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One day you'll wish that you had not said that. Ape!
Apes were animals living far South of Middle-earth.
Said to live in the dark forests of the South,[2] they seem to have only been known in stories in the North. Probably due to their lesser intelligence, the word "ape", along with "maggot" and snaga, became an insult used by Orcs.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
1995: Middle-earth Role Playing—Creatures of Middle-earth
- Grey Apes are described as living in the forests of Pel in the far south. They're called Cijuvu Niavi in the tongue of Pel and Peredrûgwath in Sindarin.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Uruk-hai"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Helm's Deep"
- ↑ Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Peter C. Fenlon, Jr., Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (Iron Crown Enterprises #2012, 1994) , p. 78