(Story from: The Lord of the Rings)The “Oliphaunt” also referred to as &ldqu

(Story from: The Lord of the Rings)The “Oliphaunt” also referred to as “Mûmakil” were prehistoric elephants of colossal size that inhabited the distant Harad of middle earth. (Arda) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=358WqCgg0_U&ab_channel=jediking12The “Oliphaunt” were domesticated and used as battle beasts by the tribes of “Haradrim” men of dark and brown skin who adapted a tower of wood and crimson cloth on the back of the “Oliphaunt” where garrisons of archers and spearmen obtained an advantage. tactical, the terror caused by an “Oliphaunt” was as devastating as its 15 meter height. (The horses preferred to avoid it)Each “Oliphaunt” was capable of crushing its enemies, dismounting a horseman with its trunk or charging with its huge fangs those who interfered in its path; The only weakness of the “Oliphaunt” was its eyes that could be vulnerable to arrows or spears, another disadvantage was the fear itself that the animal could experience in battle, panicking from the wounds and losing control of its Haradrim tamer (Dooming the other crew on his back), the last participation of the “Oliphaunts” was in the battle of the Pelennor fields where they possibly became extinct. Here one of the most epic scenes of Rohan vs Harad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8TiA3RwIY&ab_channel=KimerLorens(In the confusion the scavenger orcs.)As additional information, the “Oliphaunt” resembles a Mammoth and a Mastodon that adapted to the steppes of distant Harad, a possible imaginary interpretation of Professor JRR Tolkien with the war elephants used by the ancient empires: Egyptians, Persians, Chinese and Hindus. -- source link

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