Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium

Summary

Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium is a Middle-earth race^[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (middle_earth_race category, ranking #9 of 13).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium is the creator of Morgoth^[3].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's image is recorded as Tolkien Orc.png^[4].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's instance of is recorded as Middle-earth race^[5].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's official language is recorded as Black Speech^[6].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's subclass of is recorded as orc in a work of fiction^[7].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's subclass of is recorded as character from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium^[8].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's Commons category is recorded as Middle-earth Orcs^[9].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kxwk^[10].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Middle-earth Orcs^[11].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's from narrative universe is recorded as Tolkien's legendarium^[12].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's home world is recorded as Arda^[13].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's present in work is recorded as The Lord of the Rings^[14].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's enemy is recorded as Beorn^[15].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's Tolkien Gateway ID is recorded as Orcs^[16].
• Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as orcs-orks^[17].

Body

Works and Contributions

Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium is the creator of Morgoth^[3]. Things named for it include Orcs^[18], an ethnophaulism^[19].

Why It Matters

Orcs in Tolkien's legendarium draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (middle_earth_race category, ranking #9 of 13).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include Orcs^[18], an ethnophaulism^[19].