-
compound orcneas, one of the
tribes belonging to the
descendants of Cain,
alongside the
elves and
ettins (giants)
condemned by God: The
meaning of
Orcneas is...
- Beowulf's
eotenas ond ylfe ond
orcneas, "ogres and
elves and devil-corpses"
helped to
inspire Tolkien to
create the Orcs and
Elves of Middle-earth....
- centuries) and has even
older cognates with the
Latin orcus and the Old
English orcnēas found in
Beowulf lines 112–113,
which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's Orc. All...
-
existed in Old English. He
explained further in a
lecture on
Beowulf that
orcneas ("****-corpses"), the evil
monsters born of Cain and
leading to the monster...
- The Old
English Beowulf-poet
spoke of the
strange eotenas ond ylfe ond
orcnéas, "ettens [giants] and
elves and demon-corpses", a
grouping which Shippey...
- have been
likened to Grendel, the Orcs' name
harks back to the poem's
orcneas, and the
dragon Smaug has
multiple attributes of the
Beowulf dragon. The...
- p****ages in
Beowulf as a
source of inspiration, for
instance creating Orcs from line 112,
eotenas ond ylfe ond
orcneas, "ogres and
elves and demon-corpses"....
- Rings. For example, Beowulf's list of creatures,
eotenas ond ylfe ond
orcnéas, "ettens [giants] and
elves and demon-corpses",
contributed to his creation...
- The Old
English poem Beowulf's
eotenas [ond] ylfe [ond]
orcneas, "ogres [and]
elves [and] devil-corpses",
inspired Tolkien to
create ents, elves, orcs...
- Rings. For example, Beowulf's list of creatures,
eotenas ond ylfe ond
orcnéas, "Ettens [giants] and
Elves and demon-corpses",
contributed to his creation...
