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[[Image:Snake.gif|thumb|A snake portrayed in ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]'']]
[[Image:Snake.jpg|thumb|A snake portrayed in ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]'']]
'''Snakes''' were reptilian creatures, often associated with the forces of darkness, and especially with [[Morgoth]], the first [[Dark Lord]].
'''Snakes''' were reptilian creatures, often associated with the forces of darkness, and especially with [[Morgoth]], the first [[Dark Lord]].
==Names==
==Names==

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A snake portrayed in MERP

Snakes were reptilian creatures, often associated with the forces of darkness, and especially with Morgoth, the first Dark Lord.

Names

In Quenya, "snake, serpent" is (h)lókë (Sindarin, lhûg).[1]

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"