The
Tolkien Monster Encyclopedia
by Calle Mattsson
This page is devoted to
all
the monsters and races belonging to darkness.
Here you will find Orcs, Goblins, Balrogs
and many more fearsome creatures.
Gorcrow
Ancient hobbit folklore spoke of the
swamplands
where evil phantoms called mewlips dwelt. In
these
haunted marshes there was also an evil breed of bird, the gorcrow.
Gorcrows
were carrion birds and lived close alongside the mewlips, the remains
of
whose prey they devoured.