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Beast in Lord of the Rings

By WiC Staff

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: An orc charactor from 'Middle Earth Shadow of War' performs during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: An orc charactor from 'Middle Earth Shadow of War' performs during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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Have you ever been doing a crossword puzzle and come across a clue you didn’t recognize? One such popular clue is “Beast in Lord of the Rings.”

The Lord of the Rings is a famous trilogy of fantasy books written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The mythology is complicated and dense, and includes a fair number of nasty beasties. Which one are you looking for? Maybe the number of spaces can clue you in, or maybe you already have a letter or two filled out.

Lord of the Rings beast

Here is a list of some of beasts in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth:

  • Orc: The classic, these monstrous foot soldiers of Sauron are not to be messed with.
  • Goblin: Tolkien had a habit in his books of using “Orc” and “goblin” interchangeably, but in general, goblins are thought to be a bit smaller than their Orcish counterparts.
  • Uruk-Hai: A kind of super-Orc created by Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.
  • Warg: A large wolf-life creature that can be ridden like a horse.
  • Troll: Trolls can grow to be as much as 50 feet tall and turn to stone in the sunlight.
  • Ent: Ents are peaceful tree creatures who do things in their own time.
  • Fellbeast: The frightful Nazgul ride the winged Fellbeasts into battle.
  • Balrog: There aren’t many Balrogs left in Middle-earth by the time The Lord of the Rings rolls around. They are dangerous spirits who wield whips of fire.
  • Shelob: This enormous spider creature torments Frodo and Sam in The Two Towers (the books, in the movies her appearance is moved into Return of the King).

This is definitely a non-exclusive list and mainly includes those beasts that show up in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings proper. There are other beasts in Middle-earth; we might see some when Amazon premieres it’s own Lord of the Rings show, which is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, later this year.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on Amazon Prime Video on September 2.

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