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.
Hummerhorns
According to a hobbit rhyme, a race of
winged
insects called hummerhorns was said to have battled a questing knight.
Wheter these ferocious insects were of giant size, or the knight was of
some diminutive race, or wheter the tale was a product of hobbit humour
cannot now be learned.