Shelob is the giant spider character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Appearing in the fourth book. she's a terrifying and menacing beast that is said to predate the events of The Lord of ...

Shelob is a great Spider who is known as the greatest child of the primordial spider, Ungoliant. Shelob’s story in The Lord of the Rings finds her living in a lair on the border of Mordor, in the pass ...

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. In Tolkien lore, Shelob is the offspring of Ungoliant, an evil spirit in the form of a ...

If you're a fan of The Lord of the Rings--or even if you've just seen The Return of the King--you'll remember the horrifyingly large spider, Shelob. The monster very nearly kills Frodo, after all, ...

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There are villains aplenty in both the novels and films of The Lord of the Rings. While Saruman resides in Orthanc, and some Orcs serve him in the surrounding Isengard, hiding in her lair, Torech ...

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Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. Up until now Warner Bros. has only hinted at the greater story of Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Obviously ...

Above: Eltariel, Celebrimbor, and Talion the Bright Lord in Shadow of War. Monolith introduces interesting characters like Shelob, inserting the giant spider into the story as a kind of temptress in ...

In the wee small hours of the morning, Christopher, son of acclaimed fiction writer and spider enthusiast, JRR Tolkien, approached his father's grave and, in rather timid, sorrowful words, revealed ...