The Hunter (creature)

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The Hunter was a shadowy creature of Elvish legend, said to have plagued the newly-awakened Elves at Cuiviénen. Those Elves captured by the Hunter were thought to have been corrupted by Melkor to form the race of Orcs.[source?]

Perhaps the Hunter was one of the "shadows and evil spirits" sent by Melkor to spy upon and harass the Quendi.[1] The Hunter may also have been Melkor himself in an attempt to deceive the Elves into thinking that the Valar were in fact evil.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"

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