Great Spiders

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The Great Spiders or Giant Spiders were spider-like Monsters believed to be the lesser descendants of Spider-Demons, lesser Ainur who took the Fana of spiderlike creatures.The more powerful of these Great Spiders were intelligent Maiarindi who possessed magical powers, but their lesser offspring were for the most part just overlarge Spiders with only animalic intelligence.

Great Spiders of note[]

Bogbereth Eagoth Enna San Sarab Gelob Gwethil Saenathra Shelob Unglob Ungoliant Vorsang

Family Tree of the Great Spiders[]

Demons of the Void
- Spider-Demons
  - Spiders of Nan Dungortheb
    - king spiders
      - Pit Spiders
  - Ungolianth
    - Ungoliant’s Progeny
      - Shelob
        Enna San Sarab, Unglob and Saenathra
        Giant Spiders of Mirkwood
        Stonespiders
        
        Ennerlings of Mirkwood
        
        Vorsang
        Great Spiders of Eriador
        Bogbereth
        
        Glass Spiders
        
        Marsh Spiders
      - Giant Spiders of the Utter South
        fishing spiders
      - Eagoth
        Giant Spiders of the East
        
        wolfspiders
      - Giant Spiders of the North
        ice spiders
        Snow-Spinners

References[]

Original reference: ICE MERP #2012 Creatures of Middle-earth, pg. 123