Towers of the Teeth

The Towers of the Teeth (or Teeth of Mordor) were two towers situated on either side of the Black Gate. The two towers, Carchost and Narchost, stood on either side of Cirith Gorgor between the Ephel Dúath and the Ered Lithui.
==History==
Originally built by Men of Gondor following the downfall of Sauron at the end of the Second Age, Gondor maintained garrisons in the Towers to prevent the return of evil to Mordor. Following the Great Plague evil crept back into Mordor, although the Towers were once again manned during the Wars of the Wainriders.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part III: The Third Age, Chapter II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", note 15 After this the Towers of the Teeth were again abandoned and fell into ruin, eventually claimed by the servants of the Dark Lord. They were repaired and fortified, and were incorporated into the defenses of the pass and gate.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, ch. I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
Narchost stood at the western end of the Gate, and Carchost at the eastern end.Unfinished index to The Lord of the Rings Frodo, Sam, and Gollum beheld these towers and the Black Gate between them as they disputed the best passage into Mordor, and it was before these towers that the Captains of the West and their host later made their last stand against the forces of Sauron. The towers were destroyed with the defeat of Sauron in TA 3019, upon the destruction of the One Ring.
==Etymology==
Carchost means "fang fort" in Sindarin, and Narchost "fire fort".
==In adaptations==
===Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor===
In the lore of the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the Towers of the Teeth were built by Gondor with the use of prison labor, following the Battle of Dagorlad.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Torings van die Tande
Albanian 	Kullat e Dhëmbët
Amharic 	ጥርሶች ማማዎች
Arabic 	أبراج للأسنان
Armenian 	Աշտարակներ է ատամների
Azerbaijani 	Dişlərin qüllələr
Basque 	Hortzak dorreak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вежы зубоў
Bengali 	দাঁত টাওয়ার্স
Bosnian 	Kule zuba
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Кули на зъбите
Burmese 	အသွား၏တာဝါတိုင်
Cambodian 	ប្រាង្គនៃធ្មេញ
Catalan 	Torres de les Dents
Cebuano 	Mga Torre sa mga Ngipon
Chinese 	塔的牙齿
Croatian 	Kula Zubi
Czech 	Věže zubů
Danish 	Tandtårnene
Dutch 	Torens van de Tanden
Esperanto 	Turoj de la Dentoj
Estonian 	Torni hambad
Filipino 	Ang mga tore ng mga ngipin
Finnish 	Hammastornit
French 	Tours des Dents
Frisian 	Tuorren fan 'e tosken (Western)
Galician 	Torres dos Dentes
Georgian 	ციხესიმაგრე კბილები
German 	Türme der Wehr
Greek 	Πύργους των δοντιών
Gujarati 	દાંતના ટાવર્સ
Hebrew 	המגדלים של השיניים
Hindi 	दांत के टावरों
Hmong 	Yees ntawm lub Hniav
Hungarian 	A fogak tornyok
Icelandic 	Turn í Tönnum
Irish Gaelic 	Túir na Fiacla
Italian 	Torri dei Denti
Japanese 	歯の塔
Kannada 	ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳ ಗೋಪುರಗಳು
Kazakh 	Тістерін мұнара (Cyrillic) Tisterin munara (Latin)
Korean 	치아의 타워
Konkani 	दांतांचे गोपुरां
Kurdish 	تاوەرەکانی ددانەکان (Sorani) Bircên ji Diranên (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тиштерин мунаралар
Latvian 	Torņi zobiem
Lithuanian 	Bokštai dantų
Luxembourgish 	Tierm vum 'Zänn
Macedonian Cyrillic	Кулите на заби
Malagasy 	Ireo tilikambo-ny Nify
Malaysian 	Menara Gigi
Malayalam 	പല്ലിന്റെ ടവേഴ്സ്
Maltese 	Torrijiet tas-snien
Marathi 	दातांचे मनोरे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Шүдээ Цамхаг
Nepalese 	दाँतका टावरहरू
Norwegian 	Tårn av tennene
Pashto 	د غاښونو ټاورونو
Persian 	برج های دندان
Polish 	Wieże zębów
Punjabi 	ਦੰਦ ਟਾਵਰ
Romanian 	Turnuri de dinţi
Russian 	Башни зубов
Serbian 	Куле зуба (Cyrillic) Kule zuba (Latin)
Scots Gaelic 	Tùir nam fiaclan
Sinhalese 	දත් කුළුණු
Sindhi 	ڏندن جا ٽاور
Slovenian 	Stolpi zob
Slovak 	Veže zubov
Spanish 	Torres de los Dientes
Sundanese 	Munara tina Huntu
Swahili 	Minara ya Meno
Swedish 	Tändernas torn
Tajik Cyrillic 	Манораҳои дандонҳо
Tamil 	பற்களின் கோபுரங்கள்
Tatar 	Тешләр манаралары
Telugu 	టీత్ టవర్స్
Thai 	ทาวเวอร์ของฟัน
Tigrinya 	ግምብታት ናይ ኣስናን
Turkish 	Dişler Kuleleri
Turkmen 	Dişler diňleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	вежі зубів
Urdu 	دانت کے ٹاورز
Uzbek 	Тишлар миноралар (Cyrillic) Tishlar minoralar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Tháp của Răng
Welsh 	Tyrau o'r Dannedd
Yiddish 	טאָווערס פון די ציין
==References==
Category:Towers
Category:Mordor
Category:Gondor
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