The most dramatic scene of bold destruction comes in "The Silmarillion" proper, when Morgoth and the monstrous, never sated spider Ungoliant -- in my view the vilest, most sickening, and best ...

Fingolfin fights a giant Morgoth surrounded by mountains in the Silmarillion.© Provided by CBR Arondir and Bronwyn watching a meteor in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ...

The Silmarillion itself says Morgoth stood over an elven king “as a tower” and “cast a shadow over him like a storm cloud.” That’s how he’s always depicted.

Morgoth is one of the Ainur (also known as the Valar), the earliest beings to exist in Arda. Ilúvatar created the Ainur from his thoughts and then he created Arda with them by harmonizing in song.

Part of "The Silmarillion" description of Morgoth goes, "Great might was given to him by Ilúvatar," the God-like Creator of Tolkien's World.

As detailed in The Lord of the Rings prequel The Silmarillion, Morgoth (along with his fellow Valar and the less powerful Maiar) created the world under Eru Ilúvatar’s direction.