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Orcs always existed since before turks man, the word orc originates from the ancient latin god of the underworld Orcus, before Romans replaced it with Hades.Is this all northern european mythology? Or was the concept of orc created to describe the Turks?
The folkloric figure is present in european fables from german to french ones.
The tall humanoid creature, with sharp teeth and thick fur.
And of course it was used as an insult or to demonize the enemy.
It’s a figure present everywhere, even in Iceland, that gets translated to the west as orc, even if the semantics are different.
You could even say that the Japanese Oni is some kind of orc.