2007-12-21 05:44:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
They were
2007-12-21 06:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Etheria ♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, i don't believe they were for although Tolkien states in a letter (Rhona Beare 1954) that 'trees may go bad as in the old Forest;Elves may turn into Orcs, and if this required the special perversion of Morgoth, still Elves themselves could do evil deeds' in another letter (Peter Hastings 1954) he quotes LOTR Chapt I, Book VI '(the Shadow) cannot make real life of its own. I don't think it gave life to the Orcs, it only twisted them and ruined them'. And earlier in the same letter he specifically defines Orcs as 'a race of rational incarnate creatures' and quotes Treebeard's statement that Morgoth did not "create" them but made them in counterfeit of certain creatures pre-existing'. In other words, Orcs need not be corrupted from the Elvish race (at least not solely) there were plenty of humanoids available for their demonic shape.
2014-11-16 17:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1000 year old poems of Norse myth Orcs are an earth-born race unconnected with the elves who live in the mythical realm of Alfheim..
The connection between elves and orcs is just an invention of the C20th writer Tolkein.
2007-12-22 05:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Thalia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Lord of the Rings, the Orcs used to be elves but were twisted and reformed by the Dark Lord.
2007-12-21 19:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by JavaJoe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they were the most beloved, but they turned there back to Paladine. And become what they are now. Once the Orcs "fell from grace" the elves took there place. Kinda as the runner up
TSR Dragonlance
2007-12-21 23:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. "You were elves once, tortured by the Dark Lord, and now.... Perfected. you are my fighting Uruk-Hai"
2007-12-21 14:13:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they were. Did you read the Lord of the rings book?
2007-12-21 13:50:27 · answer #7 · answered by fantasywriter2025 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
according to Tolkien mythology
2007-12-22 02:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by mystic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they were in middle earth.
2007-12-21 14:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by Alison C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋