Talk:Orcs

Lifespan
In his Myths transformed Essay Tolkien states that the lifespan of Orcs was short compared to those of men.This seems to contradict Bolg's obvious long life... but it still may be explaneable if some of those greater Orcs like Bolg or Azog had a strong strain of elven or maiarin Blood.--Haerangil (talk) 06:38, April 22, 2013 (UTC)

Origin of Orcs
Tolkien's Ideas about the orcish origin are contradicting.In Myths Transformed and unfinished Tales he states they descended from Men and thus were mortal... however in Myth transformed he relativises this statement and adds "there may have been some elven strain".This Idea that Orcs were of mixed elven- and mortal origin seems to be late.Then there is the idea that Orcs were sentient beasts... that may be true for some slave-orcs, but certainly not for the quite intellgent Warrior-Orcs as they appear in the books.--Haerangil (talk) 06:38, April 22, 2013 (UTC)