What is "nazgul"

The Nazgûl (from Black Speech nazg, "ring", and gûl, "wraith, spirit", possibly related to gul, "sorcery"), also called Ringwraiths, Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine, are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. They were nine men who succumbed to Sauron's power and attained near-immortality as wraiths, servants bound to the power of the One Ring and completely under the dominion of Sauron. They are first mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, originally published in 1954–1955. The book calls the Nazgûl Sauron's "most terrible servants".

Nazgûl are fictional undead men from The Lord of the Rings. It may also refer to:

• Nazgûl, the nickname of a fictional American occult intelligence agency in Charles Stross's Laundry novels
• Nazgul Von Armageddon, a stage name of one of the musicians in black metal band Satanic Warmaster
• Nâzgul or Nazgul, a Persian and Kurdish female name meaning "shy rose" or "delicate flower".
• Nazgûl, a fictional rock and roll band in George R. R. Martin's novel The Armageddon Rag
• Nazgûl, a fictional band in the Marvel Comics universe.