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Shelob is a fictional monster in the form of a giant spider from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Her lair lies in Cirith Ungol leading into Mordor. The creature Gollum deliberately leads the
The Hobbits' fight with Shelob derives from multiple myths. Panel in Hylestad Stave Church showing Sigurd's sword penetrating Fafnir.
The portrayal of Shelob in Peter Jackson's film of The Return of the King is based on the New Zealand tunnel-web spider, a species that Jackson dislikes.
Ungoliant
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Ungoliant is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, described as an evil spirit in the form of a giant spider. Her name means "dark spider" in Sindarin. She is mentioned briefly in T
Shelob
…trilogy was based on the New Zealand tunnel-web spider. Shelob is described in The Two Towers as an "evil thing in spider-form...[the] last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world", living high in the Ephel Dúath mountains on the borders of Mordor. Although she resided in Mordor and was unrepentantly…
The story of Ungoliant and Morgoth has been likened to Milton's Paradise Lost, where Death is the ever-hungry child of Satan. Painting of Satan, Sin, and Death by Henry Fuseli, 1800
The Dark Lord Morgoth facing Ungoliant, fan art