Black Hand

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The Black Hand was a title of Morgoth, used by Beleg to explain how Morgoth's power had expanded southwards Beleriand after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.[1] In the Third Age, the epithet was applied twice to Sauron by Gollum, once explaining how Sauron had four fingers after Isildur cut off one.[2]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Black Gate is Closed"
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