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Great beasts

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Great beasts were used to pull the battering ram Grond during the siege of Minas Tirith.[1]

Whether these beasts of burden used by Sauron were a foul breed, Mûmakil, or a race of unknown animals from distant lands, is impossible to say for certain as we lack a more detailed description of the creatures.

Portrayal in Adaptations

Yurgs in BFME2


The great beasts are depicted as rhinoceros-like creatures.

2006: The Battle for Middle-earth II:

In this video game the basic design of the great beasts from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings is kept. However, a new idea is introduced: the creatures called "great beasts" were originally used by Dwarves in the Misty Mountains as underground draft animals (depicted as being much smaller than Sauron's beasts of burden). The Dwarves called them yurgs.[2]


  2. Battle for Middle-earth II - The Dwarves at IGN, accessed 16 October 2010
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