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In Old Norse Warg (''vargr'') is a euphemism for Wolf (''ulfr''), still used in modern Swedish as a word for wolf. Also Cognate is Old English ''warg'' "large wolf".
TOLKIEN'S WARGS 's ]] Taken from the Old English ''warg'', the Wargs or '''Wild Wolves''' are a Race of fictional wolf creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth . They are usually in league with the Orcs or Goblins whom they permitted to ride on their backs into battle. The Wargs speak a rudimentary language of their own. It is probable that they are descended from Draugluin 's Werewolves of the First Age . In '' The Hobbit '', the Wargs appear twice, once in chasing Bilbo Baggins , Gandalf , and the dwarves just east of the Misty Mountains , and once at the Battle Of Five Armies . In '' The Lord Of The Rings '', they are most prominently mentioned in the middle of '' The Fellowship Of The Ring '', where a band of Wargs, unaccompanied by Orcs, attacks the Fellowship in Hollin . In Peter Jackson 's Lord Of The Rings Movie Trilogy , wargs appear to be more like a " Hyena / Bear /wolf hybrid" rather than wolves, in an effort to distinguish them from regular wolves by presenting them as some sort of distant cousin. It should be noted, however, that although Tolkien never gave a fully complete description of the Wargs (he simply noted that they were demonic wolves) they do seem to have a somewhat regular wolf-appearance in both The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings passages where they are mentioned. During the War of the Ring in 3018-19, wolves prowled outside the walls of Bree. Saruman kept wargs in dens beneath Isengard, and during the War of the Ring he sent Orcs mounted on wargs into battle. Saruman's warg riders were ferocious and deadly. NORSE MYTHOLOGY In Norse Mythology , wargs are in particular the demonic wolves Fenrir , Skalli and Hati . In the Hervarar Saga , king Heidrek is asked by Gestumblindi ( Odin ), What is that lamp which lights up men, but flame engulfs it, and wargs grasp after it always. Heidrek knows the answer is the Sun , explaining She lights up every land and shines over all men, and Skalli and Hatti are called wargs. Those are wolves, one going before the sun, the other after the moon. But wolves also served as mounts for more or less dangerous humanoid creatures. For instance, '' Gunnr 's horse'' was a Kenning for "wolf" on the Rök Runestone , in the Lay Of Hyndla , the Völva (witch) Hyndla rides a wolf, and to Baldr 's funeral, the giantess Hyrrokin arrived on a wolf. WARGS IN OTHER POPULAR MEDIA In the '' Dungeons & Dragons '' roleplaying game, worgs appear as a minor enemy. They are depicted as evil, intelligent wolves that speak their own language. Worgs also appear in '' World Of Warcraft '' as a wolf more common to undead areas. Also used by the orcs as mounts. Wargs are large wolf like enemies in the Castlevania series. In '' A Song Of Ice And Fire '' by George R. R. Martin wargs are people who can live through a particular animal if they choose in a symbiotic relationship |
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