Mûmak

Giant southern war-beast

Other names

Oliphaunt — The Hobbits' word for the beast, and the one the story itself uses far more often than the Haradrim name. (K1, Source: The Lord of the Rings, Book IV, ch. 3, The Black Gate is Closed) Mûmakil — The plural of the Haradrim name, used when the beasts appear in numbers on the Pelennor. (K1, Source: The Lord of the Rings, Book V, ch. 6, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields)

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In briefanswer capsule

The Mûmak of Harad is a southern battle-beast of huge size. Sam saw one break from woodland and race downhill, larger than any house, a grey hill in motion. No equal still roams Middle-earth. Trunk-thick legs, sail-wide ears, a lifted snout, tiny red eyes, and gold-banded tusks wet with blood marked it. Torn scarlet and gold cloth hung about it; a wrecked fighting-tower rested on its back with a Swerting warrior at its neck.

Sources

The Lord of the Rings — Book IV, ch. 4, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Mûmak“. Last updated August 30, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/creatures/mumak/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Mûmak. Last updated August 30, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/creatures/mumak/

MLA

„Mûmak“. Legendarium, 2026, https://www.legendarium.page/creatures/mumak/. Last updated August 30, 2026.

BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-mumak-en,
  title        = {Mûmak},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/creatures/mumak/}},
  note         = {Last updated August 30, 2026}
}