The creatures of the Enemy

[greywind]

I have finally found what I were looking for, in Quenta Silmarillion! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[...] And thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of Orcs in evny and mockery of the Elves [...] And naught that had life of his own, nor the semblance of life, could ever Melkor make since his rebellion in the Ainulindalë becore the Beginning: so say the wise [...]

As that link proved, the matter of "which creature have life of his own" makes my question more diffucult then I could ever imagine. But at least Dragons, should have life on his own, since they are bred (let me know if I am wrong).

However:

Again after a hundred years Glaurung, the first of the Urulòki, the fire-drakes of the North, issued from Angband's gates by night.

must mean that Morgoth bred Dragons as a new thing...

Does this mean that Dragons did not have life of their own, or does it mean that Dragons were mocking copies from something else (like Manwë's eagles)?

Or does it mean that the wise were simply wrong when they said He could not make things that had life of their own?

Pardon me for not reading your whole link... I have never read anything in the HoMe series.

[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: greywind ]

[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: greywind ]