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  2. Tolkien's moral dilemma - Wikipedia

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    [T 4] They bred like Elves and Men: "For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar". [T 4] In "The Fall of Gondolin" Morgoth made them of slime by sorcery, "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth". [T 5] Or, they were "beasts of humanized shape", possibly, Tolkien wrote, Elves mated with beasts, and ...

  3. Orc - Wikipedia

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    An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k / [1] [2]), [3] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".. In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves.

  4. Book of Life - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of the book of life. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam ( Angels) the Book of Life (Biblical Hebrew: ספר החיים, transliterated Sefer HaḤayyim; Ancient Greek: βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, romanized: Biblíon tēs Zōēs Arabic: سفر الحياة, romanized: Sifr al-Ḥayā) is an alleged book in which God records, or will record, the names of every person who is ...

  5. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In Mazza's first book, The Harrow: From Under a Tree, the first appearance of elves is described as follows: "Dressed in pure white and with long black hair was a fair-skinned elf, the Elf-King to be exact, and his name was Dalgaes. Faithfully by the Elf-King's side was the archer Tinnfierl, a slim elf with auburn hair, wearing a mixture of tan ...

  6. Christianity in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Commentators including some Christians have taken a wide range of positions on the role of Christianity in Tolkien's fiction, especially in The Lord of the Rings.They note that it contains representations of Christ and angels in characters such as the wizards, the resurrection, the motifs of light, hope, and redemptive suffering, the apparent invisibility of Christianity in the novel, and not ...

  7. Middle-earth peoples - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 'It's magic': Here's the history behind the Elf on the Shelf ...

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    Their book, "The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition," tells the story of Santa's scout elves, who make themselves at home and fly back to the North Pole each night.

  9. Orc (Blake) - Wikipedia

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    The third phase describes Orc's crucifixion and a return of human life to nature. [5] The character Orc is connected to the Biblical serpent, the image of being hanged on a dead tree, and to the sun. Of the latter, Orc's hair is like the sun and connects Orc to other stories, including that of Samson or of the death of the god Balder.