Lord of the rings evil creatures5/1/2024 Tolkien took the word and imagined what the creature would be like. It seems to describe a demonic or undead creature in the poem but scholars disagree on the exact meaning and it's the only known usage of the word in literature. Orcs were inspired by the word "orcneas" found in Beowulf. Presumably, they would have been similar to hobgoblins and other creatures with "hob" in the name. No one has been able to find a source for what those original hobbits were or if Denham just made the word up. However, the word "hobbit" existed in a work from the 1800s called the Denham Tracts which listed various mythical creatures. Most of the creatures that Tolkien created for his stories were inspired by existing Norse or Anglo-Saxon legends, though sometimes the source was pretty vague or little more than a word. 'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring Similarly, Tolkien has his own versions of Vampires and Werewolves that are unique to Middle-earth. The Ringwraiths are also uniquely his, tying their existence to the Nine Rings of Power created by Sauron. is at least his own, developing actual, individual cultures and histories for most of those groups, and sometimes more than one. Tolkien's take on goblins/Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, etc. The Balrogs, too, can probably be called his. He can probably also be credited with the flying fell beasts of the Nazgul-although those owe something to legends of dragons, wyverns and other such legendary creatures. Well, Tolkien did not invent the word 'hobbit'īut the Hobbits of Middle-earth are his own, original invention. But the rest Tolkien took to a completely new level.Ĭulinary journey through Middle Earth continues! Join us on the Main board for the renewed thread! Possibly an exclusion would be the orcs which are just orcs. His Elves are far more developed than any elves we have in our legends. Tolkien turned fairy creatures into races. To me he used some basic traits of what Europe already had in legends and built on it. Now, we do have, and other nations have them too, legends about little people living in holes, we also have places where we think they live but they are not called "hobbits" and overall, their existence is not what Tolkien made of his hobbits. Where I come from and the lands whose mythology I've studied (as well as Tolkien did because I'm also a phylologist and European phylology education hasn't changed much over the years), hobbits do not exist as such in legends thus he invented them. While we're on the topic, as far as the real-world legendary creatures go, did Tolkien adhere very closely to the way they (elves, dwarves, goblins, etc) are described in legends or did he sort of re-invent them to be the way he wanted them? For example: I'm pretty sure elves in most real-world legends are generally described as being small, whimsical, almost fairy-like creatures, not these statuesque, graceful, beings Tolkien made them into. Nazgul, and fell beasts? Did he invent those too? Are there any other creatures Tolkien invented that I'm missing? Can you think of any other real-world legendary creatures that he had in his books that I failed to list? Was I right about Tolkien inventing hobbits? What about orcs, barrow-wights, wraiths a.k.a. As I recall he also mentioned things like werewolves and vampires too. I know there are real-world legends about elves, dwarves, dragons, goblins, skin-changers, and trolls. This got me to wondering, which creatures/types of people in ME did Tolkien invent and which ones were already in real-world legends? My mom and I were talking Tolkien last night and she said she thought she had heard of hobbits being in real legends and I said I thought they were something Tolkien invented all on his own. MIDDLE-EARTH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of Middle-earth Enterprises, LLC under license to New Line Productions, Inc.Which creatures did Tolkien invent and which were already in real-world legends? THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of Middle-earth Enterprises, LCC under license to New Line Productions, Inc. GW, Games Workshop, Citadel, White Dwarf, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or ™, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world.
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