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Also known as ork
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AI overview
An orc is a fictional race of humanoid monsters commonly featured in modern fantasy works, originally inspired by goblins in George MacDonald's literature and later popularized through J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories. Orcs matter because they became a foundational creature type in fantasy fiction, influencing how countless books, games, and films depict fantasy worlds and their inhabitants.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Orc
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Humanoid
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Monster
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Goblin, Uruk-hai, Troll
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Middle-earth
- Mythical creature.First_Attested
- The Hobbit (1937)
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Ork
- Mythical creature.Region
- Middle-earth
- Mythical creature.Habitat
- Mountains, caves, dark forests
- Mythical creature.Details
- Multiple alternative origins proposed by Tolkien, e.g. corrupted elves, or bred by Morgoth
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Orc grunt by Lucas Salcedo.jpg
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- different from
- Orcinus orca
- topic's main category
- Category:Orcs
- derivative work
- orc
- Commons category
- Orcs
- described by source
- Warcraft
Sources (1)
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