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Originally Posted by Xerxys
Now, I read all the essays of Tolkien in the Unfinisdhed Tales and was unable to get info on Goblins. I know Orcs came from Elves initially making them a strong and combative force (much like Ants) and Uruk'ai (sp?) were the amalgamation of both Orcs and Men add to that very well trained and good at taking orders. So I assume they either came from a lower breed of Dwarves. The same way the hobbit Smeagol was transformed into Golum by the One Ring.
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Everything I've read says that Goblins and Orcs are the same thing in Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The usual distinction is that Goblins are what Hobbits call Orcs, hence its use in The Hobbit and not in LOTR.