Do the books ever say oliphaunts aren’t elephants?
Jul 28, 2019 · The term "oliphaunt" is not native to Tolkien. It is, in fact, the Middle English version (variations are Old French olifant and olyphaunt) used to describe the animal as well as ivory, …
What's the difference between the terms "oliphaunt" and "mumakîl"?
Sam says something to the effect of Look, Mr. Frodo! An oliphaunt! The folks back home'll never believe this! In most materials relating to LotR, however, those elephant like creatures are …
Was Tolkien's concept of an Oliphaunt borrowed from Afrikaans?
Jan 2, 2022 · The Afrikaans word for an Elephant is an 'Olifant' which is phonetically similar if not identical to the mythical elephant-like creatures called the Oliphaunt. There is even a scene in …
How many oliphaunts died in all of the Lord of the Rings battles?
Jul 28, 2019 · As elephant-like creatures called 'oliphaunts' were used in the movies and the books, I'm wondering how many died in all of the Lord of the Rings battles? Whether they …
From whence comes Tolkien's history of the Mûmak (Oliphaunt) …
@Valorum: Actually, while I have been reading Tokien, the "whence" comes more from my reading of a King James Bible, but it did seem like appropriate vocabulary to fit with the …
the lord of the rings - Does Legolas perform such deft feats in the ...
Feb 4, 2015 · Single-handedly taking down a Mûmakil (or Oliphaunt) and its riders, much to the dismay of Gimli (Return of the King). Apart from the first one, which I believe is in the novel, …
User Oliphaunt - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange
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Old military sci fi book about a spaceship on the edge of disaster
Oct 9, 2023 · This was a secondhand book I read back in the 90s, so it probably dates back to the 70s or 80s. The basic plot was set on an old spaceship where morale is low and the captain …
the lord of the rings - Why didn't Durin's Bane kill the Orcs ...
Jun 3, 2015 · @jamesqf - did Durin's Bane eat the Dwarves? I don't remember hearing that. As far as I know, he just killed them all. If he likes killing stuff, why not kill Orcs?
iain m banks - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange
In Iain M. Banks's Excession, there are several discussions between spaceships that are in a format that looks like a log file. It looks like this: (GCU Grey Area signal sequence file …