The black serpent was the emblem depicted on the banner of a chieftain of the Haradrim during the War of the Ring. It depicted a scarlet field with a black serpent.[1]
History
The symbol is mentioned only once in The Lord of the Rings. On Théoden's arrival at the Pelennor Fields with his army of Rohirrim horsemen, a Haradrim chieftain bearing a banner with this emblem beheld him, and prepared with his own horsemen to stand against Théoden's charge. He and his Haradrim were clove through, however, "like a fire bolt in the forest" by the Rohirrim, and other Haradrim fled. After defeating the chieftain, Théoden hewed the bearer of the black serpent banner.[1][2]
In adaptations
The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
In The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, the name of the chieftain bearing this banner was Suladân.
The Lord of the Rings Online
InThe Lord of the Rings Online, the name of the chieftain bearing this banner was "Kâlach Hûl, The Black Serpent".[3] He appears as the "King of Harad" with his two sons in a world instance before he is killed by Théoden.[4]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Swart Slang |
| Albanian | Gjarprin e Zezë |
| Amharic | ጥቁር እባብ |
| Armenian | Սեւ օձ |
| Arabic | الثعبان الأسود |
| Assamese | ক'লা সাপ |
| Azerbaijani | Qara ilana |
| Basque | Suge beltza |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Чорная змяя |
| Bengali | কালো সাপ |
| Bosnian | Crna zmija |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Черна змия |
| Burmese | အနက်ရောင်မြွေ |
| Cambodian | សត្វពស់ខ្មៅ |
| Catalan | Serp Negra |
| Cebuano | Itom nga halas |
| Chinese | 黑蛇 |
| Cornish | Du Serpont |
| Croatian | Crna zmija |
| Czech | Černý had |
| Danish | Sort slange |
| Dutch | Zwarte Slang |
| Estonian | Must madu |
| Faroese | Svartur Ormur |
| Filipino | Itim na ahas |
| Finnish | Musta käärme |
| French | Serpent Noir |
| Frisian | Swarte Slange |
| Galician | Serpe Negra |
| Georgian | შავი სერპენტი |
| German | Schwarze Schlange |
| Greek | Μαύρο φίδι |
| Gujarati | બ્લેક સર્પન્ટ |
| Haitian Creole | Nwa sèpan |
| Hebrew | הנחש השחור |
| Hungarian | Fekete kígyó |
| Icelandic | Svartur Höggormur |
| Indonesian | Ular Hitam |
| Irish Gaelic | Nathair Dubh |
| Italian | Serpente Nero |
| Japanese | 黒蛇 |
| Javanese | Ireng Ula naga |
| Kannada | ಕಪ್ಪು ಸರ್ಪ |
| Korean | 검은 독사 |
| Kurdish | Mar serokê (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кара жылан |
| Laotian | ງູສີດໍາ |
| Latin | Nigrum Draco |
| Latvian | Melnais čūskas |
| Lithuanian | Juoda gyvatė |
| Luxembourgish | Schwaarz Schlaang |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Црна змија |
| Malayalam | കറുത്ത സർപ്പം |
| Malaysian | Ular hitam |
| Maltese | Serp Iswed |
| Maori | Nakahi pango |
| Marathi | काळ्या साप |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хар могой |
| Nepalese | कालो सर्पले |
| Norwegian | Sorte Orm |
| Persian | مار سیاه |
| Polish | Czarny Wąż |
| Portuguese | Serpente preta |
| Punjabi | ਕਾਲੀ ਸਰਪ |
| Romanian | Negru Şarpe |
| Romansh | serp Blau |
| Russian | Черный Змей |
| Samoan | Lanu uliuli gata |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dubh Nathair |
| Serbian | Црна змија (Cyrillic) Crna zmija (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Nyoka e Lefifi |
| Sinhalese | කළු සර්පයා |
| Slovak | Čierny had |
| Slovenian | Črna kača |
| Somali | Abeesadii Madow |
| Spanish | Serpiente Negra |
| Sundanese | Hideung Naga |
| Swedish | Svart Orm |
| Swahili | Nyoka Mweusi |
| Tajik Cyrillic | мисин сиёҳ |
| Tahitian | Ophi ereere |
| Tamil | கருப்பு பாம்பு |
| Telugu | నల్ల పాము |
| Thai | พญานาคสีดำ |
| Turkish | Siyah yılan |
| Turkmen | ýylan Garaltmak |
| Urdu | سیاہ سانپ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Чорна змія |
| Uzbek | Qora ilon (Cyrillic) Qora ilon (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Con rắn đen |
| Welsh | Sarff Du |
| Xhosa | Inyoka Ebomnyama |
| Yiddish | שוואַרץ סערפּענט |
| Zulu | Inyoka Emnyama |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields", pgs. 839-40, 842
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ Kâlach Hûl, The Black Serpent on lotro-wiki.com
- ↑ Blood of the Black Serpent on lotro-wiki.com