Vampires

Vampires in J.R.R. Tolkien's works were mysterious bat-like creatures in the service of Morgoth and Sauron.
== History ==
LIttle is told of them. Tolkien names one, Thuringwethil, a messenger of Sauron in the First Age while he ruled from Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Sauron himself, capable of shape-shifting, also took the shape of a vampire on at least one occasion, during the travels of Beren and Lúthien.
Vampires do not appear in Arda's history after the First Age.
=== Ambiguity ===
Tolkien may have chosen the word "vampire" only for its modern connotations of bat-associated monsters. A similar instance is his use of the word "werewolf" to denote wolf-like creatures, otherwise possibly unrelated to traditional werewolves. However, in context of the word "Vampire," Sauron did assume the form of such a creature numerous times. Furthermore, the vampire Thuringwethil, as her name connotes, is described as a "woman" of shadow.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien"
== In adaptations ==
=== Video games ===
* The Games Workshop The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game supplement The Ruin of Arnor has a vampire in it - Gûlavhar, the Terror of Arnor. This is a non-canonical creature, designed by Mat Ward (writer of the Ruin of Arnor), Roberto Cirillo (concept artist) and Trish Morrison (sculptor).
* The Lord of the Rings Online has Carcharan, a vampire of Morgoth, in the forest of Mirkwood. It is a vampire in the form of a giant vampire bat.
=== Films ===
Large bat-like creatures appear in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, though it is unknown if they are intended to be vampires.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Vampier
Albanian 	Vampir
Amharic 	ቫምፓየር
Arabic 	مصاص دماء
Aromanian 	Vurcolacu
Armenian 	Վամպիր
Azerbaijani 	Vampir
Basque 	Banpiro
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вампір
Bengali 	ভ্যাম্পায়ার
Bosnian 	Vampir
Breton 	Suner-gwad
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Вампир
Burmese 	သွေးစုပ်ဖုတ်ကောင်
Cambodian 	បិសាច​ជញ្ជក់ឈាម
Catalan 	Vampir
Chinese (Hong Kong)	吸血鬼
Croatian 	Vampir
Czech 	Upír
Danish 	Vampyr
Dari 	وامپیره
Dutch 	Vampier
Esperanto 	Vampiro
Estonian 	Vampiir
Filipino 	Bampira
Finnish 	Vampyyri
Galician 	Vampiro
Georgian 	ვამპირი
German 	Vampir
Greek 	Βρυκόλακας
Hebrew 	ערפד
Hindi 	पिशाच
Hungarian 	Vámpír
Icelandic 	Vampíra
Indonesian 	Vampir
Irish Gaelic 	Vaimpír
Italian 	Vampiro
Japanese 	吸血鬼
Kannada 	ರಕ್ತಪಿಶಾಚಿ
Kashubian 	Wieszczi
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Вампіре
Korean 	흡혈귀
Kurdish 	ڤامپیره‌ (Arabic script) Vampîre (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Вампирэ
Laotian 	ຜີດິບ
Latin 	Vampyrus
Latvian 	Vampīrs
Lithuanian 	Vampyras
Luxembourgish 	Vampir
Macedonian Cyrillic	Вампир
Malay 	Vampir
Malayalam 	രക്തരക്ഷസ്
Marathi 	वम्पिरे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Вампире
Nāhuatl 	Tlācatzinācantli
Nepalese 	वम्पिरे
Norwegian 	Vampyr
Occitan 	Vampir
Persian 	خون‌آشام
Polish 	Wampir
Portuguese 	Vampiro
Punjabi 	ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ
Romanian 	Vampir
Russian 	Вампир
Sanskrit 	वेताल
Scottish Gaelic 	Bhampair
Serbian 	Вампир (Cyrillic) Vampir (Latin)
Sindhi 	رت پيئندڙ جن
Sinhalese 	පිසාචයින්
Slovak 	Upír
Slovenian 	Vampir
Spanish 	Vampiro
Swedish 	Vampyr
Tajik Cyrillic 	Вампире
Tibetan 	ཟེར་རོ།
Tagalog 	Bampira
Tamil 	வாம்பைர்
Telugu 	రక్త పిశాచి
Thai 	แวมไพร์
Turkish 	Vampir
Turkmen 	Wampir
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Упир
Urdu 	خون آشام
Uzbek 	Вампирлар (Cyrillic) Vampirlar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Ma cà rồng
Volapük 	Vampir
Welsh 	Fampir
Yoruba 	Fanpaya
Yiddish 	וואַמפּיר
== References ==
Category:Monsters
Category:Bats
Category:Servants of Morgoth
Category:Servants of Sauron
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