Ogres?

[Legolas]

There is only one mention of 'ogres,' from The Hobbit:

Poor Bilbo sat in the dark thinking of all the horrible names of all the giants and ogres he had ever heard told of in tales, but not one of them had done all these things.

Ogres didn't realy exist in Middle-earth, nor did Giants. You must remember that The Hobbit was written by Bilbo (so it contains some of his 'enhancements' or exaggerations) and as a hobbit, he lived in a very isolated environement - these tales he spoke of were nothing more than tall tales made up to entertain the children (since there were no great battles or heros in the Shire until he came long, and Frodo and his friends).

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 11:08 PM January 20, 2004: Message edited by: Legolas ]