Wargs

The Origin of "Warg"

 by Varda-(Valar)
Feb. 7, 2003 

    In The Letters of JRR Tolkien, a note under Letter 297, "Drafts for a letter to Mr. Rang" says that the word Warg used in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings refers to "an evil breed of (demonic) wolves". It is given primitive Germanic form as representing the noun common to the Northmen.

Reference: The Letters of JRR Tolkien: #297

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Image: "Warg Rider". Artist Felix Sotomayor. Rolozo Tolkien Page

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