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Orcs were corrupted/mutated elves and uruk-hai were corrupted/mutated humans iirc but could be mistaken It wouldn't necessarily be cannibilism then.
by wavefunction 7y ago
Orcs were corrupted/mutated elves and uruk-hai were corrupted/mutated humans iirc but could be mistaken
It wouldn't necessarily be cannibilism then.
- zipwitch 7y agoThat's a popular and oft-repeated conception, but not precisely canon. Tolkien was never able to definitively pin down the origin and nature of his orcs to his own satisfaction, and never reached any final decision, afaik.
- baud147258 7y ago> Tolkien was never able to definitively pin down the origin and nature of his orcs to his own satisfaction I think I heard it was because of the Christian roots of his LotR writings: are orcs fully evil and impossible to redeem (which would go against Christian belief on salvation and some of the themes of the LotR) or could they be redeemed, which would be against how they are portrayed in the books.