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Morgoth Bauglir (; originally Melkor ) is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium. He is the main antagonist of ''The Silmarillion'', and ''The Children of Húrin'', and is mentioned briefly in ''The Lord of the Rings''. Melkor was the most powerful of the Ainur, but turned to darkness and became Morgoth, the definitive antagonist of Arda from whom all evil in the world of Middle-earth ultimately stems. Sauron, one of the Maiar of Aulë, betrayed his kind and became Morgoth's principal lieutenant. Morgoth was the principal agent of evil in ''The Silmarillion'', and his influence lingered in the world even after he was cast from the world into the outer void. Morgoth's example provided later ages a cautionary tale against pride, wrath, envy, lust for power, and greed — and the destruction these visit upon oneself and others. == The name == Melkor was not called "Morgoth" until he destroyed the Two Trees, murdered Finwë, the High King of the Noldor Elves, and stole the Silmarils in the First Age. The darker name was then bestowed by Fëanor, son of Finwë; and the Elves called him thereafter by that name alone. The name ''Morgoth'' is Sindarin (one of Tolkien's invented languages) and means "Dark Enemy", "Black Foe", or "Black Foe of the World".〔''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. 10: ''Morgoth's Ring''.〕 ''Bauglir'' is also Sindarin, meaning "Tyrant" or "Oppressor".〔Roots MOR- "black", KOTH- "strife, enmity" and MBAW- "compel, oppress"; see ''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. V, ''The Lost Road'', "Etymologies", pp. 365, 372, and 373.〕 Fëanor actually named him in Quenya (another of Tolkien's languages), ''Moriñgotto''〔 or ''Moriñgotho'',〔 and this was later translated into Sindarin as ''Morgoth''. "Morgoth Bauglir" is thus an epithet. His name in ''Ainulindalë'' (the creation myth of Middle-earth and first section of ''The Silmarillion'') is ''Melkor'', which means "He Who Arises In Might" in Quenya.〔See ''The Silmarillion'', Index, p. 340, and ''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. V, ''The Lost Road'', "Etymologies", Roots BEL(EK)- "strong" and ORO- "rise", pp. 352 and 379. The form of the name in ancient Quenya was ''Mbelekōro''.〕 This too is an epithet since he, like all the Ainur, had another ''true name'' in Valarin (in the legendarium, the language of the Ainur before the beginning of Time), but this name was not recorded. The Sindarin equivalent of ''Melkor'' was ''Belegûr'', but it was never used; instead a deliberately similar name ''Belegurth'', meaning "Great Death", was employed.〔''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol. XII, ''The Peoples of Middle-earth''.〕 In earlier versions of Tolkien's legendarium the form of his name was Melko simply meaning "Mighty One".〔J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), ''Morgoth's Ring'', "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Glossary", p. 350〕 Like Sauron, he had a host of other titles: Lord of the Dark, the Dark Power of the North and Great Enemy. The Edain called him the Dark King and the Dark Power; the Númenóreans corrupted by Sauron called him the Lord of All and the Giver of Freedom. He was called Master of Lies by Amlach.〔J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morgoth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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