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   Steve Morrison to Raven   
   Re: Mouth of Sauron   
   05 Aug 13 15:01:32   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: rimagen@toast.net   
      
   Raven wrote:   
      
   >     Did the Mouth refer to his master as Tauron, perhaps?  Heruardo, or its   
   > Black Speech equivalent?  Or even Eru?  The latter two or similar would   
   > especially be regarded as blasphemous by Sauron's enemies, sufficiently   
   > versed in the history of Arda, and the more appropriate "Sauron" substituted   
   > when Frodo wrote his piece.   
      
   Presumably he would have called him Tar-Mairon, which according to   
   /Parma Eldalamberon/ XVII was what Sauron preferred to be called;   
   Mairon ("The Admirable") was his original name.   
      
   http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sauron   
      
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