In the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, a warg is a particularly large and evil kind of wolf that could be ridden by orcs. He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English.

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Mar 28, 2025 · Their eyes notably have slit pupils. They are mentioned to be from Gundabad and are ridden by Orcs under Azog who hunt Thorin and Co. Azog himself rides an enormous white-haired Warg. Games. 1982-1997: Middle-earth Role Playing:

Wargs were a breed of wolves, commonly living in the Misty Mountains, that served Sauron the Dark Lord and his agents in the conflicts of the Third Age. Often in league with the nearby Northern Orcs, they were also used as mounts by the Orcs of Isengard and Mordor.

Dec 30, 2023 · Wargs, the canine monsters that Orcs rode into battle, were some of Middle-earth 's most memorable creatures. They have appeared prominently in nearly every adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's work, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies as well as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Warg is the term used to describe large, ferocious wolves in Norse mythology, the most famous of which being Fenrir. They are perhaps most well-known as one of the many races that inhabit Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit and later writings.

Dec 3, 2024 · The Warg Matriarch was a giant white Gundabad warg and the steed of Azog. The Warg Matriarch was invented by Warner Bros. for the The Hobbit film series.

Feb 4, 2023 · Wargs were an evil breed of large wolves, often thought of as demonic and suggested to have been possessed by evil spirits.

Fenrir, a.k.a. Hróðvitnir, is a giant warg, the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboða, brother of Hel and Jörmungandr, and father of Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson - two wargs notable for chasing the chariots that carry the sun (Sól) and the moon (Máni) throughout the sky.

In the books, wargs are described as being giant, intelligent, and malevolent wolves. In Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's works, two breeds are introduced. The first are a hyena-like breed used by Isengard and Mordor orcs that roamed in western Rhovanion and the wilds to the east of the Misty Mountains.