Ancalagon

Ancalagon, often titled "The Black", was the greatest of all winged dragons. He was bred by Morgoth during the First Age and was the largest dragon to have ever existed in Middle-earth. His appearance in history was restricted to the War of Wrath.
==Biography==
After Eärendil made his journey to Valinor to convince the Valar to overthrow Morgoth and rescue the overmatched and defeated Elves and Edain, the Host of Valinor made war upon Morgoth and destroyed his armies. Facing final defeat, Morgoth unleashed his last and greatest weapon; a fleet of winged fire drakes, led by Ancalagon. So terrible was their onslaught that the armies of the Valar were driven back from the gates of Angband, and their coming was said to have been accompanied by great thunder, lightning, and a tempest of fire.
But Eärendil came out of the West in his blessed ship Vingilot, accompanied by "a myriad" of the Eagles of Manwë led by Thorondor. The Eagles and Eärendil dueled with Ancalagon and the other dragons for a day. Eventually, Eärendil was victorious, casting Ancalagon down upon Thangorodrim, destroying the volcanic mountains in his fall. The death of Ancalagon marked the end of Morgoth's final resistance.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
===Legacy===
Gandalf spoke of him as he told Frodo Baggins the true origin of the One Ring. "It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring, the Ruling Ring, for that was made by Sauron himself."
==Etymology==
Ancalagon is a Sindarin name meaning "Rushing Jaws" from anca ("jaws") and the root alak- ("rushing").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
The Middle English translation for Ancalagon is Andracca, from and- ("opposition"), anda ("hatred, envy"), and draca ("dragon").
==Character==
Ancalagon's size is not specified, but must have been colossal due to the destruction of "the towers of Thangorodrim" when he fell on them, which are elsewhere identified with the three smoking peaks of those mountains.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
However, his size cannot be assumed to be larger than Thangorodrim; some powerful but comparatively small creatures are able to cause great destruction even in death, such as Durin's Bane breaking the slopes of Celebdil. His size would however, still have needed to have been great enough to strike all three peaks as he fell. 
Like all other Urulóki, Ancalagon breathed fire, which was implied to be hotter than any other dragon's flame.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. II: "The Shadow of the Past"
==Trivia==
*In 1977, an extinct genus of worms found in the The Walcott Quarry on Fossil Ridge in 1911 dating from the Middle Cambrian Era from the Cambrian Burgess Shale was named Ancalagon, inspired by Tolkien's dragon.http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=96#age
==Gallery==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Albanian 	Ankalagon
Amharic 	ዓንቻላጎን
Arabic 	أنكالاجون
Armenian 	Անկալագոն
Assamese 	এন্কালাগন
Belarusian Cyrillic	Анkалагон
Bengali 	আঙ্কালাগন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Анkалагон
Catalan 	Ancàlagon
Chinese (Hong Kong)	安卡拉剛
Czech 	Ankalagon
Danish 	Ankalagon
Dogri 	एन्कालागॉन
Georgian 	ანკალაგონი
Greek 	Ανκάλαγκον
Gujarati 	એન્કાલેગોન
Hebrew 	אנקאלאגון
Hindi 	अंकलगोन
Japanese 	アンカラゴン
Kannada 	ಅಂಕಲಗಾನ್
Kazakh 	Анцалагон (Cyrillic) Ancallone (Latin)
Konkani 	आंकालागोन
Korean 	앙칼라곤
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Анцалагон
Macedonian Cyrillic	Анцалагон
Malayalam 	അങ്കലഗൺ
Marathi 	अंकलगॉन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Анкалагон
Norwegian 	Ankalagon
Pashto 	انکلاګون
Persian 	(Ancalagon) آنکالاگون
(Ancalagon the Black) آنکالاگون سیاه
Polish 	Ankalagon
Punjabi 	ਐਨਕਲਾਗਨ
Russian 	Анкалагон
Romanian 	Ancalagon cel Negru
Sanskrit 	आन्चलगोन्
Serbian 	Анkалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඇන්කලගන්
Spanish 	Ancagolón
Tajik Cyrillic 	Анкалагон
Tamil 	அஞ்சலைகோன்
Tatar 	Анкалагон
Telugu 	అంకాలగాన్
Thai 	อังคาลากอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Анкалаґон
Urdu 	انکالگون
Uzbek 	Анкалагон (Cyrillic) Ankalagon (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַנקאַלאַגאָן
==References==
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Deaths in battle
Category:Dragons
Category:Servants of Morgoth
Category:Sindarin names & words
Category:The Silmarillion characters
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