Tevildo: When Sauron was a Cat | Tolkien Explained

Sauron is a shapeshifter, but before he ever took the form of a werewolf, snake, vampire, or Annatar, Tolkien envisioned the character as something entirely different - a Cat! Today, we cover the story of Tevildo, the Prince of Cats!

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Sauron - anotherstranger_me
Sauron the Deceiver - Ralph Damiani
werewolf sauron - dracarysdrekkar
vampires - Turner Mohan
every snake changes its skin - skullb*st*rd
Sauron – Jerry Vanderstelt
Sauron - Shadow of War
Tevildo - Lída Holubová
Tevildo - Spiros Gelekas
melkor and the silmarils - Sara Morello
Luthien Tinuviel - Jenny Dolfen
elves - steamey
Tevildo - Jenny Dolfen
tevildo - Kertesz Mate Zoltan
children of iluvatar - nahar
Tevildo the Prince of Cats - Matěj Čadil
Sylph dancing up in the evening sky - Jenny Dolfen
Tevildo and Tinúviel - Alan Lee
Dol Guldur - Felix Englund
Angband - John Howe
Tevildo - Oleg Poluyanov
Beren, Song of Parting - Ted Nasmith
The Death of Finrod Felagund - Anke Eissmann
Beren the Solitary Outlaw - Peter Xavier Price
Morgul Rats - John Howe
Beren - Jenny Dolfen
beren & luthien - Jenny Dolfen
Lúthien Escapes upon Huan - Ted Nasmith
Luthien - Jenny Dolfen
huan went back - alystraea
Huan Subdues Sauron - Ted Nasmith
After Huan - alystraea-art
beren, luthien and huan - steamey
Luthien and Huan - Catherine Karina Chmiel
luthien in the court of morgoth - Pete Amachree
Lúthien Tinúviel - Alan Lee
Luthien and Huan - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Luthien Escapes - Ted Nasmith
Rescue, Finrod and Barahir - Marya Filatova
Huan and Luthien Flee Nargothrond - Peter Xavier Price
Luthien Tinuviel - Daniel Dougherty
The quest fulfilled - Anke Eißmann
Forest Creek - Felix Englund
the fight of huan and carcharoth - kuliszu
Huans Leap - Ted Nasmith
Lúthien Reveals Herself to Celegorm - Ted Nasmith
half-elf warrior - Tolman Cotton
beren and luthien - Sara Morello
Morgoth - Ralph Damiani
Orome hunting beasts - Šárka Škorpíková
Beren and Luthien - wolf and bat - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Sauron Brought Werewolves - Peet
Sauron in Second Age - Elrodimus Flash
Mirror of Galadriel - Alan Lee
The Eye of Sauron - John Howe
Eye of Sauron - John Howe
Sauron in Numenor – Soni Alcorn-Hender
Forging the One Ring - Marko Manev

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