Questions tagged [the-hobbit]
For questions about The Hobbit, a 1937 Children's novel by Tolkien. Please always use with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag. For questions about the film adaptations use in conjunction with the film tags, [an-unexpected-journey], etc.
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Did Saruman deal with Sauron?
In the third Hobbit film, Saruman tells Gandalf, Galadriel, and Radagast, to get as far from the Nazgûl realm as possible, while he goes to handle Sauron alone.
However, we never see him again, for ...
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What is the relationship between Galadriel and Gandalf?
It seems to be one of love, but how would that fit with Celeborn and Galadriel's marriage?
It is my understanding that Galadriel played an important part in the summoning of the five wizards to ...
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Could the messenger sent by Sauron (to Erebor) be an Easterling?
Sauron sends a messenger to Erebor. My friend says that the messenger couldn't possibly be a Nazgûl as we know where they were located when the messenger arrives at Erebor.
"Then about a year ...
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Are there any phoenix like creatures in Tolkien's fantasy universe?
I want to know if any creatures similar to a phoenix appear in Tolkien's Legendarium (Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit) universe?
By "similar to a phoenix" I mean a creature that has some of the ...
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How has Galadriel acquired evil mode?
One thing that intrigues me, is the berserk / evil / turbo-charged mode of Galadriel in face of danger (in Dol Guldur, during The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies) or during a possible temptation (in ...
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What is the name of the Mirkwood elves' realm?
Inspired by this question (that mistakenly refers to Rivendell), it occurs to me that I don't actually know the name of the realm where the Mirkwood elves live. I don't recall it ever being mentioned ...
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How much interest did Sauron have in Erebor?
Having recently bought Unfinished Tales (excellent book) I delved straight in and learned some pretty cool things, but one thing that stood out for me in the chapter of the quest for Erebor was this ...
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What were the giant rock throwing creatures in "The Hobbit"?
Were the boulder tossing rock giants(shown in the film) beings, or metaphors for the dangers(described in the book) of traveling the high mountain passes that Bilbo and company utilized on their ...
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Why were the Hobbit and Lord of the Ring movies released in reverse order to the books?
J. R. R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937, and the first Lord of the Rings Book (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) in 1954.
He wrote/published The Hobbit before the Lord of the ...
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Tolkien's Hierarchy of Creation Cheat Sheet
So I have recently come upon this link which I have found to be very informative and was wondering how accurate it is.
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Gandalf - open displays of power versus his restrictions as an Istar
Throughout both the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (and I need to stress that I'm talking about the books, not the movies) we see Gandalf quite liberally tossing magic about.
He uses lightning in his ...
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Why don't any characters sing in the 2nd and 3rd Hobbit films?
Tolkien's books have a lot of songs in them, which sometimes become actual songs sung by the characters in the films. The films seems to favor having the characters sing on screen more and more, as ...
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Was there any (significant) technological development during the Third Age
The Third Age lasted about 3000 years. In The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings we see the last years of it and Middle-earth is in something like a "dark age".
The human empires are either ...
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What exactly is the Witch-king of Angmar?
The movies tell you that the Witch-king is another just Nazgûl, albeit their king, but the books seemed to suggest that he was a man. And the fact that he was the Necromancer, briefly mentioned in The ...
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Could the Arkenstone have been a Silmaril?
Frome Wikipedia:Silmaril
"In agony, Maedhros threw himself and his Silmaril into a fiery pit..."
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"The Arkenstone also known as the "Heart of the Mountain" ...
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