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Rose Cotton

01-31-2002 05:43 PM

Orcs and Gobblins

Are orcs and gobblins the same thing if not how are they differnt?

Carannillion

01-31-2002 05:51 PM

Same thing, as far as I have understood. Maybe different kinds, but same race.

Dwarin Thunderhammer

01-31-2002 06:01 PM

Orcs and goblins are the sma thing. I think Tolkien changed the name in LOTR to avoid a "fairytale" type of veiw for something a little more threatening.

Frahhamn

01-31-2002 08:12 PM

yeah. orc is a foreign word, normally translated as "goblin." but since the terms are used interchangably throughout the LotR, it makes sense they are of the same concoction.

Elrian

01-31-2002 10:24 PM

You'll find a few more answers in this thread too. Orcs/Goblins

O'Boile

07-31-2002 11:20 AM

They are the same. In a letter at the start of the Silmarilion, Tolkien says '... orcs (goblins)...' thus implying that they are indead the same.

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