Morgul Vale

Morgul Vale was a valley in the Ephel Dúath through which the Morgulduin ran. The valley was guarded by Minas Morgul (Minas Ithil in years past). In the vale a stone bridge passed over water meadows filled with sickly white flowers, giving off a noxious vapor.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Ch. VIII: "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"
==History==
It was through the vale that an army of Orcs marched from the fortress, led by the Witch-king of Angmar, towards Gondor to besiege Minas Tirith in the year TA 3019. Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Gollum observed the procession from hiding, on their way to the Stairs of Cirith Ungol.
Several days later the Captains of the West approached the Vale, breaking the bridge to hinder any passage eastwards and setting fire to the fields.
After the War of the Ring, the valley was cleansed of evil over many centuries, and remained uninhabited by order of King Elessar.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter V: "The Steward and the King"
==Etymology==
Morgul is Sindarin for "Black Arts". As with the Morgulduin, the Morgul Vale's name refers to the sorcery of Minas Morgul.
Whether or not the location was called Ithil Vale before the corruption of Minas Ithil in TA 2002 is unknown.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Morgul Vallei
Albanian 	Lugina e Morgulit
Amharic 	የሞርጉል ሸለቆ
Arabic 	وادي مورغول
Armenian 	Մորգուլի հովիտ
Azerbaijani 	Morgul Vadisi
Basque 	Morgul Harana
Belarusian Cyrillic	Даліна Мо́ргул
Bengali 	মর্গাল ভ্যালি
Bosnian 	Dolina Morgul
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Долина Моргул
Catalan 	Vall de Morgul
Cebuano 	Walog sa Morgul
Chinese 	魔古尔谷
Croatian 	Dolina Morgul
Czech 	Morgulské údolí
Danish 	Morguldalen
Dutch 	Morgul Vallei
Esperanto 	Morgul-valo
Estonian 	Morguli org
Finnish 	Morgulin laakso
French 	Vallée de Morgul
Galician 	Val de Morgul
Georgian 	მორგულის ხეობა
German 	Morgul-Tal
Greek 	Κοιλάδα Μόργκουλ
Gujarati 	મોર્ગુલ્ વેલી
Hebrew 	עמק מורגול
Hindi 	मोर्गुल घाटी
Hungarian 	Morgul-völgy
Icelandic 	Morgul-dalurinn
Indonesian 	Lembah Morgul
Irish Gaelic 	Gleann Morgul
Italian 	Valle di Morgul
Japanese 	モルグルバレー
Kannada 	ಮೊರ್ಗುಲ್ ಕಣಿವೆ
Kazakh 	Моргұл аңғары (Cyrillic) Morgul añğarı (Latin)
Korean 	모르굴 밸리
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Моргул өрөөнү
Latvian 	Morgul ieleja
Lithuanian 	Morgul slėnis
Luxembourgish 	Morgul Dall
Macedonian Cyrillic	Долината Моргул
Marathi 	मोरगुल घाटी
Malayalam 	മോർഗൽ താഴ്‌വര
Malaysian 	Lembah Morgul
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Моргулын хөндий
Nepalese 	मोर्गुल उपत्यका
Norwegian 	Morguldalen
Pashto 	دره مورګول
Persian 	دره مورگول
Portuguese 	Vale de Morgul
Punjabi 	ਮੋਰਗੂਲ ਘਾਟੀ
Romanian 	Valea Morgul
Russian 	Имлад-Моргул
Serbian 	Долина Моргул (Cyrillic) Dolina Morgul (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මොර්ගුල් නිම්නය
Slovak 	Morgulské údolie
Slovenian 	Dolina Morgul
Spanish 	Valle de Morgul
Sundanese 	Lebak Morgul
Swedish 	Morguldalen
Swahili 	Bonde la Morgul
Tamil 	மொர்குல் பள்ளத்தாக்கு
Tatar 	Моргул үзәнлеге
Telugu 	మొర్గుల్ లోయ
Turkish 	Morgul Vadisi
Turkmen 	Morgül Jülgesi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Моргульська долина
Urdu 	وادی مورگول
Uzbek 	Моргул водийси (Cyrillic) Morgul vodiysi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Thung lũng Morgul
Welsh 	Dyffryn Morgul
Xhosa 	Intlambo yeMorgul
Yiddish 	מאָרגול טאָל
Yoruba 	Morgul afonifoji
==References==
Category:Valleys
Category:Mordor
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