name uruk-hai

[Laosh'Ra]

there are those weird lotr creatures called uruk-hai. im not that much of a lotr fan so i wondered if anyone else could help me to find out about that "uruk" part since that was the summerian capital (used to be ruled by gilgamesh).
many fantasy stuff has relations to reality... maybe theres a weird connection? plz post all u got about these creatures. (i dont even remember how they look like)

 

[Mecheon]

Uruk-Hai were basically Orc Version 2

I'm pretty sure that Uruk ment "Orc", seeing as there were also creatures called "Olog-Hai" which were advanced trolls

 

[Telefragged]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk-Hai

 

[SeaGull1723]

I'm not too sure why, but the name Uruk is yes, from the tale of Gilgamesh and is supposedly a Babylonian city.

Uruk-hai were the orcs bred in the Third Age to counter one problem orcs could not deal with: the sunlight. Because of this, Sauron (no, Sauron actually started breeding Uruk-hai, not like the movie version) began a chain in which the orcs were bigger, and tougher. It started off with some sort of breeding with men to retain the property. As the name suggests, it means "orc men."

Like Mecheon said, the chain of trolls began breeding as well with the Olog-hai "troll men," who of course, were bred to counter the sunlight problem. Quite a bunch, eh?

 

[Laosh'Ra]

thx ppl

 

[Gilnit]

Tolkien invented this word by changing word "orc"
Here
orc -> oroh -> uruk.

 

[Rui]

Tolkien invented this word by changing word "orc"
Here
orc -> oroh -> uruk.

He did a nice job. He made the same with languages I think. I think he joined parts of all languages, and then formed the new language for sindarins, noldorians and all that elven language. I've read the books long time ago and i'm tired of lotr so i can't remember that stuff right now

-Rui

 

[Gilnit]

Thats right. In some Russian Tolkien Fan Sites Thiey have elven languages such as sindarin, quenya and even dark-elven