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Location
Apparently originated in the southern lands of Middle-earth
Species
A gigantic relative of modern elephants
Pronunciation
moo'makil
Meaning
A name probably from the language of the Haradrim,1 of unknown meaning
Other names
Note
Mûmakil is a plural form; an individual creature of this kind was known as a mûmak

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Mûmakil

Monsters out of the southern lands

A name for the great elephantine beasts of the Harad, and especially those that the Haradrim brought to war in the late Third Age.


Notes

1

The only mention of the origin of the name comes from an early draft of Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings, which states 'Of the Speech of Men of the East and allies of Sauron all that appears is múmak, a name of the great elephant of the Harad' (The Peoples of Middle-earth I 2, The Appendix on Languages). Given the connection of these creatures to the Harad, it seems reasonable to assume that the allies in question were the Haradrim. It should be noted that this comment did not survive to the published version of the Appendix, and so cannot be considered as definitive.

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