animals in LOTR

does any one know what the elephant/rhinocerus things are? my friends and i call them elephofonesses but i want to know there really name. 💃

they're called oliphaunts ((think thats how its spelled. sorry, babysitting and dont ahve teh book with me to look @))

The Elephants were called Oliphaunts or Mumakil (plural), Mumak (singular).

The Rhinocerus ones which showed up in the Return of the King that helped tow in the sieges I don't know. I think those are new...that PJ added.

The Creatures are called Oliphaunts...........incase you didn't already know from the 2 replies

Oliphaunts is how hobbits call them, but as kit said, their original name is Mûmakil, being practically the only word (save Variag) we know of the language of the Haradrim.

I do not think Tolkien gave any name for these rhinocerus things. they were great though... I love the Mûmakil on the fields of Pelennor...

Originally posted by Exa
Oliphaunts is how hobbits call them, but as kit said, their original name is Mûmakil, being practically the only word (save Variag) we know of the language of the Haradrim.

I do not think Tolkien gave any name for these rhinocerus things. they were great though... I love the Mûmakil on the fields of Pelennor...

Yep And in the books Sam had an especial interest with this creatures Like with the Elves, character feelling that wasnt showed in the movie, really bad 🙁... It would had been excellent... isnt it?

BIG RHINO'S! I don't know what the are. The giant elephants are:
Oliphaunts, Mumak / Mumakil.

What does Variag mean? When do they say that???

Variags are only mentioned in the book; they were a peolpe living in Khand, fighting for mordor.

I have a question. My cousin who's an expert on Tolkien, said that Trolls were tortured Ents, is that true? 😕

The rhinocerus things are new, the designers at Weta created it to haul the sieges.

Originally posted by BingaBonga
I have a question. My cousin who's an expert on Tolkien, said that Trolls were tortured Ents, is that true? 😕

Not exactly; but Tolkien says that Trolls are somehow like Ents the same way that Orcs are like Elves, so they are not actually tortured Ents, but here Morgoth tried to copy the Ents, though in a wrong and evil way, like with the orcs he wanted to have something like elves.

and where did you find this information from? 🙂

I think somebody mentions it in the book when talking about the ents... perhaps Gandalf or Aragorn... but I dont really remember.

Well, anyway, good memory then!

i am really interested in the mumakil as u can see and i want to know who are the people that have them-what is the tribe's name?

No idea... I think none of them is called by a name or belonging to a tribe that is known by name - they are just "the haradrim", though there are different ones like some are from near harad and some from far harad and some from khand... and yey one tribe is called the "variag" 😄

Grond rocks.......
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YEY GRONDGRONDGROND
Though he isnt a real animal 😛

Originally posted by Exa
YEY GRONDGRONDGROND
Though he isnt a real animal 😛

He is in my books

GROND!!!!!!!

i figured it out-the people are southrons(variags) and they come from the land of khand and there elephants are called mumakil