<P> In J.R.R. Tolkien 's fictional universe of Middle - earth , the eagles were immense flying birds that were sapient and could speak . Often emphatically referred to as the Great Eagles , they appear , usually and intentionally serving as agents of eucatastrophe or deus ex machina , in various parts of his legendarium , from The Silmarillion and the accounts of Númenor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . Just as the Ents are guardians of plant life , the giant eagles are the guardians of animal life . </P>
<P> In J.R.R. Tolkien 's fictional universe of Middle - earth , the eagles were immense flying birds that were sapient and could speak . Often emphatically referred to as the Great Eagles , they appear , usually and intentionally serving as agents of eucatastrophe or deus ex machina , in various parts of his legendarium , from The Silmarillion and the accounts of Númenor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . Just as the Ents are guardians of plant life , the giant eagles are the guardians of animal life . </P>
what are the eagles in lord of the rings
what are the eagles in lord of the rings
the guardians of animal life
the guardians of animal life