cirith ungol

Most of my comments here have been about references to first-age names. Now I have finished, I can mention a reference (that I forgot!) to the origin of Orcs, by Frodo. This is consistent with the Annals of Aman and QS(I) of c.1951,and a change from the Quenta Silmarillion of 1937.

This is an obscure one, and you need the Plan of Shelob's Lair (pay attention to the directions on the compass!) in the author-illustrated edition to see this . . . (although it might be mentioned in one of the HoME books 6-9 that I don't have). There is some barely legible scrawl alongside the...

In the HarperCollins e-books 2005 50th Anniversary Edition EPub Edition March 2009 in the Index the entry for Cirith Ungol includes [...] (..., Nameless Pass) and the entry for Nameless Pass says "see Cirith Ungol" However based on the description of the geography in various chapters and based...

Everybody gets upset when they hear that Frodo went to Cirith Ungol. But what other options did he have? He couldn't go through the Gate, and any path going to Mordor was heavily guarded.

I might have passed over it, but what were the reasons that the orcs in cirtih ungol at war with each other?

Does this strike a resemblance with the stone sentinels of the Tower of Cirith Ungol ? Is it possible that these were Drúedain corrupted by Sauron? What do you think?

What if the situation was switched... At the end of TTT, Frodo is poisoned by Shelob and Sam thinks he's dead (I always cry when I get to that part of the book:( ) Then, Sam takes the ring and tries to leave but he says that he has to stay with Frodo and then Frodo gets caught by the orcs. What...