Caradhras

Caradhras, also called the Redhorn and Barazinbar, was one of the mightiest peaks in the Misty Mountains. A pass crossed over it and it was the most southerly point at which the Misty Mountains could be crossed.
== Description ==
Caradhras was one of the Mountains of Moria, the three mountains under which the great Dwarf city of Khazad-dûm was built. It was also the only site in Middle-earth where mithril could be mined. But mining ever deeper into the roots of the mountain in search of mithril, the Dwarf miners unwittingly awakened the Balrog of Moria.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III: Durin's Folk
Caradhras was called the Cruel by the Dwarves and had long had a bad reputation, for they thought that the mountain was sentient, and purposefully drove off and killed travelers.
== Redhorn Pass ==
The pass over Caradhras, known as Redhorn Pass, Redhorn Gate, and the Dimrill Stair, was the most southerly pass over the Misty Mountains. It was known to be narrow, windy, and treacherous, and many people have died on that path.
==History==
===Years of the Trees===
During the Great Journey the Nandor Elves were so daunted by the Misty Mountains that they turned back,.
=== Third Age ===
Much later in the Third Age, the Redhorn Pass was used by Stoors migrating from the Vales of Anduin to Eriador around TA 1150.
After the Dwarves were forced to flee Khazad-dûm, this pass was predominantly used by Elves travelling between Lothlórien and Eriador. Later in the Third Age the pass became infested with Orcs from Moria and was increasingly unsafe to use. In TA 2509, Celebrían, the wife of Elrond, passed through Redhorn Pass and was captured by Orcs.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
In the Quest of the Ring, the Fellowship attempted to cross the Redhorn Pass, lying beneath the slopes of Caradhras, but were met with harsh weather and falling rocks, prompting them to turn back. Gimli attributed this to Caradhras itself, calling upon a malevolent force to stop them out of an apparent dislike of Dwarves and Elves. Gandalf however suspected that Sauron's power was at work.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter III: "The Ring goes South"
The following year, after the conclusion of the War of the Ring, Celeborn and Galadriel crossed over the pass on their return from the Crowning of King Elessar.
==Etymology==
The name Caradhras means "Red horn", and is pronounced cara-THRAS. It comes from the Sindarin words carad ("red") and ras ("horn").Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien In Khuzdûl, it is known as Barazinbar, from baraz ("red") and -inbar ("horn"). 
==In adaptations==
===Lord of the Rings film trilogy===
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring film, the Fellowship is trying to cross Caradhras in a blizzard, Saruman utters enchantments in Quenya from the top of Orthanc in Isengard to prevent them from crossing the mountain by causing massive boulders to plummet down from the mountain and lightning to strike the mountain, sending a mass of snow cascading down and burying the Fellowship. This differs from the book, in which it is suggested that an ancient evil born from the mountain itself was sending the foul weather to hinder the group's passage; or that it could have been the work of Sauron, from afar. Gandalf himself responds to Gimli's questioning of Sauron's reach, to which Gandalf says, "It has grown long."
==In popular culture==
*The trailer music company Two Steps From Hell made a song called "Caradhras" on one of their public albums, Archangel.
* The Austrian black metal band Summoning made a song called "Caradhras" on their 2013 album "Old Mornings Dawn".
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጫራድህራስ
Arabic 	كارادراس
Armenian 	Կարադհրաս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Царадhрас
Bengali 	ক্যারাডরাস
Bosnian 	Karazras
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Карадрас
Danish 	Caradhras (Røde Horn)
Chinese 	卡蘭拉斯山
Georgian 	კარადრასი (Caradhras)
წითელრქიანა (Redhorn)
Greek 	Καραδράς
Gujarati 	કારધરસઃ
Hebrew 	קאראדרס
Hindi 	करधरस
Hungarian 	Vörös-fok
Kannada 	ಕ್ಯಾರಾಧ್ರಸ್
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Царадһрас
Korean 	카라드라스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Карадhрас
Macedonian Cyrillic	Карадхрас
Marathi 	चरध्रस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Карадhрас
Nepalese 	कराध्रास
Pashto 	چارادهراس
Persian 	کارادراس
Punjabi 	ਕਰਧ੍ਰਸ
Russian 	Карадрас
Sanskrit 	चरध्रस्
Serbian 	Kарадрас (Cyrillic) Karadras (Latin)
Sinhalese 	කාද්රාස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Чарадҳрас
Tamil 	சரத்ஹ்ரஸ்
Telugu 	క్యారధ్రస్
Thai 	คาราธราส
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Карадграс
Urdu 	کآرادہراس
Uzbek 	Карадҳрас (Cyrillic) Karadhras (Latin)
Yiddish 	קאַראַדהראַס
==References==
Category:Mountains
Category:Misty Mountains
Category:Passes
Category:Sindarin names & words
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