Pharazôn, as is told in the ‘Downfall’ or Akallabêth, conquered a terrified Sauron’s subjects, not Sauron. …
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Did Sauron survive?

Sauron continued to exist In a 1968 interview, when discussing if he had met any Sauron characters in real life, Tolkien mentions that he "wouldn’t have liked to meet Sauron when his Ring had been destroyed … ", thus showing that he felt Sauron still existed. …
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What's Sauron up to these days?

Sauron can no longer rebuild. ...the spirits so often took the form and likeness of the Children, especially after their appearance. It was thus that Sauron appeared in this shape. … Tolkien says that with the destruction of the ring Sauron was reduced to this state, though Morgoth was not. Melkor was not Sauron. …
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Why didn't Sauron guard Mount Doom?

It is an interesting problem: how Sauron would have acted or the claimant have resisted. Sauron sent at once the Ringwraiths. … Until Sauron himself came. In any case a confrontation of Frodo and Sauron would soon have taken place, if the Ring was intact. Its result was inevitable. …
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Why does Isildur claim to have defeated Sauron when Gil-galad and Elendil did it?

So it would fit very well for Isildur to not have been the one to actually kill Sauron, but to still later try to convince himself and everyone else that he did. …
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Did Sauron put his soul/spirit into all of the Rings of Power?

and differences between Sauron and Morgoth. … Tolkien directly draws comparisons between Sauron making the Rings and Morgoth divesting himself. …
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Did Sauron worship Morgoth during the Third Age?

By the Third Age, Sauron was having his subjects worship him directly, not Morgoth Thus, as the Second Age draws on, we have a great Kingdom and evil theocracy (for Sauron is also the god of his slaves … of Men are in fact the kin of those that had departed to Númenor, but remain in a simple 'Homeric' state of patriarchal and tribal life. c.1951 Letter to Milton Waldman - Letters of JRR Tolkien #131 Sauron
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Is there a list of the names used for Sauron in Lord of the Rings?

The entry for Sauron is fairly long, but it definitely does not contain 103 different nicknames. … A Tolkien Thesaurus - "Sauron" My guess is that Blackwelder's list has not been published, and was either privately communicated to Hammond and Scull (who knew him personally), or was found among his …
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Tolkien calls Sauron Morgoth's Greatest Servant - But does he ever really earn that with his...

Sauron had a large role before and during the Captivity of Melkor In 1960, Tolkien wrote an essay working out some difficulties with the chronology of the awakening of the elves, which was later published … In this essay he assigns some new important roles to Sauron. …
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How do I pronounce "Sauron"?

for the realm of Sauron is ended forever August 1952 Recording [0:07-0:10] And I do not see a Sauron March 1958 Recording [5:48 - … 5:54] Morgoth, the Prime Mover of evil, of whom Sauron was only a petty lieutenant January 1965 Recording [11:25-11:32] whose work had led to the downfall of Sauron, …
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