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Lug

Lug was a great Orc slain by Tuor during the Fall of Gondolin.[1]

He only appears in Tolkien's early "The Fall of Gondolin".

[edit] Etymology

Lug or Lûg[2] is a Gnomish name meaning "snake". Its Qenya form was Lôke.[3]

[edit] See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 181
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 28
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 105
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