Sauron the Necromancer | Tolkien Explained

For a period of over 1500 years, Sauron is known as the mysterious "Necromancer" of Dol Guldur. Why does he get this name? What definition of Necromancer is Tolkien using? And does Sauron have power over the dead?

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Sauron - Shadow of War
Sauron in Numenor - Soni Alcorn-Hender
Sauron forging the ring - Marko Manev
sauron, priest of numenor - skullb*st*rd
Nazgul Bowing Before Sauron - Kip Rasmussen
sauron - WETA
sauron - kuliszu
Sauron Brought Werewolves - Peet
werewolf sauron - dracarysdrekkar
The Necromancer of Dol Guldur - Kinko White
sauron before ar-pharazon – Anke Eissman
Fall of Numenor – Alan Lee
traveler to Dol Guldur - Felix Englund
Mirkwood - J.R.R._Tolkien
Sauron - anotherstranger_me
Sauron - Kinko White
DOL-GULDUR - John Howe
Gil-galad, Sauron, Elendil - Tom Romain
spirit of sauron - skullb*st*rd
Dol Guldur - Aronja Art
The White Council – White Council game
The Nine nazgul - Kinko White
dol guldur - Weta
Thror's Map - Alan Lee
thror crown - Weta
thrain - Weta
Thrain Discovers the Lonely Mountain – Ted Nasmith
Thorin Oakenshield - Anke Eissmann
Dol Guldur - Weta
thrain, son of thror - Turner Mohan
Gandalf the Grey - Elrodimus Flash
Gandalf - Elrodimus Flash
The Hobbit - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Gondolin - Alan Lee
necromancer in dol guldur - anotherstranger_me
Professor Tolkien - Kinko White
Dol Guldur - Felix Englund
Mirkwood - Elrodimus Flash
Entering Mirkwood - Ted Nasmith
Huan Subdues Sauron - Ted Nasmith
Fangorn Forest - Ted Nasmith
dol guldur - Matej Cadil
Fantasy forest - Felix Englund
The Spiders of Mirkwood - Ted Nasmith
Witch King of Angmar at Lake Evendim - Kip Rasmussen
the realm of sauron is ended - Matej Cadil
sauron_the_deceiver - skullb*st*rd
The Necromancer - skullb*st*rd
Gandalf, A Light in the Dark - Matthew Stewart
Gandalf - Anke Eissmann
Sauron - Janka Latečková
Sauron - Jerry Vanderstelt
Mouth of Sauron - John Howe
Nazgul - Felix Englund
Pelargir - Lída Holubová
Aragorn and King of the Dead - Jerry Vanderstelt
The King of the Oathbreakers - Ted Nasmith
Nazgul - anotherstranger_me
carcharoth - Alvaro Fernandez Gonzalez
barrow-wight - CK Goksoy
Barrow-Wight - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
Within the Barrow - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
The Barrow-Wight - John Howe
Witch King of Angmar - Peet
sauron army - weta
Fantasy Mountain - Felix Englund
death of feanor - Jenny Dolfen
The Halls of Mandos - Ralph Damiani
Elves - steamey
green elves - Turner Mohan
cuvienen elves - Turner Mohan
Mandos - Anna Kulisz
Oathbreakers - Lída Holubová
After the battle - Marya Filatova
barrow-wight - CK Goksoy
Barrow-Wight - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
ringwraith - Jerry Vanderstelt
Mandos - Ralph Damiani
funeral of haldad, haldar and the men of brethil - steamey
barrow-wight - CK Goksoy
Barrow-Wights - John Howe
barrow-wight - CK Goksoy
The Army of the Dead - John Howe
Morgoth and Sauron - Ralph Damiani
sauron and huan - anotherstranger_me
Sauron in Second Age - Elrodimus Flash
Finrod and Sauron - anotherstranger_me
sauron and the one ring, evil in arda - Sara Morello

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