Why did Tolkien name Sauron and Saruman?
Saruman is quite cunning and Sauron is very evil which is why they are named that way. Just remember that Tolkien spent years making his world as fleshed out as possible. If you ever hear or read an exotic name in Tolkien they will most likely have meaning to those names.
What does Sauron mean in Elvish?
the Abhorred
Sauron is the Quenya term for “the Abhorred”. In Sindarin, it is translated as Gorthaur from gor (“horror, dread”) and thaur (“abominable, abhorrent”).
Where did the name Sauron come from?
Sauron (pron. [ˈsaʊron]) [note 1] is a Quenya name, said to mean “the Abhorred”. Several accounts of the origin of the name Sauron were suggested in different linguistic manuscripts: deriving from Quenya saura (“foul, evil-smelling, putrid”, from the root THUS).
Why is Sarumans name similar to Sauron?
It should be noted that according to Tolkien’s “translation theory”, only the name Sauron is preserved in its “real” Middle-earth form, since it is derived from Elvish. The name Saruman is based on Anglo-Saxon elements for “cunning man” (as we see, the final element is still the same in Modern English).
Who is the head of Gandalf’s order?
Saruman
Early in the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring, the wizard Gandalf describes Saruman as “the chief of my order” and head of the White Council that forced Sauron from Mirkwood at the end of Tolkien’s earlier book The Hobbit.
What is morgoth original name?
Melkor
Melkor was renamed “Morgoth” when he destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor, murdered Finwë, the High King of the Noldor Elves, and stole the Silmarils in the First Age. The darker name was then bestowed by Finwë’s son Fëanor, and the Elves called him thereafter by that name alone.
Are Sauron and Saruman the same person?
No. Sauron is the Dark Lord of Mordor, the main bad guy. He’s seen as a flaming Eye in the films. Saruman is the White Wizard, who has joined sides with Sauron.