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  • Created by Sauron, the werewolves of Middle-earth are great wolves with evil spirits trapped within. We cover their origins and tell of the two greatest of their kind - Draugluin and Carcharoth!
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    Gandalf and Balrog - JG Jones
    Sauron Brought Werewolves - Peet
    luthien in angband - Pete Amachree
    morgoth - dracarysdrekkar
    Orome Hunts the Creatures of Morgoth - Kip Rasmussen
    Wargs - John Howe
    barrow wight - CK Goksoy
    wolf stranger - Lida Klavina
    werewolf 2 - Lida Klavina
    Werewolf - Lida Klavina
    Warg - John Howe
    dark lore of lotr, into the storm - TS Rodriguez
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    Witch-king of Angmar - Anato Finnstark
    Sauron - Kimberly
    Gorthaur the Cruel - Matěj Čadil
    Sauron vs Finrod - the Duel of Songs of Power - Anna Kulisz
    Werewolf - The White Council
    Warg - John Howe
    On the bridge of woe - Alan Lee
    beren, luthien and huan - Steamey
    finrod and sauron - anotherstranger_me
    Death of Finrod Felagund - Anke Eißmann
    Finrod - Jenny Dolfen
    In a dungeon - Mysilvergreen
    Lúthien Escapes Upon Huan - Ted Nasmith
    Lúthien and Huan coming for Beren - Catherine Karina Chmiel
    Sauron - anotherstranger_me
    Warg - Elrodimus Flash
    Dark tower - Felix Englund
    the fight of huan and carcharoth - kuliszu
    unusual encounter wolf - Lida Klavina
    Turkafinwe in Valinor - Marya Filatova
    huan went back - alystraea
    Sauron - Kinko White
    werewolf sauron - dracarysdrekkar
    Dark valley - Felix Englund
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    Tol Sirion - J.R.R. Tolkien (Colored_by_H.E._Riddett)
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    morgoth and sauron - anotherstranger_me
    And Morgoth came - Jenny Dolfen
    melkor morgoth - dracarysdrekkar
    morgoth - ckgoksoy
    Wild Fell Beast - Angus McBride
    The Fell Beast of Mordor - Matěj Čadil
    Transformed - Ted Nasmith
    Beren and Lúthien Approach Angband - Ted Nasmith
    Luthien Tinuviel - Daniel Dougherty
    luthien in angband - Pete Amachree
    Beren recovers a Silmaril - Anke Eißmann
    Beren and Luthien flee Angband - Pete Amachree
    Luthien of Doriath - Marya Filatova
    Carcharoth - Turner Mohan
    Beren and Luthien - Sara Morello
    Battle in the distance - Felix Englund
    Beren's Trial - Anke Eißmann
    The hunting party - Anke Eißmann
    The Hunting of the Wolf - Alan Lee
    Huan's Leap - Ted Nasmith
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    Celegorm in Himlad - Marya Filatova
    The quest fulfilled - Anke Eißmann
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    mountains - Felix Englund
    Warg - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
    The Council of Elrond - Alan Lee
    sauron army - WETA
    Forest edge - Felix Englund
    The Wargs - Alan Lee
    To read about Tolkien's werewolves, check out these great resources!
    The Silmarillion
    Beren & Luthien
    The History of Middle-earth
    TolkienGateway.net
    The Encyclopedia of Arda
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 301

  • @tunasci
    @tunasci Рік тому +335

    I love the art depicting Huan as a big fluffy dog. A sheepdog with a shaggy and cuddly face, the nicest of boys, slaughtering werewolves left and right.

    • @TheEquus92
      @TheEquus92 Рік тому +29

      Huan is a good boi

    • @KingOfSciliy
      @KingOfSciliy Рік тому +37

      The artwork depicting Huan resemble an Irish Wolfhound, a larger breed of dog bred for guard duty and hunting wolves.

    • @tunasci
      @tunasci Рік тому +7

      @@KingOfSciliy 😯 I didn't know about them. So big! I though they were inspired on terriers or some water dogs. Thank you.

    • @KonradvonHotzendorf
      @KonradvonHotzendorf Рік тому +6

      I like Huan being an Irish Wolfhound😊
      They awesome dogs and look the part
      But they are cowards and have the sweetest souls, they are a new invention , not the actual ones who fought the wolf's in Ireland 🇮🇪 😢

    • @kennethsatria6607
      @kennethsatria6607 Рік тому +2

      @@KonradvonHotzendorf Aw they're cowards? XD

  • @oguzhanenescetin5702
    @oguzhanenescetin5702 Рік тому +487

    I like how Sauons battering ram is in the shape of a werewolf. It is both an ancient fear and a challenge to the descendants of Luthien and Beren

  • @FrankV10
    @FrankV10 Рік тому +163

    Man, the story of Beren and Luthien/Huan and the werewolves is one of the best tales in the Tolkien universe. Just imagine, if done correctly of course, how amazing that story would be on the big screen

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 Рік тому +4

      Not very, because fluffy dog fighting a wolf would look silly. Also you'd need to jettison 90% of the irrelevant/redundant nonsense to make it presentable on big screen...

    • @Jeremycook_
      @Jeremycook_ Рік тому +13

      ​@@KuK137he's based on a wolfhound. There huge and Not exactly fluffy.

    • @alexg1778
      @alexg1778 Рік тому +21

      ​@@KuK137mate... What are you actually even doing here? If you think Tolkien's storytelling is "irrelevant/redundant nonsense" why are you watching a video about said nonsense?
      Seems like you're a little confused. Just search My Little Pony in the search bar I'm sure that'll be more you're speed.

    • @WolfStory
      @WolfStory Рік тому +8

      @@alexg1778 Mic drop

    • @nathanielhellerstein5871
      @nathanielhellerstein5871 Рік тому +4

      "If" done correctly.

  • @solaawodiya7360
    @solaawodiya7360 Рік тому +82

    Huan was a great hound and a faithful companion of Beren and Luthien. Would be great to see a faithful adaptation of this story on screen. Thanks for such a beautiful story telling Matt ❤

  • @timcarpenter2441
    @timcarpenter2441 Рік тому +67

    The story of Beren and Luthien is such a beautiful, inspiring, tragic and heroic tale. It would make a magnificent movie, if handled correctly.

    • @Hundredyacrewoods
      @Hundredyacrewoods Рік тому +6

      Any depiction of Morgoth or the Silmariles on screen would be disappointing
      Even if you got the team from The Lord of the Rings movies, gave them all the time in the world (unlike The Hobbit), it would still be disappointing, it still would not depict the full Evil of Morgoth or the Holy Beauty of the Gems with any satisfaction. They are divine, any depiction will dispoint, same for the Queen of Doriath (can't remember her name) and Sauron. Only Howard Shore would come close, only music could depict it with any satisfaction. Which might explain why the only real adaptation of the Silmarillon is an Opera.

    • @timcarpenter2441
      @timcarpenter2441 Рік тому +3

      @@Hundredyacrewoods I appreciate your view. It is Melian, and Cate Blanchett is already taken! I agree very few actors could do this. They would need to be early middle age and classically trained on the stage with the baseload of a string of nuclear power stations. That goes for all the leads. It is a sorry testament to the profession that we struggle to think it even possible. I think the stage is where we seek the talent. Cinema is not a great source at the moment.

    • @Anglisc1682
      @Anglisc1682 Рік тому +3

      Black Beren and Lesbian Luthien, yes

    • @kennethsatria6607
      @kennethsatria6607 Рік тому +4

      I say animation would suit the Silmarilion stories best

    • @christopherwall2121
      @christopherwall2121 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@kennethsatria6607 Exactly what I was thinking. For instance, the only way I can see an adaptation of the creation myth portion is an abstract _Fantasia_ animation, like stars dancing through space to music.

  • @BinkyTheElf1
    @BinkyTheElf1 Рік тому +16

    Immediately thought “aaaWOOOOO! Werewolves of Sauron!” to the tune of “Werewolves of London”.

  • @yojlik
    @yojlik Рік тому +18

    the tale of Huan always brings a tear to my eye

  • @randomhead670
    @randomhead670 Рік тому +24

    I'm always reminded of exactly how much Tolkien really put his love and effort into all his stories when i watch your videos❤

  • @reedrichardson4308
    @reedrichardson4308 Рік тому +24

    Great video! Nerd of the Rings' next video should be about Huan the Hound. His aid in assisting Beren and Luthien during their quest for the silmaril would be crucial in bringing down Morgoth and his sacrifice during his fight with Carcharoth would ensure that Beren and Luthien's sacrifice would result in their descendants becoming great kings, warriors, and healers for thousands of years.

  • @Pixis1
    @Pixis1 Рік тому +8

    I saw a werewolf sipping a pina colada on Tol-in-Gaurhoth. His hair was perfect. Awoooooooooo, Werewolves of Sauron!
    (Sorry, couldn't resist. Great video as always.)

  • @eternalistmorqan9476
    @eternalistmorqan9476 Рік тому +132

    I find it real cool how we see that Sauron really just was a lieutenant of the real evil

    • @TheBigheadValley
      @TheBigheadValley Рік тому +3

      This has always been known.

    • @alexg1778
      @alexg1778 Рік тому +36

      ​​@TheBigheadValley not to everyone. Rather than patting yourself on the back for knowing certain things about an enormous world maybe welcome new people in with a little humility?

    • @WolfStory
      @WolfStory Рік тому +9

      @@alexg1778 Based

    • @7yep4336dfgvvh
      @7yep4336dfgvvh Рік тому

      ​@@alexg1778sigma

  • @Labelup01
    @Labelup01 Рік тому +15

    Nothing fills me with sorrow more than the death of a faithful hound

  • @SethWilson
    @SethWilson Рік тому +13

    I am now singing “Ahoooooo Werewolves of Sauron” to the tune of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”.

    • @BenitoAndito
      @BenitoAndito Рік тому +2

      I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
      Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain

  • @SPYD0R
    @SPYD0R Рік тому +4

    Been looking forward to you covering this subject. I found the stories about the werewolves one of the highlights of reading the Silmarillion, and the image Tolkien conjured of Tol-in-Gaurhoth as a foreboding, haunted and misty 'Isle of Werewolves' along with the many battles fought there made for an unforgettable read.

  • @CaesiusX
    @CaesiusX Рік тому +7

    I look forward to and thoroughly enjoy these so very much! Thank you, and many thanks to the Patreon supporters.

  • @TotallynotlliJ
    @TotallynotlliJ Рік тому +5

    You’re the reason I can fall asleep at night. Thank you. 💕

  • @for_frodo91
    @for_frodo91 Рік тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @rozemsama
    @rozemsama Рік тому +5

    Please make a video of the many languages in Tolkien's legendarium! It is the only one I've been craving to see from your channel!

  • @casperjansen8553
    @casperjansen8553 Рік тому +9

    You make really the best content on UA-cam, love to watch this channel. Continue making lots of videos man! And maybe an another magic the gathering match, was fun to watch haha

  • @marcognudi664
    @marcognudi664 Рік тому +7

    These more nuanced topics are the best, keep up the good work as always!

  • @QuasarEE
    @QuasarEE Рік тому +10

    The tales involving Huan and Carcharoth remind me the most of Beowulf out of Tolkien's writings I've read. The whole of those passages has a Norse epic poem feel to it.

    • @josephfisher426
      @josephfisher426 Рік тому +1

      He originally wrote it as a poem---is in Lost Tales 2, I think?

    • @mon_moi
      @mon_moi Рік тому +2

      That episode of the werewolf who kept killing Beren's companions one by one while they were imprisoned is definitely based on the imprisonment and torture of Sigmund, a hero from the Old Norse Völsung Saga, whose brothers were killed off by a she-wolf until he was freed. Like Beren, Sigmund too wore a wolf skin for some time (although idk why). But it does reflect Tolkien's knowledge on these stories

  • @wesleystulp9265
    @wesleystulp9265 Рік тому +7

    Definitely one of my favourite topics, love your stuff!

  • @myriadmediamusings
    @myriadmediamusings Рік тому +53

    Wargs and werewolves are not the same as far as Tolkien is concerned, right? Cause I can only imagine how TA Sauron woulda fared if he had the might, abilities and thralls that FA Sauron had.

    • @oguzhanenescetin5702
      @oguzhanenescetin5702 Рік тому +11

      To be honest Witch King was the greatest thrall Sauron had in his time

    • @leonardofaber5823
      @leonardofaber5823 Рік тому +6

      Not the same, but they are related in some way; for both werewolves and wargs are bred from even more corrupted wolves.

    • @JohnJohn-qq1cw
      @JohnJohn-qq1cw Рік тому +2

      FA and TA sauron ?

    • @leonardofaber5823
      @leonardofaber5823 Рік тому +8

      @@JohnJohn-qq1cw First Age Sauron and Third Age Sauron

    • @mikelarsen5836
      @mikelarsen5836 Рік тому

      ​@@JohnJohn-qq1cwseems you might need to read Tolkien's works to fully understand.

  • @UndertakerNeverDies
    @UndertakerNeverDies Рік тому +23

    As someone a huge fan of werewolves I wish they played a larger part in the story of Lord of the Rings then just a quick mention of them by Gandalf.

  • @hypermaeonyx4969
    @hypermaeonyx4969 Рік тому +4

    What an incredible coincidence that I watched Overlysarcastic Production's video all about Werewolves on this faithful day

  • @mikemallory8892
    @mikemallory8892 Рік тому +3

    I loved all the little tidbits you bring, underlining and reinforcing the lore!

  • @ericshade9632
    @ericshade9632 Рік тому +18

    Insteresting. I read somewhere that the Great Goblin of the Hobbit was also another one of those beings "inhabited" by a dark power; not really a orc/goblin, but something more powerful in goblin form.

    • @leonardofaber5823
      @leonardofaber5823 Рік тому +10

      There are discussions about the Goblin King, Azog and Bolg being, at the very least, descendants of corrupted Maiar who took the shape of great Orc-captains and bred with other orcs.

    • @ericshade9632
      @ericshade9632 Рік тому +4

      @@leonardofaber5823 maybe that's what I read.

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +8

      @@leonardofaber5823 I like the theory that some Maia took the forms of Orcs and the like; it explains things like some of them being quite long-lived and the memories the Goblin-King had of Orcrist and Glamdring.

  • @barrylyndon5552
    @barrylyndon5552 9 місяців тому +1

    "I have a Silmaril foul beast! Begone lest you feel its power!'
    Bites off hand
    "Huh... not how I expected that to go"

  • @barrylyndon5552
    @barrylyndon5552 9 місяців тому +1

    I like how Carcaroth was basically a dragon+ level threat after eating the Silmaril. Just a whirlwind of burning death that scared everything out of Anflauglith and busted straight through the girdle (something Sauron couldnt do). Dude was just short of Ancalagon in how insane a rampaging power he was

  • @shehansenanayaka3046
    @shehansenanayaka3046 Рік тому +2

    This series is awesome. Love your videos. They are brilliant and wonderful. We always appreciate your hard work and time to make these videos.

  • @christopherwall2121
    @christopherwall2121 2 місяці тому +1

    The fact that Tolkien probably wrote his lore on the werewolves of Middle-Earth many decades before _The Wolf Man_ basically solidified the modern conception of the creature is something I wish more fantasy writers would keep in mind when writing werewolves into their stories.

  • @Jack-fr9hz
    @Jack-fr9hz 4 місяці тому +1

    You should do a video on wargs! Love your work!

  • @shokmusic_AC
    @shokmusic_AC Рік тому +2

    Excellent! I really enjoyed this post!

  • @beckymartin1810
    @beckymartin1810 Рік тому +1

    This was very helpful, thank you. Wonderful illustrations and narration!

  • @andrewmaderer1989
    @andrewmaderer1989 3 місяці тому +1

    The sort of creepy atmosphere of the forces of Morgoth is one of my favorite parts of The Legendarium.

  • @Tenraiden
    @Tenraiden 3 місяці тому +1

    man this would be an epic movie!

  • @IanHeins
    @IanHeins Рік тому +2

    Nice work dude thanks

  • @bruhhthatssocringe2933
    @bruhhthatssocringe2933 Рік тому +14

    Please cover thuringwethil and the vampires in the next video.
    She is my favourite minor character.
    Btw what is the music you use in your videos, it's super cool.
    Love all your vids. Oh yeah what is the art at 4:23, it makes for an amazing wallpaper.

    • @7yep4336dfgvvh
      @7yep4336dfgvvh Рік тому

      What is the music though? I've been trying to find it forever

  • @lupinotuumlunam
    @lupinotuumlunam Рік тому +1

    I have always wondered about the full history of these creatures in Tolkien's world. Thanks.

  • @eredinofjay6878
    @eredinofjay6878 7 місяців тому +1

    Are you planning on making a lore video about the Vampires too? Or is there not enough information surrounding them to work with? I have always loved these videos and was curious if you had any plans regarding the bats of Middle-Earth, not just the vampires but the warbats used by the Orcs and Goblins (Unless those were merely film exclusives)

  • @Flyboy245
    @Flyboy245 Рік тому +1

    Love the lore. Great video as always

  • @neilbakshi7365
    @neilbakshi7365 Рік тому +1

    Really interesting parallel between Carcharoth and Sauron's "fell beasts" of the Third Age! Never saw that connection, because the texts are so far apart.
    As a side note, this piece about werewolves eventually slides into a retelling of Beren and Luthien...given that so much of Tolkien's mythology is interconnected, it might be better to focus each video on one subject, even if that means making it shorter. Otherwise, you run into the problem of retreading the same ground as other videos.
    That's a small quibble -- your videos are amazing, keep it up!

  • @Hundredyacrewoods
    @Hundredyacrewoods Рік тому +2

    On that note, Can you do a Video on the Wargs?
    Other videos that would be interesting include:
    Frodo Baggins - how haven't you done a video on him yet? Yet surprisingly few people do.
    Eru Iluvitar
    J.R.R Tolkien - the man himself
    Christopher Tolkien
    An updated Legendarium reading order - where does "The Fall of Númenor" fit in
    he Hobbit folklore - found most prominently in the "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" poetry collection (which you left out of your Legendarium reading order)
    And perhaps some of Tolkien's other works:
    Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, his actual academic works, ect.
    Love your videos

  • @TheChur
    @TheChur Рік тому +3

    Lots to learn here, let’s go!

  • @Femto1104
    @Femto1104 Рік тому +1

    i like how it's told like a history lecture not like a fairytale but like history like it happened

  • @UltimateSpider1385
    @UltimateSpider1385 Рік тому +49

    I've been a fan of Werewolves for a long time and I never heard of the Werewolves of Sauron in the Lord of the Rings.

    • @ImOnioned
      @ImOnioned Рік тому +17

      Yeah that's understandable, not many people actually read the silmarillian or unfinished tales.

    • @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle
      @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle Рік тому +6

      @@ImOnioned. Yes. I would add to that Beren and Luthien. The separate recent book, not (just) the chapter in the Silmarillion

    • @JesusFriedChrist
      @JesusFriedChrist Рік тому +3

      Gotta read all the stuff from Tolkien’s Legendarium.

    • @skandalisgewrgios
      @skandalisgewrgios Рік тому +3

      @@Whatisthisstupidfinghandleyes but be careful whichone u gonna order,cause the one i got had no sauron no werewolves inside.instaid a huge cats the lord of cats and his minions.apparently it was the VERY early writings of tolkien before he creates sauron idk.and the moment I realized i stopped reading it😂🤣

    • @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle
      @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle Рік тому

      @@skandalisgewrgios yes for sure ! Meow

  • @Twiceborn_by_grace
    @Twiceborn_by_grace Рік тому

    I’m glad you mentioned wargs. I was going to ask about them.

  • @erikbender1967
    @erikbender1967 Рік тому +6

    Great video. Never really gave a thought on werewolves. Are there any mention of where wargs came from, besides the theory that they came from the possible line of werewolves? That would be an interesting video. As always thanks, waiting on next Saturday.

    • @Paulafan5
      @Paulafan5 Рік тому +1

      Wargs could be half-werewolf, and half-wolf. They are mentioned seperately from werewolves and regular wolves, so maybe they are somewhere in the middle.

    • @erikbender1967
      @erikbender1967 Рік тому

      @@Paulafan5 thanks. I also thought because Sauron was a master manipulator, maybe he crossed wolves and large boars. just my thinking. However thanks for replying.

  • @marcognudi664
    @marcognudi664 Рік тому +28

    Just forgot to mention that Luthien cast a sleeping spell on Sauron making him an easy target for Huan to defeat

    • @barrylyndon5552
      @barrylyndon5552 9 місяців тому

      Sauron be like "Hey that's cheating!"
      Forgetting Huan just demolish the better part of an entire race of evil without taking a break. So really, she was just evening things out

  • @glebisbjornsson8123
    @glebisbjornsson8123 Рік тому

    Amazing video! It would be also great to see material about wampirs of Middle-earth.

  • @jeffersonfowler7134
    @jeffersonfowler7134 Рік тому +2

    I really love your videos. I've been watching your content for awhile, and often I use your videos to dive further into Tolkien while I read his books or watch Jackson's interpretation. I'd love to know what you think would happen if Gollum had never escaped the elves of Mirkwood. Would Frodo and Sam never figure their way out to the black gate? Would they both have still been captured by Faramir? Would the Ring Wraiths seize the ring from Frodo at Mount Doom?

  • @CYON4D
    @CYON4D Рік тому +1

    Great stuff as always.

  • @nerdwatch1017
    @nerdwatch1017 Рік тому +2

    I’d love to see a video of you. If you were in charge of creating a TCU Tolkien Cinematic Universe or maybe TCA Tolkien Cinematic Arts. A long video of you laying out a map of trilogy movies. Anthology movies and series. What stories/characters would you start with.

  • @therpvid6575
    @therpvid6575 Рік тому

    Greetingz From Amsterdam, love your content!

  • @oldmangreywolf6892
    @oldmangreywolf6892 Рік тому +3

    There are many versions of werewolves in literature.
    The original cursed ones of history.
    The Garu of Werewolf the Apocalypse.
    Underworld.
    Even I had writen my own version in three books.

  • @annacoulter9200
    @annacoulter9200 Рік тому +6

    I love how Tolkien loves dogs so much that even Sauron cant kill huon I hope he gets many treats and bones to eat 😊

  • @maneatgreens
    @maneatgreens Рік тому +1

    hell yeah thanks for this

  • @drussbarb
    @drussbarb Рік тому +1

    Great job, thanks!

  • @michealdargue2985
    @michealdargue2985 Рік тому

    I love this video. Just like all. I love them all. This is in my top ten for sure.

  • @douglasboylan3477
    @douglasboylan3477 Рік тому +4

    I wish Beren and Luthien (plus Huan) could be adapted by Studio Ghibli

  • @TarMody
    @TarMody Рік тому +2

    Sauron's title of Lord of the Werewolves seems to have originated when he, like them, belonged to the felinetrovert family and was known by the name Tevildo (as noted in Tolkien's earlier drafts). Werewolves may be derived from the wolf type (a sub-creation of Yavanna) among the instinct-driven kelvar. It is possible that Sauron gave these wolves a humanoid form by bodily transformation, and evil spirits may have incarnated into these transformed bodies. They differ from the Wargs in their physical and spiritual aspects. Wargs are malevolent creatures that have been transformed from wolves (but not given a humanoid form like werewolves) and have no will (without a soul).

  • @themightymim6680
    @themightymim6680 Рік тому

    Saturday! Lore day! Always the best day. Thats all I need. 😂

  • @KirbyLeeDavis
    @KirbyLeeDavis Рік тому +1

    Well done!

  • @mojojojoslyfoxharris
    @mojojojoslyfoxharris Рік тому +5

    I hope the War of the Rohirrim movie succeeds and that it inspires more independent story line movie adaptions for LOTR with one of them being on the story of Beren & Luthien.
    Would love to see some of the following things take place on TV show or a movie:
    1) Beren's revenge hunt on the orc captain who took his father's hand/ring
    2) The Battle of Songs between Finrod and Sauron
    3) Huan the Hound fighting and defeating Dragulin and Sauron
    4) How Luthien enchants the entire chamber of Morgoth to sleep
    5) The Company's hunt for Caracaroth and Huan's final words with Beren
    Honorable mention to another movie finding a way to put the Fall of Gondolin on the big screen too!

  • @cedricthomas4867
    @cedricthomas4867 2 місяці тому +1

    Why does all the art have Huan as a wolf? I think it should be a Molosian Hound ( my opinion ) big special dawg!

  • @bobo577
    @bobo577 Рік тому

    1:49 Well drawn but really shows how vile Draugluin is.

  • @PALongknife
    @PALongknife Рік тому +1

    Maybe I missed it, but does Huan have his own video?
    If not, he totally deserves one!!!

  • @dougratner3203
    @dougratner3203 Рік тому +1

    We need a video on Huan!

  • @lenwae3053
    @lenwae3053 Рік тому +2

    I always assumed that werewolves mentioned in the Silmarillion were just a placeholder name for large wolf-like beings and Tolkien later changed his mind and decided to call them wargs, accidentally missing a few references to the original name, however that line from Gandalf where he mentions both in the same sentence does give me pause.

  • @Ram-nn7uz
    @Ram-nn7uz Рік тому

    Awesome video!

  • @cedricthomas4867
    @cedricthomas4867 2 місяці тому +1

    Who here wish these tales were shown on rings of power ? As told in show form , how many seasons do you think?

  • @davidgrange8182
    @davidgrange8182 Рік тому +2

    Have you done a video yet going over what would have happened if the fellowship of the ring hadn't broken up and they all went with Frodo to Mordor? Or if at least Aragorn, Gimli, and Sam went with Frodo, like Aragorn had suggested?

  • @Kynokefalos
    @Kynokefalos Рік тому +1

    I must remark that is very curious how Finrod's body was lacerated by claws i must presume in the prologue of ROP

  • @kaedenmcdaniel259
    @kaedenmcdaniel259 Рік тому +1

    Have you done a video on the dragons of middle earth? If not I would love to see one

  • @MeliesCinemagician
    @MeliesCinemagician Рік тому +2

    In the real-time strategy game Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II - Rise of the Witch-King, the Angmar civilization can summon a giant wolf-like humanoid creature called the Shade of the Wolf. Perhaps it was one of the werewolves that survived into the Third Age?

  • @mothersuperior2014
    @mothersuperior2014 Рік тому +1

    i love this channel. its accurate.

  • @mENTALdRIFTER
    @mENTALdRIFTER Рік тому +1

    There, wolves.
    There, castle.

  • @taxevasion8178
    @taxevasion8178 Рік тому +1

    We need a vampire version of this

  • @nickfeder
    @nickfeder Рік тому +1

    "Awwooooo Werewolves of *Middle Earth *. Awwooooooo

  • @jaysgamingcorner8539
    @jaysgamingcorner8539 Рік тому +3

    When I hear the word werewolf my mind goes to lycans. Tolkien's version is just as interesting, no surprise there. Wish we could've seen them portrayed in the movies.

  • @joshkercenneck2357
    @joshkercenneck2357 Рік тому +2

    I love werewolf lore in general. I just hate how they are almost always depicted as evil. Wolves are noble creatures

  • @Hamah89
    @Hamah89 Рік тому +1

    please do a what if the balrog managed to pass video.

  • @Morunic777
    @Morunic777 Рік тому +5

    Question: How did Stone Giants came into existence on Tolkien's middle earth? What role did they play in the saga?

    • @oguzhanenescetin5702
      @oguzhanenescetin5702 Рік тому

      There are giants in Hobbit and there are small hints to giants in the Lay of Leithian and Unfinished Tales as well. The point is, there is no stone giant in Tolkien. That is an addaptation

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 Рік тому

      @@oguzhanenescetin5702 huh. i am sure "Stone Giants" were mentioned in The Hobbit.

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 Рік тому +1

      @@oguzhanenescetin5702 yep. Just looked it up. "Bilbo ... saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out"

    • @oguzhanenescetin5702
      @oguzhanenescetin5702 Рік тому

      @@glenbe4026 They were not “stone giants”. They were giants throwing stones to each other. They are basically over sized humanoids

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 Рік тому

      @@oguzhanenescetin5702 as my quote above shows, the text from 'The Hobbit' by JRR Tolkein, literally calls them "Stone Giants". If Tolkein much latter retcons this, i do not know BUT that does not negate that the text in 'The Hobbit' names them as such.

  • @aaronjackson4965
    @aaronjackson4965 Рік тому

    Golden work on this topic and the story! I feel like the Lord of the Rings Books don't contain as much lore as the other Tolkien's work.

    • @mikelarsen5836
      @mikelarsen5836 Рік тому

      Of course not. There was too much lore to be included in the trilogy of books. It would not have fitted in with the narrative.

  • @ThatOneMan1063
    @ThatOneMan1063 Рік тому +2

    Could you please make a video on the vampires of Sauron too?

  • @olegkerbikov36
    @olegkerbikov36 Рік тому +3

    Werewolves attacked the ring bearer and it was their presence why the company had no choice but to go through Moria
    And the story of Werewolves is incomplete without this episode

    • @jonashammond498
      @jonashammond498 Рік тому +5

      I’m pretty sure those were just wargs or big wolves

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +3

      The Fellowship had already decided to take the path through Moria when they realized they couldn't get through the path at Caradhras.

  • @Generalphoenix8438
    @Generalphoenix8438 Рік тому +2

    Ive actually come up with my own concepts of werewolves. Mine howerver are pernamently humanoid wolves who are aware and free willed who follow the culture of the moon. They teach their youngs to hunt to survive and fight to defeat threats to their packs. I used this for a isekie book i write for fun and theyre given with their new lord lands to build their camps and have united the survivors of all clans under his grand magic empire.
    This lord even created them a small army of giant wolf beasts that he calls the great wolves that are created for one purpose. To serve his will and protect the his allies in the wild woods. The main werewolf character is called neith who becomes the leadef of the new wolf faction and serves directly under her lord and is eternaly loyal to him.

  • @keithgriese5559
    @keithgriese5559 Рік тому +1

    In The Fellowship of the Ring, when the Fellowship is trying to cross through the Misty Mountains and make their way to Moria, aren’t they attacked by Werewolves? In the story, the Fellowship fends them off in the middle of the night but in the morning when Legolas goes to retrieve his arrows, they’re described to be found lying on the ground and not in the bodies of the wolves. Although the story describes the creatures as wolves, Gandalf makes a statement saying that these wolves are different as none of their bodies were found. In my opinion, this seems to indicate that they were attacked by werewolves sent by Sauron instead of normal wolves and when they were killed by Legolas’s arrows, their bodies disappeared as the spirits within them were freed.

  • @anotherhuman8173
    @anotherhuman8173 Рік тому +3

    Let's think about this for a minute: Huan overpowered First Age Sauron 1v1. 1st Age Sauron is more powerful than 3rd Age Sauron, because his power is still undivided: the equivalent of 2nd Age Sauron with the Ring. Yet even in his weakened state, 3rd Age Sauron was easily the most powerful being in Middle-Earth. Not even Gandalf or Galadriel could face him head-on.
    Also, it's implied that Carcharoth is more powerful than Glaurung himself: "Of all the terrors that came ever into Beleriand ere Angband's fall, the madness of Carcharoth was the most dreadful, for the power of the Silmaril was hidden within him."
    First Age power levels are pretty insane.

  • @taramassengill1940
    @taramassengill1940 Рік тому +2

    Can you please do a video about Haldir?

  • @TheSportsCritic
    @TheSportsCritic Рік тому +4

    Sauron is so bad ass and lost because gollum and frodo were fighting for the ring and gollum falls into the fire

    • @Paulafan5
      @Paulafan5 Рік тому +3

      People wonder why Mount Doom wasn't guarded, but that's because no one could have the strength to willingly put the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. Even Frodo, who was incredibly resistant to the Ring, couldn't do it intentionally. Also, the pity of Bilbo saved Middle Earth.

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +4

      @@Paulafan5 Mordor was very heavily guarded. Getting into it and to Mount Doom required exceptional skill and the distraction by the Army of the West. Beyond that, yes Sauron saw no need to guard the entrance to Mount Doom; it wouldn't even have occurred to him.

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +2

      It's more than that. Gollum swore an oath to help Frodo and later betrayed that oath. Oath-breaking in Middle-Earth always has seriously bad consequences. In this case, after finally getting the One Ring back, Gollum slipped and fell into the volcano.

  • @johnjohnson7259
    @johnjohnson7259 Рік тому +2

    Whoaaaa I can’t believe I’ve never thought about this, Aragorn and Arwen could be spiritual reincarnations of Beren and Luthien, as he hints at 11:10. Their stories are waaay too similar to be a coincidence

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +3

      There's no such reincarnation in Tolkien's Legendarium. Upon death, Men briefly go to the Halls of Mandos and then go beyond the Circles of the World, never to return. Elves spend a much longer time in the Halls of Mandos and are eventually re-embodies as the same Elf they were before.

    • @johnjohnson7259
      @johnjohnson7259 Рік тому

      @@istari0 what if Mandos deemed Beren to be worthy of returning to middle earth? Maybe he sensed Beren would be needed or his deeds were not quite done. And for Arwen, she is literally a striking resemblance of Luthien, they’re pretty much the same person

    • @istari0
      @istari0 Рік тому +1

      @@johnjohnson7259 The Gift of Men, that after death they travel beyond the Circles of the World, comes from Eru Ilúvatar and only he could ultimately allow Beren to be resurrected. He then lived a second mortal life, died, and passed beyond the Circles of the World. Lúthien Tinúviel was given the choice of remaining an immortal being and living in Valinor or returning to Middle-Earth and living a mortal life with Beren. She chose the 2nd option and so also died and passed beyond the Circles of the World. Arwen was Lúthien's great-great-granddaughter so the family resemblance is not unusual.

  • @trishabhattacharjee5605
    @trishabhattacharjee5605 Рік тому +1

    Please make a video on why saruman turn into evil... In Lord's of rings

  • @brucwayn6403
    @brucwayn6403 Рік тому

    Great vid thank you

  • @NM0047
    @NM0047 4 місяці тому +1

    Wargs or wolves? Also the game Battle for Wesnoth has nice characters like these. :D

  • @colinleat8309
    @colinleat8309 Рік тому +1

    Vampires? Werewolves? ...in Middle Earth?? WHAT? ... guess I've got some catching up to do. I haven't read the 12 part history of Middle Earth. I forgot about the werewolf in the Silmarillion. 🖖😁🤘🇨🇦

  • @Orangehakuna23
    @Orangehakuna23 Рік тому +1

    Can you make a video about Turin Turambar

  • @kevinriles5176
    @kevinriles5176 Рік тому

    Now this is the story I want to see in a movie 🎥

  • @Tomm_Bombadil
    @Tomm_Bombadil Рік тому

    We need a huon the Hound video. The best doggo of middle earth

  • @ElBattaliador
    @ElBattaliador 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi Friend Can you make a video about Wargs