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'''Tevildo''' was a [[maia]] in the ''[[Tale of Tinúviel]]'' who was called the '''[[Lord of Cats]]'''. He appeared in the form of a great black [[cat]], captured [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] during the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], and was defeated by [[Huan]] and [[Lúthien]].
'''Tevildo''' was the '''"Lord of Cats"''' in ''[[The Tale of Tinúviel]]''. He appeared in the form of a great black [[Cats|cat]]. He captured [[Beren]] during the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], but was defeated by [[Huan]] and [[Lúthien]] when they forced him to reveal the spell which held the stones of his castle together and which held cats under his evil sway.<ref name="LT2I">{{LT2|I}}</ref>


Later he was replaced in the legendarium by [[Thû]] or [[Sauron]], ''Lord of Werewolves''.  The cat-versus-dog theme prominent in the ''Tale of Tinúviel'' was thus eliminated in later writings.
Later Tevildo's place in the narrative was replaced by that of the Necromancer, [[Sauron|Thû]] (later renamed Sauron), in the [[legendarium]]. Thû (and later Sauron) was the "Lord of Werewolves", in contrast to Tevildo's position as "Lord of Cats"; the cat-versus-dog theme prominent in the ''Tale of Tinúviel'' was thus eliminated in later writings.<ref name="LT2I"/>
 
==See also==
*[[Miaulë]]
 
{{References}}
 
[[Category:Cats]]
[[Category:Maiar]]

Revision as of 20:16, 4 September 2012

Tevildo was the "Lord of Cats" in The Tale of Tinúviel. He appeared in the form of a great black cat. He captured Beren during the Quest for the Silmaril, but was defeated by Huan and Lúthien when they forced him to reveal the spell which held the stones of his castle together and which held cats under his evil sway.[1]

Later Tevildo's place in the narrative was replaced by that of the Necromancer, Thû (later renamed Sauron), in the legendarium. Thû (and later Sauron) was the "Lord of Werewolves", in contrast to Tevildo's position as "Lord of Cats"; the cat-versus-dog theme prominent in the Tale of Tinúviel was thus eliminated in later writings.[1]

See also

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