This article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power called a mysterious monster for season 2, episode 4, and Arondir described it as a “Name without thing.“The worm-looking creature recalled Dunn S Sandworm and The Wheel of Time Jumara, took his place among a few fantasy monsters of legend. But the beast has its roots in the works of JRR Tolkien himself. It may look like the monster in The Hobbit: The Battle of Five ArmiesHowever Rings of power went a step further than the movie and offered a lore-friendly explanation for it by name-dropping Tolkien’s “Name things.“
Bilbo Baggins referred to a hobbit myth known as “wild were-warm“But none appeared in the Legendary, despite Peter Jackson taking the liberty of including one in his film. Tolkien also referred to another type of worm, but it was really just an early form of dragon, missing wings. . The rings of power Season 2 celebrates Jackson’s movie with his monster, honoring the possibility of Bilbo’s folklore being true, and identifying the worm as one of the “Name things“Spoken by Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.
Where Middle-earth’s “nameless things” came from in Tolkien lore
Name things are a mystery
Some beautiful Rings of power Monsters, such as the ents and barrow-wights, are known Tolkien creatures, however Nameless things have no clear beginning In Tolkien’s work. The animal chased Isildur into the mud in episode 4 of season 2 and was killed by Arondir before it could do any further damage, but it was a lucky escape, if Gandalf’s words are anything to go by. Gandalf said “Far, far below the depths of the dwarves, is the world of the nameless. Not even Sauron knows them. They are older than him.“
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If Sauron was unaware of Nemeses things, it seems unlikely that they were the work of Morgoth. The Silmarillion revealed that “Eru, the One… first made the Ainur… and they were with him before anything else was created.“Eru is the god of Tolkien’s world and the 15 Valar, Morgoth, Sauron, and the Istar (including Gandalf) are all Ainur. Therefore, it seems like the Nominative things are a kind of primordial ainur. However, this was never clarified. Tolkien liked to leave the odd mystery in his Legendarium, Tom Bombadil, and Nemesas things being great examples.
What other Lord of the Rings creatures are considered “nameless things?”
Rings of Power has explored Name Things before
The sea monster in Rings of power Season 1, attacking the ship that Sauron was on, is also a name. It’s called a “Worm“By survivors, indicating a trend in the show. However, on-screen trivia mentions “The great sea … divides the undying lands of Middle-earth – III There are still no names in the deepest places of the world.During a recap of season 1’s events from Sauron’s perspective in season 2, this monster is shown not to attack Sauron underwater, implying some kind of dark understanding or manipulation between the two.
When he spoke of the nameless things, Gandalf suggested that it would not hurt to talk more about them or their teachings. It seems like Gandalf may have encountered some of these named thingsWhat he said were boring tunnels deep underground. The square with the mud-dwelling worm in it The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Gandalf said of the Watcher in the Water “There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deepest parts of the world” – suggesting that this monster, too, could have a name.