Scatha

Scatha was a blind long-worm that was known as the great Dragon of the Grey Mountains, in the north of Middle-earth.
== Biography ==
Little is told of Scatha's life, before the Third Age, but it is told that Scatha had made a lair in the southern slopes of the Grey Mountains, and greatly troubled Dwarves and Men living in the lands north of Wilderland, stealing a great deal of their treasure, in the manner of dragons in general.
Scatha was slain by the Éothéod lord Fram, son of Frumgar (an ancestor of Eorl the Young) in the early days of the Éothéod (roughly TA 2000).The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl
After Scatha's demise, peace came to the land, save for a dispute over the stolen hoard. In the hoard, a silver horn was found, the Horn of Rohan, which was later given to Meriadoc Brandybuck by Éowyn many years later. The Dwarves also claimed the horn (partially justified as the Horn of Rohan was said to be of Dwarven making) but Fram would not give them anything. Instead, Fram sent them a necklace made out of Scatha's teeth. It is supposed that the Dwarves were insulted, and slew him as a result.
== Etymology ==
Scatha was likely a modernization of the Old English word sceaða, meaning "injurious person, criminal, thief, assassin". This accords with the parallel between Old English and what became Rohanese in Tolkien's legendarium.Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings, pg. 762
== In adaptations ==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Scatha appears in a flashback, narrating the history of Fram and the Éothéod. The dragon attacked Framsburg and mauled Frumgar's sword-arm, after which Fram swore revenge and hunted Scatha for two years. In the present day, the player locates the remaining of Scatha's hoard, which Fram was unable to bring with him.
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== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	سكاتها ?
Armenian 	Սկատա
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ската
Bengali 	স্ক্যাথা
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ската
Chinese 	史卡沙
Georgian 	სკათა
Greek 	Σκάτα
Gujarati 	સ્કાથ
Hebrew 	סקאת'ה
Hindi 	स्काथा
Japanese 	スカサ
Kannada 	ಸ್ಕಥಾ
Korean 	스카타
Marathi 	स्काथा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Скэта
Persian 	اسکاتا
Polish 	Skat
Russian 	Ската
Serbian 	Ската (Cyrillic) Skata (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ස්කතා
Tamil 	ஸ்கத​
Telugu 	స్కత
Thai 	สคาธา
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ската
== References ==
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