Who & What Is HUAN 'The Hound of Valinor'?! | Lord of the Rings Lore

Huan is the Hound of Valinor! He once served Orome,and Celegorm, and also played a massive role in the tale of Beren and Luthien!
Today, we look at the most loyal of hounds!
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Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro – Huan, The Hound of Valinor!
00:59 – The Prophecies of Huan
04:15 – The Life of Huan – Huan & Celegorm
07:28 – The Life of Huan – Huan, Beren & Lúthien
10:41 – Conclusion – Huan, The Hound of Valinor!
11:15 – QotD & Thank you’s.
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Luthien and Huan at The Isle of Werewolves - Randy Vargas

Art in order of first appearance:
Silmarillion Celegorm Huan - Mathia Arkoniel
Luthien and Huan at The Isle of Werewolves - Randy Vargas
Oromë, Nahar and Huan - Félix Donadio
Lúthien and Huan coming for Beren - Catherine Chmiel
Luthien and Huan – Ekukanova
Beren, Luthien and Huan - Ivan Cavini
Hound of Valinor – RobertBugan
Colorized Minimalist Nazgul - QuillHasFavorites
The Prophecy Fulfilled - Joshua Cairos
Witch-King of Angmar - Pablo Oliver
J.R.R.Tolkien Tribute - Ivan Cavini
The Nazgul - SpartanK42
Hunters (detail) Orome Celegorm Huan – AlystraeaArt
The Oath of Feanor – BellaBergolts
Celegorm the Fair – Tuuliky
Luthien – ArgonApricot
Luthien and Huan - Simona Brunilde Jero
Luthien and Celegorm in Nargothrond - Mysilvergreen
Thingol & Melian – Elfe
Tinuviel - Matthew Stewart
Celegorm and Curufin Find Luthien – Ekukanova
Curufin and Celegorm – MathiaArkoniel
Tol Sirion Minas Tirith Thangorodrim Orodreth – gresetdavid
Gorthaur Sauron – Sharinel
Sauron Brought Werewolves – peet
Draugluin - Angel Falto
Gorthaur The Cruel – RaXabas
Sauron and Huan - tsundere-power
Beren and Luthien – ralphdamian
Tyelkormo and Curufinwe - Tuuliky
Huan's Promise - Ebe Kastein
Thuringwethil - Kapriss-Art
Beren and Lúthien – Alan Lee
Beren and Luthien flee Angband - Pete Amachree
Carcharoth – Tacaret
Carcharoth – Rahav
Carcharoth - Stevce Lazarevski
The Hunting of the Wolf - Alan Lee
Lúthien Escapes Upon Huan – Ted Nasmith
Huan vs Sauron - Arnaud Sohyer-Büdow
Middle earth – Klaradox
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[Azulakayes]

He is a very good boy...I think I can go as far as to say, he is the best boy ever. In a wonderful world, someone would make a faithful adaptation of the story of Beren and Luthien and we would get the privilege of seeing Luthien and Huan kicking butt and taking names.

[primal]

Huan managed to beat Sauron in a fight. That should determine that he is really strong

[Dr_Cole]

I absolutely love the story of Huan. I would like to hear more stories about animals allied with the good sides, as so few come to mind other than horses (Bill the Pony!) and the great Eagles.

[andrewwamser]

Huan is, was and always will be my favorite character in all of Tolkiens work. To me, the ultimate image of peace and contentment is Tom Bombadil sitting quietly, smoking a pipe by the fireplace with Huan curled up at his feet. I know they never met on the page but still...

[shyguygamer]

Sauron had such a big ego, he heard that Huan was only be defeated by the greatest wolf ever and thought "what if Im the greatest wolf ever" lol

[ozarkscarguy]

The timing of this for me was unfortunate. I lost my great hound 2 days ago. To me he was like that of Huan. He was a large dog even for his breed, he was my protector against all kinds of foes, and it seemed nothing could kill him. Saturday I placed my hand on his head and we told each other goodbye.

[rafaelgustavo]

What many people forget about Sauron:

- He fought on equal terms with Huan using the resources available to him: Claw, Poison, Animal Strength, Demonic Art and the available spells. The problem is that in addition to facing an invulnerable being, Sauron was facing Destiny itself and the fabric of Lúthien's veil that incapacitated him with a temporary sleep.

About the nature of Huan. He was a Maia!

"At the bottom of the page bearing the brief text V (p. 389) my father jotted down the following, entirely unconnected with the matter of the text: Living things in Aman. As the Valar would robe themselves like the Children, many of the Maiar robed themselves like other lesser living things, as trees, flowers, beasts. (Huan.)"

Only the Valar and Maiar are intelligences that can assume forms of Arda at will. Huan and Sorontar could be Maiar - emissaries of Manwe.(4)"

Orcs - History of Middle Earth.

[Cryptid_Renfri]

My family had a few Irish Wolfhounds when i was growing up.

Amazingly gentle and loyal dogs, and lethally protective if they ever need to be.

We never lost any cattle to wild dogs on our property, although all our neighbours did, especially in calving season. They'd lost almost half their calves some years.

The wild dog packs never wanted to tangle with our two dogs at the time. One a wolfhound/rhodesian ridgeback cross and the other a pure blooded wolfhound. I miss them both dearly.

[davidmckown]

If Beren and Luthien ever get a movie adaptation, they need to cast someone with a Welsh accent as homage to Wild Wales.

[benjaminallen]

Finally, a YouTube video devoted solely to Huan, my favorite character of Tolkien's universe!😃

In any adaptation of Beren and Luthien (my preference is a season of a larger _Silmarillion_ series), I envision Huan as providing the comic relief that the Hobbits provide in _The Hobbit_ and _The Lord of the Rings, _ because he is, well, a dog. He wouldn't be like Jar Jar Binks, of course, because he is integral to the story. Rather, and more appropriately, he would function like Dug in _Up, _ albeit a somewhat more serious equivalent. Unlike Dug or in the Tolkien writings, however, Huan wouldn't speak, because I don't think Tolkien, as a writer, fully understood the power of nonverbal queues. I want viewers to see their dogs in him, to fall in love with him, and to bawl their eyes out when he dies.

[davidjacobs]

He's such a good boy! One of my favourite literary dogoes.

[Brandon-a-writer]

I love that you included Wild Wales! It was an excellent resource when working on this script. And as always, you are excellent at translating my humble efforts into wonderful video presentations. Love you guys! Three Hunters!

[GSBWorkingDogs-Rugby]

Been waiting for this vid for a long time, such a great character of a brilliant tale. I’m a working dog enthusiast and my 2 current dogs are named Maia and Kirdan and my future ones will always be themed from the books

[josephborg]

personally this is 1 of my favourite stories of Tolkien's work.

[georgepowelson]

This is just one example of many, that we as humans are not worthy of canine companionship. Ever see the dogs attacking the shark video? Says it all. Great video, hope to see it as movie(that doesn’t suck) one day. Stories from the Silmarillion are some of his finest work.

[airmanfair]

Getting a puppy soon, going to name it Huan.

[growingcrazy]

I think Huan has to be one of my favourites, I didn’t know if him until today

[andriancon-el]

I actually shed tears while reading the last part of huan tho his faith has been sealed

[ArrivaAzazello]

Hail to simona jero for drawing that amazing picture of luthien and huan!

[iTony]

Love the story, pls someone the name of the instrumental on the background 😌 so relaxing