Zirakzigil

Zirakzigil, also called Silvertine and Celebdil (Sindarin: celeb, 'Silver' + -dil, 'point') by the Elves, was a peak in the Misty Mountains of Middle-earth, known as the location where Gandalf's fight with Durin's Bane ended.
==Description==
Zirakzigil was one of the great peaks in the Misty Mountains. On its peak stood Durin's Tower. It was one of the three Mountains of Moria, along with Caradhras and the Fanuidhol, under which lay the ancient Dwarf realm of Khazad-dûm.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
==History==
The Dwarves called the mountain-summit Zirakzigil. In ancient times, they built the Endless Stair - a spiral staircase of many thousand steps - from the roots of the mountain up to its peak. On an eyrie atop the mountain they built Durin's Tower. By the end of the Third Age, the stair and the tower were remembered only in legend.
Then, on January 23, 3019, Gandalf and the Balrog climbed the Endless Stair to the summit of the Silvertine. There they fought the Battle of the Peak, which lasted three days. During the battle, Durin's Tower was destroyed and the stairs were blocked. The Balrog of Moria was finally destroyed. Gandalf the Grey died and was soon returned to life as Gandalf the White. Gandalf was rescued from the Silvertine by Gwaihir the Windlord on February 17, 3019.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter V: "The White Rider"
==Etymology==
A tine is a point or prong. Celebdil is derived from celeb meaning "silver"The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names and tilThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" (modified to -dil) meaning "horn," or "point." The translation of Zirakzigil is most likely "silver spike," but it is not clear which element means "silver" and which means "spike." A note written by J.R.R. Tolkien proposed that zirak meant "silver" and zigil meant "spike" but a later note said the reverse - that zigil meant "silver" and zirak meant "spike."The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 7: The Treason of Isengard, VIII: "The Ring Goes South"
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers===
Durin's Tower, at the peak of Zirakzigil, is shown as the location of Gandalf's final struggle against Durin's Bane in the second film of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The miniature built for the peak and its ruins was among the films' smaller environment-miniatures, at thirteen feet tall.Mary MacLachlan in Gary Russell's The Art of The Two Towers, Introduction, pg. 11
===The Lord of the Rings Online===
Zirakzigil appears as a playable location in the Moria region of The Lord of the Rings Online.
==Behind the scenes==
*In a 1968 letter, Tolkien identifies the Swiss Silberhorn as it appeared to him when camping near Mürren in 1911 as "the Silvertine (Celebdil) of my dreams".
*In the movie adaptation, the battle between the Balrog and Gandalf took place in ferocious blizzard, while it was under clear sky and the Sun was up high in the book. 
==Gallery==
Zirakzigil map - LOTRO.png|A map of Zirakzigil from The Lord of the Rings Online
Zirakzigil - TtT.jpg|Peak of the mountain as seen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዚራክዚጊል
Arabic 	زيراكيزيجيل
Belarusian Cyrillic	Зіракзігіл
Bengali 	জিরাজিগিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Зиракзигил
Chinese (Hong Kong)	西拉克西吉爾
Danish 	Zirak-zigil (Sølvertinden)
Greek 	Ζαζακζίγκιλ
Gujarati 	ઝિરાક્ઝીગિલ
Hebrew 	זיראכזיגיל
Hindi 	ज़ीराक्ज़िगिल
Japanese 	ジラクジギル
Kannada 	ಜಿರಾಕ್‌ಜಿಗಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Зиракзигил (Cyrillic) Zïrakzïgïl (Latin)
Korean 	지라 지길
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Зиракзигил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Зиракзигил
Marathi 	जिराकजिगिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Зиракзигил
Nepalese 	ज़िरक्ज़िगिल
Persian 	زیراك زیگیل
Punjabi 	ਜ਼ੀਰਾਕੇਜ਼ਿੱਗਿਲ
Russian 	Зиракзигиль
Serbian 	Зирак-Зигил (Cyrillic) Zirak-Zigil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සිරක්සිගිල්
Tamil 	சிரக்சிகில்
Telugu 	జిరకేజిగిల్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Зіракзіґіл
Urdu 	زیراکزیگیل
Yiddish 	זיראַקזיגיל
==References==
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