Sea-serpents

Sea-serpents or fish-dragons were a breed of fish-like Dragons mentioned in The Lost Road and Other Writings.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part III: "The Etymologies", entry LOK-
==History==
Sea-serpents lived in fresh water or in the Sea. Not appearing in any tale set in Arda, they are only mentioned in The Lost Road and Other Writings, in the section concerning Elvish etymologies.
==Etymology==
Lingwilókë is a Quenya word meaning "fish-dragon, sea-serpent", being comprised of lingwe ("fish") and lókë ("dragon").
The Ñoldorin cognate of lingwilókë is lhimlug, being comprised of lhim ("fish") and Lhûg ("dragon").
==In other versions==
In Roverandom, a Sea-serpent lived in a cave known as Pot at the bottom of the Deep Blue Sea. It is an extremely enormous and powerful creature, more than one hundred miles long, allegedly causing storms just by passing through the world. The Man-in-the-Moon had once tried to seal the Sea-serpent with his magic, but took fifty years to create the proper magic, and succeeded, though accidentally causing an entire continent to sink. During the time of the story, the wizard, Mr. Artaxerxes, received written Complaints about the Sea-serpent allegedly waking up and moving to a new den that is very close to the mer-king's palace. Unfortunately, when Mr. Artaxerxes went to deal with it, Roverandom followed him and bit the tail of a shark in the shell carriage, causing a domino effect which ended with the last shark in the carriage biting the Sea-serpent. The awakening was further accelerated when Mr. Artaxerxes tried to put it back to sleep, causing it to dream that it was being burnt alive by a volcano. Earthquakes and hurricanes followed as the Sea-serpent continuously rolled over until he spoke loudly that he would only go back to sleep if Mr. Artaxerxes was banished. The Mer-people accepted his terms and banished the wizard.Roverandom, ch. 4
==In adaptations==
===Middle-earth Role Playing===
In Middle-earth Role Playing, Sea-serpents, known as Water Drakes or Water Serpents, appear in two different forms. The first form, known as Rain-drakes or Lake-worms, are a smaller variety that live only in fresh water. The second form, known as True Water-drakes or True Sea Serpents, are a larger variety that live in both fresh water and in the sea.Middle-earth Role Playing, Creatures of Middle-earth (second edition), pg. 116-7 Furthermore, one particular True Water-drake called Séahmatha ("Lake Serpent" in a Northern language) dwells within the Long Lake.Middle-earth Role Playing, Lake-town, pg. 121-8
===Middle-earth Collectible Card Game===
In the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, Sea-serpents are considered to be of Drake-kind, being referred to as Sea Serpents and Rain-drakes. One particular Sea Serpent that inhabits coastal regions and sites is named Eärcaraxë.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Seeslange
Albanian 	Gjarpërinjtë e detit
Amharic 	የባህር-እባቦች
Arabic 	ثعابين البحر
Assamese 	সাগৰীয় সাপ
Azerbaijani 	Dəniz ilanları
Basque 	Itsas-sugeak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Марскія змеі
Bosnian 	Morske zmije
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Морски змии
Catalan 	Serps marines
Cebuano 	Mga bitin sa dagat
Corsican 	Serpenti marini
Croatian 	Morske zmije
Czech 	Mořští hadi
Danish 	Havslanger
Dutch 	Zee-slangen
Esperanto 	Marserpentoj
Estonian 	Merimaod
Filipino 	Mga ahas sa dagat
Finnish 	Merikäärmeet
French 	Serpents de mer
Frisian 	Seeslangen (Western)
Galician 	Serpes mariñas
Georgian 	ზღვის გველები
German 	Seeschlangen
Greek 	Θαλάσσια φίδια
Hebrew 	נחשי ים
Hindi 	समुद्री नागों
Hungarian 	Tengeri kígyók
Icelandic 	Sjóormar
Indonesian 	Naga-naga laut
Italian 	Serpenti marini
Javanese 	Ula-ula segara
Kannada 	ಸಮುದ್ರ ಸರ್ಪಗಳು
Kazakh 	Теңіз серпенттері (Cyrillic) Teñiz serpentteri (Latin)
Konkani 	दर्यांतले नाग
Kurdish 	دەریا-سەرپێنتس (Sorani) Derya-maran (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Деңиз-жыландар
Latvian 	Jūras čūskas
Lithuanian 	Jūros žalčiai
Luxembourgish 	Mierschlaangen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Морски змии
Malayalam 	കടൽ സർപ്പങ്ങൾ
Malaysian 	Ular-ular laut
Maltese 	Serpenti tal-baħar
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Далайн могойнууд
Nepalese 	समुद्री सर्पहरू
Norwegian 	Sjøslanger
Pashto 	سمندري ماران
Persian 	مارهای دریایی
Polish 	Węże morskie
Portuguese 	Serpentes marinhas
Punjabi 	ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ-ਸੱਪ
Romanian 	Șerpi de mare
Russian 	Морские змеи
Sanskrit 	समुद्रनागाः
Scottish Gaelic 	Nathraichean mara
Serbian 	Морске змије (Cyrillic) Morske zmije (Latin)
Shona 	Nyoka dzemugungwa
Sindhi 	سامونڊي نانگن
Sinhalese 	මුහුදු සර්පයන්
Slovak 	Morské hady
Slovenian 	Morske kače
Somali 	Abeesooyinka badda
Spanish 	Serpientes marinas
Sundanese 	Oray-oray laut
Swahili 	Nyoka za baharini
Swedish 	Havsormar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Морҳои баҳрӣ
Tamil 	கடல் பாம்புகள்
Tatar 	Диңгез еланнары
Telugu 	సముద్ర సర్పాలు
Turkish 	Deniz yılanları
Turkmen 	Deňiz ýylanlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Морські змії
Uyghur 	دېڭىز يىلانلىرى
Uzbek 	Денгиз илонлари (Cyrillic) Dengiz ilonlari (Latin)
Welsh 	Seirff y môr
Yiddish 	ים-שלאַנגען
==References==
Category:Animals
Category:Dragons
Category:Monsters
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