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[[ | [[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Great Beasts.jpg|Great beasts in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''|thumb|left|150px]] | ||
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':''' | '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':''' | ||
:The great beasts are depicted as rhinoceros-like creatures. | :The great beasts are depicted as rhinoceros-like creatures. | ||
[[Image:yurgs.jpg|frame|''Yurgs'' in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II|BFME2]]]] | |||
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II|The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':''' | '''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II|The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':''' | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 25 August 2014
Great beasts were used to pull the battering ram Grond during the siege of Minas Tirith.[1]
Whether these beasts of burden used by Sauron were a foul breed, Mûmakil, or a race of unknown animals from distant lands, is impossible to say for certain as we lack a more detailed description of the creatures.
Portrayal in adaptations
Great beasts in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:
- The great beasts are depicted as rhinoceros-like creatures.
Yurgs in BFME2
2006: The Battle for Middle-earth II:
- In this video game the basic design of the great beasts from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings is kept. However, a new idea is introduced: the creatures called "great beasts" were originally used by Dwarves in the Misty Mountains as underground draft animals (depicted as being much smaller than Sauron's beasts of burden). The Dwarves called them yurgs.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Siege of Gondor"
- ↑ Battle for Middle-earth II - The Dwarves at IGN, accessed 16 October 2010
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| Animals: | Dumbledors · Gorcrows · Hummerhorns · Pards · Swans of Gorbelgod · Turtle-fish |
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| Dragon-kind: | Sea-serpents · Spark-dragons · Were-worms |
| Evil Races: | Ettens · Giants · Half-trolls · Hobgoblins · Ogres · Snow-trolls · Two-headed Trolls |
| Other: | Badger-folk · Great beasts · Lintips · Mewlips · Nameless things · Spectres |
| Individuals: | Talking Gurthang · Talking purse · The Hunter · Lady of the Sun · Lonely Troll · Man in the Moon · The Rider · River-woman · Tarlang · Tim · Tom · White cow |
