What is Ungoliant?

I love that Tolkien wrote these books, creates these beings and their stories but still theorized on their origins. Like he was discovering an ancient history and sharing it with us.

This channel is very underrated. The way you narrate these stories gives a dramatic feel that is very compelling to keep watching

I always thought that Tom Bombadil and Ungoliant were the unforseen consequence of the creation of Arda that stemmed from the discourse of the song of creation.

I have long suspected Ungoliant to be one of the nameless things. It seems fitting given her ancient existence as well as her affiliation to darkness despite having served no dark lord. Her feeding on light also reminds me of Gandalf's famous quote when talking about the nameless things: "Now I have walked there, but I will bring no report to darken the light of day".

Out of everything he did, all the work he put in creating ridiculous amounts of detail for his books, its the parts that he didnt bother finishing that captivates the most.

So personally I think she is something from the void something that was there before the song made reality into solid matter that formed around her trapping her in a real place an alien place to her and it was that been trapped in the song that made her hunger, she wasn’t meant to be “”real”” so been trapped in a web that wove itself around her it broke her and because she didn’t know what this realm was or how she came to be in it she had no hope of escaping it. I don’t think she was alone I believe she was of the same stock as the nameless things that Gandalf’s refused to talk of in the deep places of the world only she was stronger and larger so her hunger was bigger to match. I also think that Tom was similar to ungoilant only made of something else but he was also from outside the song and as such nothing in the song really had any power over him, I think how he ended up inside the setting was that he saw it been woven together and he decided to go and explore it.

Shelob is nothing more than a shadow of an ancient horror. A devourer of light

Ungoliant is by far the most terrifying creature in the lore. She's also a tragic character whose hunger will never be sated. You want to feel sorry for her but you can't, she's just a stuff of nightmares

This is one of the best Ungoliant lore videos I've seen yet and though it doesn't give a definitive answer as to where Ungoliant originates, it still delves into a few possibilities as to what she could be. IMO, i think Ungoliant is the personification of the chaos that exists outside the physical realm since it's been said that Melkor first encountered her in the void in his relentless search for the secret fire. Though I'd love to see more Ungoliant lore videos, i know we will never get an answer as to what she really is and where she truly comes from, oh and i just found the channel today and I've subscribed cuz your skills of narrating Arda lore is top notch😁

Geez, some of these images of Ungoliant are nothing short of terrifying.

Dude!! I have to say, I love your pronunciation!! This is the first channel that delves into Tolkien's mythos, that actually respects the source material enough to learn how to pronounce the names and places properly!! Well done, mate! I salute you! Of course, there are still a few names I need to hear you say to be 100% certain of you and your pronunciation, but you're already miles ahead of every other channel I've ever seen. 👍👍👍

Ungoliant is the best 🙃 one of my favorite middle earth mysteries

As Tolkien applied Biblical aspects to his mythos, Unguliant was the incarnation of Gluttony. There is no better explanation, than the story of her demise...

This is an excellent post. Thanks :)

Huh, you had some informative tidbits (not just in this video) that I had no idea of and I've seen many others channels about the same subjects... it's always fun running into new information, cheers for all your efforts!

Keep em coming. These are perfect.

Of course Melkor went to Australia to find a monstruous spider!

Ungoliant was created when Melkor introduced discord into the theme. Ironic that Ungoliant nearly ate Melkor later.

Truly the most terrifying creature in Middle Earth...well done.

Great video. Keep it up!