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Howdy Y'all,

I did a google search for Torog and found a definition of the word Torog,which,when I thought up this handle,I thought that it was unique-I had no idea that it meant what it meant..but I think that it was in my sub-conscious from the '70's,when I read the Lord of the Rings books.

Torog
The Elvesā?? name for those of Troll-kind
Dates: First recorded at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in I 471, but must predate this by some time. Still extant at the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age Divisions: Cave-trolls, Hill-trolls, Mountain-trolls, Olog-hai, Snow-trolls, Stone-trolls Meaning: Obscure1 - Tolkien consistently translates this word as 'Troll' The Sindarin word that Tolkien normally renders as 'troll' in his works. The derivation of this word is uncertain - it may be derived from older Elvish words (see note 1 below) or perhaps imitates olog, which seems to be the comparative term in the Black Speech.


Notes
1 The 'rog' element of torog is reminiscent of the same element in Balrog, and the two may share a derivation from rauko, 'demon'. Following this, and hints from The Etymologies (in volume 5 of The History of Middle-earth, a possible source of the name would be taur rhaug, where taur means 'vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful', and rhaug is the origin of 'rog', 'demon'. Hence - assuming this speculation has any basis in reality - the name 'torog' would mean 'mighty demon'.


Wow..who knew..seems there's another Torog,at a pagan site..Lordy !

Plus..there are numerous links to various posts by me-or referring to me..kinda spooky !

Have a good one...Torog