Thieves' Quarrel

The Thieves' Quarrel was a brief conflict shortly after the Darkening of Valinor between the spider-like entity Ungoliant and Morgoth, the Dark Lord.^{[citation needed]}

History

After the dispute over the Silmarils, Morgoth and Ungoliant fled from Valinor and came to lands above the Firth of Drengist. At this place, Ungoliant demanded payment for helping Morgoth overthrow the Two Trees of Valinor and taking the Silmarils. Grudgingly, Morgoth gave her all the jewels from one hand but refused to hand over the Silmarils, though they burned him.

Ungoliant, having grown to a powerful and monstrous form after consuming the light of the Trees, wrathfully ensnared and attempted to strangle him with webs of darkness, but Morgoth sent forth a great cry. The Balrogs who lurked in the vaults of Angband heard him and rushed to his aid, destroying the webs with their flaming whips. They freed him and drove Ungoliant off.

Ungoliant fled from the region and made her abode in Nan Dungortheb. There, she mated with the giant Spiders that dwelt in the nearby Ered Gorgoroth and devoured them. The resulting unions produced a massive brood of half-demonic spider-like children which infested Nan Dungortheb and the Mountains of Terror throughout the subsequent years of the First Age.

After an unknown amount of time, Ungoliant abandoned her domain and wandered into the forgotten south of the world. Although it is believed that she devoured herself in her hunger, her fate remains unknown.

Thus saved, Morgoth rebuilt Angband, reared the mountains of Thangorodrim, marshaled armies of Orcs, and set the Silmarils in an Iron Crown for himself.

The area of his strife with Ungoliant was hereafter known as "Lammoth." If anyone shouted in that region, the cry of Morgoth would be heard as the echo.^[1]

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Die Diewe se Rusie maak
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Скандалът на крадците
Danish	Skænderiet mellem Morgoth og Ungoliant
Dutch	De Dieven Ruzie
Japanese	泥棒の喧嘩
Korean	도둑들의 싸움
Norwegian	De Tyvenes Krangel
Russian	Воровская ссора
Swedish	Den Tjuvarnas Gräl
Turkish	Hırsızlar'ın Kavga
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Сварка злодіїв

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