Boldog

2012-11-27T21:54:17Z

98.206.24.8: Boldog was active in 'the War' -- of the Jewels, not of the Ring. Specifically The Lay of Leithian.

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'''Boldog''' was a name used by several [[Orcs|Orc]] chieftains during the [[First Age]]. It is probable that ''Boldog'' was actually a title, given to lesser [[Maiar]], servants of [[Morgoth]], who had taken an Orcish [[Fëa and hröa|hröa]]. Several Orc leaders, such as the [[Great Goblin]] from ''[[The Hobbit]]'', might have been Boldogs.

The theory of Boldogs as Orc-shaped Maiar entered the legendarium at a relatively late state, and was not taken up in the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]''.

<blockquote>''Some of these things may have been delusions and phantoms but some were no doubt shapes taken by the servants of [[Morgoth|Melkor]], mocking and degrading the very forms of the children. For Melkor had in his service great numbers of [[Maiar]], who had the power, as their Master, of taking visible and tangible shape in [[Arda]]. '' ('Morgoth's Ring', "Myths transformed", text X')</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Boldog (…) is a name that occurs many times in the tales of [[Battles of Beleriand|the War]]. But it is possible that Boldog was not a personal name, and either a title, or else the name of a kind of creature: the '''Orc-formed Maiar''', only less formidable than the [[Balrogs]]'' (Author's footnote to the text X)</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Melkor had corrupted many spirits — some great as [[Sauron]], or less as Balrogs. The least could have been primitive Orcs.'' (Author's note to text)</blockquote>

One known Boldog was killed during a raid on [[Doriath]]; [[Gothmog, Lieutenant of Morgul|Gothmog]] may have been another.

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