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[edit] Varg
Warg is not the Swedish word for 'wolf'. Varg is.
I deleted a paragraph and changed the picture caption to make it more clear that Tolkien never explicitly described Wargs. Mithgil 04:49, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
That 'varg' means wolf in Swedish and that 'warg' is the oldfashioned spelling for that word is of course old hat. Just thought I'd note it anyway. As far as I know, no other languages use the word (I believe other Scandinavians use ulv, which is also the original Swe. word. German has wulf.).
warg's appear in the game castlevania as large fire breathing wolves
[edit] Merge
Does there need to be an article on Wargs and one on Warg Riders? Ben j min 19:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Could be nothing, but still...
Just thought i'd mention this: in the slovene language (and i suppose in other slavic ones as well), an archaic form of the word "vrag", meaning daemon or devil, is "varg". i'm not a historic linguist, and i only have an slightly above average knowledge of european mythology, so i have no idea if these two words are in any way related. could be, or could be a coincidence. the only thing i know is, i *do* know enough of historic linguistics and mythology to be suspicious of coincidences like this. now, can somebody shed some more light on this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.172.254.113 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Wargs were almost certainly not inspired by dire wolves!
Canis dirus was a strictly New World species. Consequently, although there is a possibility it may have survived in folklore of the Native Americans, it would not have been a folk inspiration for Old World cultures.
