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John Howe's illustration of the Witch-king's flying steed drove the design of the monsters in Peter Jackson's films. [32] Minas Morgul is shown first in The Fellowship of the Ring, when the Nazgûl leave the city and ride towards the Shire to pursue the One Ring. It features again when Frodo and Sam make their way towards Cirith Ungol.
As confirmed in the films' audio commentary, the design of the monsters was based largely on illustrations by John Howe. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the first film of Jackson's 2012–2014 The Hobbit film trilogy , the Wizard Radagast briefly encounters the Witch-king while investigating the forest fortress of Dol Guldur .
[T 14] [19] Flieger suggests that Gollum is Tolkien's central monster-figure, likening him to both Grendel and the Beowulf dragon, "the twisted, broken, outcast hobbit whose manlike shape and dragonlike greed combine both the Beowulf kinds of monster in one figure". [20]
The word "monster" has as its origin the Latin monstrum, "a marvel, prodigy, portent", in turn from Latin monstrare, "to show". [1] Monsters in Medieval Europe were often humanoid, but could also resemble wild beasts, but of enormous size; J. R. R. Tolkien followed both paths in creating his own monsters.
J. R. R. Tolkien was a devout Roman Catholic.He described The Lord of the Rings as rich in Christian symbolism. [T 1] Many theological themes underlie the narrative, including the battle of good versus evil, the triumph of humility over pride, and the activity of grace.
The main article in this category is Tolkien's monsters. Pages in category "Middle-earth monsters" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Of all the mythical monsters, Frankenstein is probably the most famous. Brought to life by author Mary Shelley in the 1818 novel by the same name, the mythical monster was said to have been ...
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar.