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Re: Orcish Fear
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2) Tolkien got the idea for Orcs from Béowulf, where they are mentioned but not elaborated. Goblins did not really have an immediate relation to the elves of Norse-Teutonic myth; so this connection is flawed somehow
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I don't remember where did I pick it up, still an idea is twisting in my subconscious that the word ork meant "whale" in old english
Edited by: HerenIstarion at: 11/7/00 4:45:12 pm
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