| Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: G Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 15 August 2012 Updates planned: 2 Gwaihir and his kind Huge Eagles of Middle-earth, far larger than normal examples of their kind, who were capable of bearing the weight of a Man and spoke the Common Tongue. Said to have been proud but noble, they were the descendants of the ancient Eagle Thorondor, whose wingspan extended to some 180 feet (or a little over fifty metres). Though the Great Eagles of the Third Age don't appear to reached Thorondor's vast size, they were still immense. Greatest of them all at the time of the War of the Ring was Gwaihir the Windlord, who aided Gandalf and his allies in the final overthrow of Sauron. See also... Bird-tamer, Eagles of the Crissaegrim, Eagles of the Misty Mountains, Eagles of the North, Ered Engrin, Great Eagle, Iron Guards Indexes: Alphabetical: E Alphabetical: G Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 15 August 2012 Updates planned: 2 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2012. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus can now create DISC questionnaires in no less than 35 different languages. |
ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE 
SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random