Talk:Gorgol

Do we know for sure Gorgol was the orc-captain responsible for leading the ambush on Barahir's outlaws? In The Lays of Beleriand, "IV. The Lay of Leithian Recommenced", he is only mentioned on pages 344 and 350, once in the Lay, and the second time in a note by Christopher Tolkien. In the Lay, as best I can tell, Gorgol is only listed as an Orc slain by Beren, as the Lay is recounting many of Beren's great deeds. His second mention is a note by Christopher saying that his name appears nowhere else. In the index, he is only listed as "An Orc, called the Butcher, slain by Beren". I may just be reading the Lay wrong, but I was wondering if there is any solid evidence that Gorgol and the Orc-captain that took Barahir's ring are one and the same --Grace18 17:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

You're right actually. I really don't know how this could've been overlooked for so long. --IvarTheBoneless

About references - what version of the HoME do you have? Or rather, what version is the standard for references on this site? Because for the life of me, I can't seem to wrap my head around it - and I don't want to use page references that only serve to confuse people. Which is the very reason I refrained from using page references before. --IvarTheBoneless