Brilliant video, I could never understand all the intricacies of the races and their various creation myths - this video is the best one out there imo. Really really good quality, checked out some of your other content and it's just as good as this 😁 keep up the good work mate
Nice video! However, you forgot a lot: * Great Spiders (giant spiders, such as Shelob, her offsprings and even more terrifying one; Ungoliant) * Barrow-wights (undead ghost-like creatures) * Army of the Dead / Ghosts (such as those green ghosts "the Dead Men of Dunharrow") * Fellbeasts (giant flying beasts with a horrific screech) * Were-worms (giant worms used by Orcs, great at digging tunnels) * Vampires (giant bat-like creatures) * Werewolves (giant wolf-like creatures, which may have been replaced by Wargs in the movies) * Nameless Things (such as the "Watcher in the Water" creature) * Gollum (name of the twisted, undead hobbit creature) * Spirit Trees (like Old Man Willow) * Giants (massive rock-like creatures) * Great Horses (like Shadowfax and those black nazgul-steeds) * Beornings / Skin-walkers (like Beorn was) * Mumakils / Oliphaunts (giant elephant-like beasts) There are a lot of more creatures than those! But nice done and keep these videos comming.
@@augustobosi1604 I was thinking on that, if I want to put him on the list or not. But I thought he is probably one of the deities mentioned in the video.
Goblin and Orc are interchangeable terms in the Tolkien world. Only the Peter Jackson movies make something of a distinction, but even then they’re just a sub-species of Orc.
You said that the "Nazgul (or the 9) were created by Morgoth out of men", but I think they were created after the defeat of Morgoth... Sauron created the 9 rings for men, and this led to the corruption of the men who wore them and their transformation into nazgul (hence "ring wraiths").
Correction, Uruk Hai are not a different race to Orcs. In reality they are actually Orcs as well with some minor differences though even those differences are not very consistent in Tolkien’s work so the term itself can be used for a wide range of orcs. Simply put Uruk Hai are just taller Orcs who can function at 100% in sunlight. Also Nazgûl are just men. They aren’t their own race
So where did goblins come from??? You name them (creating the Uruk hai) but do not explain where they came from… then there are the worms… the unnamed beings… the spiders… the mouth of Sauron… werewolves… vampires… the beings the nazgull fly on… the ghosts…
About the elves not entitely true eldar were also in middle earth. Avari are the ones that refused to go West. But there are lot of elves who count as the Eldar and didnt make the Journey to Valinor
Might want to mention Ungoliant. If I recall, the Silmarillion calls her a spirit from outside, so maybe similar to Balrogs, just different. Werewolves may be like wargs, but not exactly. Also, Luthien took the shape of a vampire, who had been one of Morgoth's messengers, so vampires seem to have been a thing. Huorns were, I guess, trees that become more intelligent. Or Ents that became less? Not sure about Barrow wights. Maybe spirits of men, similar to the army of the dead men of Dunharrow who answered Aragorn's call. Then there's Tom Bombadil, who I assume by pure guess to be either a Maia or Vala, perhaps Aule.
Barrow wights are the spirits of oathbreaking men etc etc (who cannot pass on) or beings from the unseen realm inhabiting dead bodies etc. Spiders and Shelob are the spawn of Ungoliant, a shadow from beyond the void who took a spider form (not created by Eru)
You did really good job, I always try to explain everything to my friends but still they won't understand shit, now I can just send them link to your video. Please cover more topics of milkour
Good, if you change the title, there are those you obviously chose to miss out: Him, and you know who I mean, his lady Goldberry and and of course, the mother of Shelob the Great, Ungoliant, all creatures of middle earth, as I said would have been brilliant if you had included every race on middle earth.
You forgot to talk about Tom Bombadil, I think he was the one who created the nature loving wee folk. I think he is the Valor of nature or the nature spirit itself or maybe even the big boss.
Bombadil wasn’t created for LOTR. He first appeared in a children’s tale in 1934. Tolkien put him in LOTR as he wanted the Hobbits to have a diversion on their journey, but he ( Bombadil) was not important to the story and served no other purpose. He was an enigma, he was not Valar,, Maiar or any of the other super natural beings. (Tolkiens words)😊
Unlike Orks, Dragons etc. spiders where not corrupted or created by morgoth, their origin is unknown, so it would be difficult to talk about them. Same with Tom Bombadil
What is Tom Bombadill? Not Maya since they are affected by the magic rings. Not valar if i remember correct Morgorh made his own ring. And most important that all valar named none missing. But hi effect land and creatures with song. So could hi be nature itself? And in that case what would his relationship with radagast be then?
@@archiegraham9549there are like I think they’re called stewards or something they’re kinda like a halfling and we have 2 new wizards and will probably get more
@@VenomonkVR It's Stoors and they're mentioned in this video at 3:55. However they''re not a 'new race' rather than one of the three types of hobbits which Tolkien classified as: Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides. By the time of Bilbo and Frodo, these kinds had intermixed for centuries, though unevenly, so that some families and regions skewed more towards descent from one of the three groups.
If you can explain multiracial elves, Hobbits & dwarves and how it came to be that they are equally spread across The entirety of middle earth I’ll be very impressed although I’m aware it’s not Tolkien’s form of diversity.
you might answer this later in the video but where does tom Bombadil land here is he just a really old man? he can't be because he does magic right? Newbie to Lord of the rings here :)
if its available on the internet its free game my guy. just list the mtg art he used from the card sunblade elf. Does he need to get permission from WOTC also? no. content creators use their art in multiples of videos and dont get sued or ceases.
at 9:29 it is quite funny that you talk about Dragons but show a picture of a wyvern. The picture just a few seconds before show 2 real dragons who both are explained to have 4 legs, not 2
well where are the Big Spiders (Shelob) Stone Giants, Big Bats, The Great Earth Eaters, Giant Elepants One of Them was Killed alone by Legolas., where are the Race of Beornings the Skin Changer? 😂😅
@@EverythingExplained101 Surprisingly a world Adolf Hitler would have loved, so white and so pure....then there was those brown skinned evil elephant riders. Tolkien is creepy. I'll stick to Harry Potter and American sci fi lore Star Wars and Star trek. They remember the world is more than one race, that come in different shades of brown. This is coming from a white kid, who's also Jewish.
"Last but certainly not least..." I was hoping the next words would be, Tom Bombadil! haha. Great video, thank you!
I need a movie about Melkor and the creation of all this evil.
Maybe in 10 years. After Amazon sold the IP.
If Anazon does it, aint gonna watch it
For real a movie get up I'm down for that
If Peter Jackson makes it that is.
@@PeeotoI'll watch
with a black guy playing morgoth lol
Brilliant video, I could never understand all the intricacies of the races and their various creation myths - this video is the best one out there imo. Really really good quality, checked out some of your other content and it's just as good as this 😁 keep up the good work mate
Glad you enjoyed it!^^
Have you read the Silmarillion? It explains a lot of the lore.
He got a lot wrong though. Most of what he said is based on the movie which isn’t in the books.
Finally, I can say this is the video that describe all the different races in Middle Earth. Awesome job!!
Wow, thanks!
Morgoth did not create the Nazgul, Sauron did that with the 9 rings given to men.
he covered that at 8min 20
ultimately morgoth was the main reason
Ok gay lord.
Finish the video he says that
About to read the book but wanted some help understanding the races and the story behind of it. It was very helpful. Good work! Thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
"Manwe with the air, Ulmo with the sea, Aule with craft and creation, and so on." Melkor: What do you mean, "and so on??" 😢
Nice video! However, you forgot a lot:
* Great Spiders (giant spiders, such as Shelob, her offsprings and even more terrifying one; Ungoliant)
* Barrow-wights (undead ghost-like creatures)
* Army of the Dead / Ghosts (such as those green ghosts "the Dead Men of Dunharrow")
* Fellbeasts (giant flying beasts with a horrific screech)
* Were-worms (giant worms used by Orcs, great at digging tunnels)
* Vampires (giant bat-like creatures)
* Werewolves (giant wolf-like creatures, which may have been replaced by Wargs in the movies)
* Nameless Things (such as the "Watcher in the Water" creature)
* Gollum (name of the twisted, undead hobbit creature)
* Spirit Trees (like Old Man Willow)
* Giants (massive rock-like creatures)
* Great Horses (like Shadowfax and those black nazgul-steeds)
* Beornings / Skin-walkers (like Beorn was)
* Mumakils / Oliphaunts (giant elephant-like beasts)
There are a lot of more creatures than those! But nice done and keep these videos comming.
pukel men or druedain?
And, most importantly, Tom Bombadil😂
@@augustobosi1604 I was thinking on that, if I want to put him on the list or not. But I thought he is probably one of the deities mentioned in the video.
@@Iambadboy88 yeah he's probably just Eru
Also the The Nazgûl 😊
Man, you answered everything I ever needed to ask about LOTR, you are AWESOME!
You mentioned "Goblin-men" being used to create Uruk-Hai but then comepletely ignored goblins themselves. What are they?
they are sub-species of orcs
Goblin and Orc are interchangeable terms in the Tolkien world. Only the Peter Jackson movies make something of a distinction, but even then they’re just a sub-species of Orc.
Like treebeard said, orcs are made in mockery of elves, goblins were probably made in mockery of dwarves.
the best video ever. thank you for this massive undertaking.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Right away... Wouldn't class them as demi gods
Okay but how did we get goblins
This is a masterpiece! Thank you!
You’re a gem 💎. Keep’em coming
Thank you very much ^^
Sure but without the stealing artwork maybe. It came from the channel CGP Grey
yeah this whole video is plagiarised
here’s the original
I’ve reported this video for copyright infringement
Excellent summation - really helps put things in perspective. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
You said that the "Nazgul (or the 9) were created by Morgoth out of men", but I think they were created after the defeat of Morgoth... Sauron created the 9 rings for men, and this led to the corruption of the men who wore them and their transformation into nazgul (hence "ring wraiths").
He got a lot wrong. The origin or orks is not definitively stated. There are several “origins” but it’s never stated to be fact.
Correction, Uruk Hai are not a different race to Orcs. In reality they are actually Orcs as well with some minor differences though even those differences are not very consistent in Tolkien’s work so the term itself can be used for a wide range of orcs. Simply put Uruk Hai are just taller Orcs who can function at 100% in sunlight.
Also Nazgûl are just men. They aren’t their own race
I can finally understand all of it thankyou so much
You are more than welcome^^
Good summary. Well presented.
Thank you^^
A concise and effective video👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video!!! Only one question. What are the goblin men? 🤔
Best explanation ever
Incredible breakdown. Loved this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So where did goblins come from??? You name them (creating the Uruk hai) but do not explain where they came from… then there are the worms… the unnamed beings… the spiders… the mouth of Sauron… werewolves… vampires… the beings the nazgull fly on… the ghosts…
Heard somewhere that goblins are basically orcs and term is used interchangeably 👍🏻
+giant rock mountain that battle each other
What about the Cylons? This video makes no mention of them!
Now make “ every race on earth explained “
Thanks 😁
Haha, people would call me racist:p
great video! this enlightened me after 20 years! 😁
Great to hear!^^
In the hobbit Tolkien mentions Giants when the party is crossing the misty mountains. What about them?
About the elves not entitely true eldar were also in middle earth. Avari are the ones that refused to go West. But there are lot of elves who count as the Eldar and didnt make the Journey to Valinor
This channel has a lot of potential to grow into million subs
Thank you for your kind words^^
Elves can be 'slain' but can never die. Once slain there spirits are sent to 'Halls Of Mandos', and are sent back to the world of the living.
Thank you very much, this explains a lot.
I like how you showed the picture of the gift of men when those were actual elves
amazing video, thank you so much
You're very welcome!
Excellent video. Thank you so much.
You are welcome!
3:03 "then it wouldnt be fate would it" -davy jones
Might want to mention Ungoliant. If I recall, the Silmarillion calls her a spirit from outside, so maybe similar to Balrogs, just different.
Werewolves may be like wargs, but not exactly. Also, Luthien took the shape of a vampire, who had been one of Morgoth's messengers, so vampires seem to have been a thing.
Huorns were, I guess, trees that become more intelligent. Or Ents that became less?
Not sure about Barrow wights. Maybe spirits of men, similar to the army of the dead men of Dunharrow who answered Aragorn's call.
Then there's Tom Bombadil, who I assume by pure guess to be either a Maia or Vala, perhaps Aule.
You forgot the Spiders. Shelob and the Barrow Wights
Barrow wights are the spirits of oathbreaking men etc etc (who cannot pass on) or beings from the unseen realm inhabiting dead bodies etc. Spiders and Shelob are the spawn of Ungoliant, a shadow from beyond the void who took a spider form (not created by Eru)
What about the Cylons? This video makes no mention of them!
It has never been confirmed that trolls were created from Ents !
You did really good job, I always try to explain everything to my friends but still they won't understand shit, now I can just send them link to your video. Please cover more topics of milkour
Overall amazing video! I have just one question, where did Shelob the spider come from and her mother?
It should probably be noted that although not outright stated it highly implied that the ent wives live in the woods by hobbleton
i was expecting a 3h long video
In the silmarillion Morgoth/Melkor made the orcs in mockery of the creation of elves, and they multiply like elves and men.
A great recap, thank you! But you missed the correct pronunciation of Sauron.
Good, if you change the title, there are those you obviously chose to miss out: Him, and you know who I mean, his lady Goldberry and and of course, the mother of Shelob the Great, Ungoliant, all creatures of middle earth, as I said would have been brilliant if you had included every race on middle earth.
Whose him?
@@Grandmas_Favorite Him is of course Tom Bombadil and the Lady Goldberry, also known as the Rivers Daughter, is his wife.
You forgot to talk about Tom Bombadil, I think he was the one who created the nature loving wee folk. I think he is the Valor of nature or the nature spirit itself or maybe even the big boss.
Bombadil wasn’t created for LOTR. He first appeared in a children’s tale in 1934. Tolkien put him in LOTR as he wanted the Hobbits to have a diversion on their journey, but he ( Bombadil) was not important to the story and served no other purpose. He was an enigma, he was not Valar,, Maiar or any of the other super natural beings. (Tolkiens words)😊
A great synopsis of the creatures from Tolkien
Forgot the giant spiders…if you did wargs and dragons spiders should’ve been included
Unlike Orks, Dragons etc. spiders where not corrupted or created by morgoth, their origin is unknown, so it would be difficult to talk about them. Same with Tom Bombadil
@@keineahnungalterr6253 Still a race
Well done breakdown🤌🏾🤌🏾. what of the goblin men?
Amazing
What is Tom Bombadill? Not Maya since they are affected by the magic rings. Not valar if i remember correct Morgorh made his own ring. And most important that all valar named none missing. But hi effect land and creatures with song. So could hi be nature itself? And in that case what would his relationship with radagast be then?
This great but we need a part 2 for the new races in rings of power
What are the new races??
@@archiegraham9549there are like I think they’re called stewards or something they’re kinda like a halfling and we have 2 new wizards and will probably get more
@@VenomonkVR It's Stoors and they're mentioned in this video at 3:55. However they''re not a 'new race' rather than one of the three types of hobbits which Tolkien classified as: Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides. By the time of Bilbo and Frodo, these kinds had intermixed for centuries, though unevenly, so that some families and regions skewed more towards descent from one of the three groups.
@@DanielTavera12oh my bad
Why? This is about Lord of the Rings and Tolkien’s work, not the over priced dollar store version.
Sauron being his own freaking race:
you missing "SPIDER" race. Shelob and the one in Mirkwood
Great video, but you forgot werewolves
the elves really the favorite child
ikr
If Elves go to the hall of Mandos when they die and humans do to where only Eru knows, where do Dwarves go when they die?
Wow. Thanks!
You're welcome!
I thought Orcs didnt want to go to war and just want to raise a family?
honorable mention: spiders spawn of Ungolinat
I don't see Tom Bombidil listed on your family tree, he was a race of Middle Earth just one we don't know.
Tom is like Ungoliant, a being or spirit from beyond. Noone knows where, not even Tom im guessing :)
What about the half trolls?
I heard rumors there were dinosaur like creatures of Morgoth in the Beleriand war
And Big Spiders with inteligence
Wizards are not a race, the are Maiar
Good video you missed skin changers though
Thank you for the suggestion ^^.
So Tolkien basically took christian mythology and changed some names and shapes. 😄
But one question stays the same: who created Eru Iluvitar aka God?
If you can explain multiracial elves, Hobbits & dwarves and how it came to be that they are equally spread across The entirety of middle earth I’ll be very impressed although I’m aware it’s not Tolkien’s form of diversity.
can someone explain what Maiar Melkor turned into balrogs? What were they before he corrupted them
Orcs are the most tragic characters in ME.
Good video 👍🏾
Thank you ^^
Bad video, he stole artwork from channel CGP Grey
You really should give credit for like 90% of the art to cgp grey rather than just ripping it all from his video
you might answer this later in the video but where does tom Bombadil land here is he just a really old man? he can't be because he does magic right? Newbie to Lord of the rings here :)
goblins are also in middle earth 🙃
The Dwarves were the first born, Eru got a bit upset and put them to sleep to allow the Elves to claim to be the first born. Most miss that.
Elves are not immortal, they will live up to maybe 1000 centuries according to Tolkien.
The eagles are Maiar.
Trolls were not mutated Ents.
So are Dragons and Balrogs, Maiar that is.
@@Crantock-l1v no. Balrogs are Maiar. Dragons where bred, made by Morgoth
You used the artwork of @CGPGrey without credit. You might want to get his permission.
if its available on the internet its free game my guy. just list the mtg art he used from the card sunblade elf. Does he need to get permission from WOTC also? no. content creators use their art in multiples of videos and dont get sued or ceases.
@@TAJSAllDay He has done copyright strikes on people who have used his work without permission. That’s why I posted this.
Not only did he copy CGP Greys artwork, he didn’t even expand on it. He basically copied the whole idea of the video AND used the same art work
@@TAJSAllDaysomething being on the internet absolutely does not make it free game. Your just straight up wrong there
So you have yet to learn how the Internet works. Incredible
At least give some credit to @CGPGrey if you're going to take art from his (much better) videos.
Yeah, he remade basically the same video using his own art
at 9:29 it is quite funny that you talk about Dragons but show a picture of a wyvern.
The picture just a few seconds before show 2 real dragons who both are explained to have 4 legs, not 2
great video but what hell is the goblin-men race???
hum… ^^
Nazgul were not made by melkor it was sauron by controlling them by the rings of power
Where are the Goblins?
In Tolkien's work, orcs and goblins are the same thing. Movie adaptations made the distinction.
Why did you just skip over the Goblin-Men? How did they come to be?
I can't get past the imperfect pronunciations
Yes me too. There is a pronunciation guide in The Silmarillion.
Can you explain… or anyone here with proper knowledge, where does Tom Bobadil fit into all of this? And why wasn’t he mentioned?
well where are the Big Spiders (Shelob)
Stone Giants, Big Bats, The Great Earth Eaters, Giant Elepants One of Them was Killed alone by Legolas., where are the Race of Beornings the Skin Changer? 😂😅
Beorning are men, who can changed into bears. Or perhaps Bears who can change into men?
Faszinierend wie ich mir von jemandem etwas über den HDR erklären lasse der nachdem sogar die Filme rauskamen geboren wurde 😂
what about skin changer
what about Black and Asian elves and dwarfs and harfoots ?
You missed the skin changers my friend
Morgoth had nothing to do with creating the Nazgul as that involved the rings of power.......not created until after his defeat....
Where did goblin men come from.
How did the Goblins came into being in Tolkienverse ?
Please dont count numenorian and rohirrim as same. They are different.ofcourse they are of edain but different
But they are both a race of men, granted the Numenorians have a Elvish bloodline. But they are still menfolk
Tolkien Universe is Lord of Fantasy.
He doesn't mention the horses does he? I want to know about Shadowfax's dad.
What about Goblins
We call that species, it's not the 1930s
Hehe I think you are right… But this is Middle-earth:p
@@EverythingExplained101 Surprisingly a world Adolf Hitler would have loved, so white and so pure....then there was those brown skinned evil elephant riders.
Tolkien is creepy.
I'll stick to Harry Potter and American sci fi lore Star Wars and Star trek. They remember the world is more than one race, that come in different shades of brown.
This is coming from a white kid, who's also Jewish.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
You should credit CGP Grey, as you stole his content without giving credit
@@artychartybyjackmerlinbruc7134 like word for word?
Where does Bombadil fit in all this?
He missed Bombadil. He was created when Arda was created.?
I cant believe you pronounced Saruman like that.
SAH-roo-mahn
I did not get who the one that created the Balrogs where?