Where do elves and orcs come from?
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Where do elves and orcs come from?
In-fiction origins In The Silmarillion, Orcs are East Elves (Avari) enslaved, tortured, and bred by Morgoth (as Melkor became known); they “multiplied” like Elves and Men. Tolkien stated in a 1962 letter to a Mrs. Munsby that Orc-females must have existed.
Where did orcs and goblins come from?
| Orcs | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Goblins, Glamhoth, Yrch |
| Origins | Obscure, but apparently bred from Elves See Orcs/Origin |
| Locations | Utumno, Angband, Mordor, Misty Mountains, Angmar, Mount Gundabad, High Pass, Dol Guldur, Isengard |
| Affiliation | Morgoth, Sauron |
Who created orcs and elves?
Tolkien
In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were “bred from the heats and slimes of the earth” through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
Who created Orcs in fantasy?
Tolkien reused older ideas for his fantasy creatures, including the Orcs. He himself wrote: “Orcs (the word is as far as I am concerned actually derived from Old English orc ‘demon’, but only because of its phonetic suitability) are nowhere clearly stated to be of any particular origin” (Letter No. 144).
How are elves turned into Orcs?
They were created by the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, before the First Age and served him and later his successor in their quest to dominate Middle-earth. Before Oromë first found the Elves at Cuiviénen, Melkor kidnapped some of them and cruelly tortured them, twisting them into the first Orcs.
What inspired orcs?
As with the Italian orco (“ogre”) and the word ogre itself, it ultimately derives from the Latin Orcus, a god of the underworld. The Old English creatures were most likely the inspiration for the orcs that appear in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.