Eye of Sauron

The Eye of Sauron, or Great Eye, was a symbol adopted by the Dark Lord in the late Second Age. It was said that few could endure its terrible gaze. The Eye was used as a symbol on armor and banners of Mordor, representing Sauron's quasi-omniscience.
With it, Sauron searched for and tracked the paths of the Ring-bearer Frodo Baggins at the end of the Third Age.
==History==
It is unknown when the Eye of Sauron was formed. At the apex of Barad-dûr, the Eye was a flaming, visible, though perhaps not tangible presence during the events of The Lord of the Rings, made clear when it appeared through a window when clouds parted in Mordor.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter II: "The Land of Shadow"
==In adaptations==
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Great Eye is a gigantic eyeball composed of energy that sits atop Barad-dûr.
In Monolith's sequel to Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War the Eye depicted in Jackson's trilogy is the actual manifestation of Sauron and the wraith of Celebrimbor, the Elf who forged the rings of power, in a state of perpetual combat. When the ring is destroyed and Barad-dûr falls, the Eye implodes and Celebrimbor is presumed free.
==See also==
*Palantíri
==Gallery==
Rotk-2-3400-eye-sauron.jpg|Depiction of the Eye of Sauron (1980)
File:The Eye of Sauron (tower).JPG|The Eye of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
Eye-of-sauron.jpeg|The lidless eye as seen in Peter Jackson's films atop Barad-dûr
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The Eye alone.jpeg|The Eye alone
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Oog van Sauron
Albanian 	Syri i Sauronit
Amharic 	ጻኡሮን ዓይን
Arabic 	عين سورون
Armenian 	Սաւրոն-ի աչք
Asturian 	Güeyu de Sauron
Azerbaijani 	Sauronın Göz
Belarusian Cyrillic 	вачэй Саурона
Bosnian 	Saurona oko
Breton 	Lagad Sauron
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Окото на Саурон
Catalan 	Ull de Sàuron
Cebuano 	Mata sa Sauron
Chinese (Simplified)	索伦之眼
Cornish 	Lagas Sauron
Croatian 	Sauronovo oko
Czech 	Sauronovo oko
Danish 	Saurons Øje ("Øjet")
Dutch 	Oog van Sauron
Esperanto 	Okulo de Sauron
Estonian 	Sauroni silm
Faroese 	Saurons Eyga
Filipino 	Mata ni Sauron
Finnish 	Sauronin Silmä
French 	Oeil de Sauron
Frisian 	Each fan Sauron
Galician 	Ollo de Sauron
German 	Auge von Sauron
Greek 	Μάτι του Σάουρον
Hawaiian 	Maka o Sauron
Haitian Creole 	Je la Sauron
Hebrew 	העין של סאורון
Hindi 	साोरन की आँख
Hmong 	Qhov muag ntawm Sauron
Hungarian 	Szauron szeme
Icelandic 	Sauronsar auga
Indonesian 	Mata Sauron
Irish Gaelic 	Súl na Sauron
Italian 	Occhio di Sauron
Japanese 	サウロンの目
Javanese 	Mata Sauron
Kannada 	ಸೌರಾನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣು
Kazakh 	Саұронның көз (Cyrillic) Sauronnıñ köz (Latin)
Korean 	사우론의 눈
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Саурондын көз
Latvian 	Saurona acs
Lithuanian 	Saurono akis
Luxembourgish 	Aen vum Sauron
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Окото на Саурон
Malagasy 	Maso ny Sauron
Malaysian 	Mata Sauron
Maltese 	Għajn ta ' l-Sauron
Manx 	Sooill Sauron
Marathi 	सायरोनची डोके
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Саурон-ийн нүд
Nepalese 	साउरोनको आँखा
Norwegian 	Saurons Øye
Occitan 	Uèlh de Sauron
Old English 	Ēage Sauron
Pashto 	د د سترګو صاورون
Persian 	چشم سائورون
Polish 	Oko Saurona
Portuguese 	Olho de Sauron
Punjabi 	ਸਾਓਰੋਨ ਦੀ ਅੱਖ
Romanian 	Ochiul lui Sauron
Russian 	Око Саурона
Samoan 	Mata o le Sauron
Sardinian 	Ogru de Sauron
Scottish Gaelic 	Sùil Sauron
Serbian 	Сауроново око (Cyrillic) Sauronovo oko (Latin)
Sicilian 	Occhiu di Sauron
Sinhalese 	ෂෞරොන්ගේ ඇස
Slovak 	Sauronovo oko
Slovenian 	Sauronova oko
Somali 	Isha ee Sauron
Spanish 	Ojo de Sauron
Swahili 	Jicho la Sauron
Swedish 	Saurons Öga
Tajik Cyrillic 	Чашм аз Саурон
Tamil 	ஸுரோன்வின் கண்
Thai 	ตาของเซารอน
Turkish 	Sauron'un Gözü
Turkmen 	Sauronyň Gözü
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Око Саурона
Urdu 	لارڈ ساؤرن کی آنکھ
Uzbek 	Сауроннинг кўз (Cyrillic) Sauronning ko'z (Latin)
Venetian 	Ocio de Sauron
Vietnamese 	Mắt của Sauron
Welsh 	Llygad Sauron
Yiddish 	אויג פון סאַוראָן
==References==
==External links==
*Sauron Eye live animation following mouse
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