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Views Read Edit View history. This is a list of animals that appeared in Arda , the world of J. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium. In addition, this list encompasses several living creatures that were referred to at some point by Tolkien as being beast-shaped Maiar angelic beings rather than proper animals; such cases are annotated. In Quenya , an Elven tongue devised by Tolkien, the general term for animals, as distinct from plants olvar , is kelvar.
They were often used as servants and spies by various evil powers, notably Saruman. During the War of the Ring , a flock of crebain searched for the Ring-bearer. The birds mated for life, and were described as "grey, with golden beaks and feet". She later dismissed the birds when their marriage broke down. Tolkien proposed variously that they had been either Maiar or just highly intelligent animals. The kirinki are said to have been smaller than wrens , with scarlet feathers and "piping voices on the edge of human hearing".
The ravens of Erebor the Lonely Mountain were a type of raven that could talk. They were also extremely long-lived: Their main rookery was on Ravenhill on a spur of the Mountain. They often assisted the Dwarves of Erebor by providing messengers. It became an heirloom of the Stewards of Gondor. The Elves of Mirkwood allude to the Kine of Araw: The Kine of Araw have been compared to aurochs. The mearas singular mearh were a breed of wild horses in the north of Middle-earth.
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Their lifespan is similar to that of Men and their intelligence and strength are extraordinary. They surpass normal horses in the same manner that Elves surpass Men.
Ever since, they have been the mounts of the King and Princes of Rohan alone. During the War of the Ring, however, Gandalf the White 's friendship with Shadowfax , lord of the Mearas, led to Shadowfax allowing Gandalf to ride him into the very end of the Third Age. Hobbit folklore called these creatures Oliphaunts. The creatures are described in The Two Towers. Samwise Gamgee expresses a desire to see one and tells of Hobbit-lore of their being "big as a house" see below. Later, Sam then sees one as big as a "moving hill".
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In the War of the Ring , they were used by troops in Ithilien and in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields , much like war elephants of the real world. In battle, they carried tower-like structures corresponding to howdahs , bearing Haradrim archers. The only known way to kill one was to shoot it in the eye.
As with real elephants, horses other than the Haradrim's own refused to go near them, making them effective against enemy cavalry. The word oliphaunt is a variant spelling of the archaic word oliphant , used in literature to denote "elephant", "ivory", "elephant-tusk", "musical horn made of an elephant tusk", or "a musical instrument resembling such a horn". The most famous use of the term in literature outside Tolkien is in The Song of Roland , wherein the knight Roland fails to call for help at the Battle of Roncevaux using his oliphant horn until it is too late for him and his comrades.
Roland's horn is echoed in The Lord of the Rings by Boromir 's horn and counterposed by Helm's horn and the horns of Buckland. A species of wolves often allied with orcs. Tolkien took the name from the Old Norse word vargr for "wolf". The two later Peter Jackson film adaptations from The Lord of the Rings trilogy had more hyena -like depictions of them, some even resembling the extinct, heavier-bodied Cenozoic Hyaenodon in appearance.
Dumbledors and Hummerhorns are creatures fought by the hero of the poem Errantry.
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A dumbledor is an English dialect word for bumblebee , while " Hummerhorn seems to be a Tolkien invention" for a large " wasp or hornet ". Tolkien did not use this phrase as a proper name for them it is simply a description; fell means "fierce, awful, terrible" , but absent any other name, they are usually called "fell beasts". Tolkien describes one thus:. A few paragraphs later it is said to attack with "beak and claw". The Hobbit describes a colony of sapient and oversized spiders in the northern parts of Mirkwood at the end of the Third Age. The Elves of Thranduil 's realm tried unsuccessfully to exterminate them.
During the events of the book, Thorin 's company of Dwarves was captured by spiders and enmeshed in webs; however, Bilbo Baggins managed to free them with the aid of his sword Sting and his magic ring. The Lord of the Rings adds that these spiders were of the brood of Shelob , who in turn was a child of Ungoliant , and that they inhabited southern regions of Mirkwood as well. He and his mate nested above the guard-chamber there. One of the great eagles , Gwaihir is perhaps best known for rescuing Gandalf from the tower of Orthanc , ending Gandalf's captivity by Saruman. Also, Gwaihir rescued Gandalf after his battle with the balrog in Moria.
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The Lord of Eagles in the First Age , said in The Silmarillion to be the "mightiest of all birds that have ever been", with a wingspan of thirty fathoms Thorondor first enters the narrative when he helped the Elven-prince Fingon rescue his kinsman Maedhros from imprisonment upon Thangorodrim. The horse of Fingolfin , High King of the Noldor.
Rochallor bore the King to the gates of Angband , where a desperate and fearless Fingolfin challenged Morgoth to single combat.
Rochallor stayed by his master throughout the duel, but was driven away by wolves. He died of a burst heart in Hithlum soon afterwards. Gimli also rides him, sitting behind Legolas, until they reach Minas Tirith. The name Arod means 'swift' and 'noble. Tolkien" Legolas refers to Arod as 'brave' and 'a defender of the Elves' when the horse so willingly carried Legolas and Gimli through all their perils on their quest.
Aragorn continues to ride Brego until their arrival at the door to the Paths of the Dead , at which point Brego and Arod bolt. The first of the Mearas , a white stallion , described as being as intelligent and long-lived as any human, and capable of understanding the speech of Men. They took part in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant. Previously, this horse had been ridden by a Rider named Garulf, killed in the recent skirmish with the band of orcs that had captured Merry and Pippin "May he bear you well and to better fortune than Garulf, his late master! The name Hasufel derives from the Old English hasu 'grey, dusky' and fel 'coat, pelt'.
A horse of Rohan , and the sire of Snowmane. Lightfoot is mentioned on the inscription on Snowmane's grave Snowmane's Howe. A horse of Rohan , and the chief of the Mearas. Possessing fantastic speed and stamina, he features in The Lord of the Rings as the steed of Gandalf the Wizard. Like the other mearas , Shadowfax was a ' grey ' or silver stallion and could understand the speech of Men. His name is "an anglicized form of Shadowfax had been foaled in the Westfold dales of Rohan.
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No one except Gandalf could ride Shadowfax. In an unpublished epilogue [29] and a letter [30] Tolkien stated that Shadowfax passed West over the Sea with Gandalf; in The Lord of the Rings Gandalf appears with a "great grey horse" on the quay just before departing, and he had earlier promised Shadowfax in the chapter "The White Rider" that they would not be parted again in this world.
In the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings: Blanco was euthanized after illness in However, in the book , Shadowfax does not participate in the pyre scene at all, having been left at the gate of the necropolis. He was buried with honour on the field of battle; his grave, known as Snowmane's Howe, bore the inscription:. The horse ridden by Glorfindel when he meets Strider and the Hobbits before they arrive at Rivendell. In the film version of The Fellowship of the Ring , Asfaloth is Arwen's horse and the two flee with the wounded Frodo across the ford from the Black Riders.
The name Roheryn means 'horse of the lady' in Tolkien's invented Elven language, Sindarin; this stems from the gift of the horse to Aragorn by Arwen.