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Beorn & Hobbits
I’ve just completed a reread of The Hobbit. I thought I’d post a few of the things I noticed this time ’round.
In “Queer Lodgings”, there is this exchange between Gandalf and Beorn: Quote:
Later, Quote:
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03-12-2015, 10:59 PM | #2 |
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Possible. But I'm not sure. In the first instance, he might have just decided not to question any further about it.
In the second - I suppose it could be both that he knew very well what a Dwarf was, and judged based on Bilbo what a Hobbit was. But... you COULD be right. This wouldn't be so terribly far from where the folk connected with Gollum lived. If that group also called themselves "Hobbits" (probably so - since the term appears to go back to the "Holbytla" - with which the Rohirrim were familiar). At least not that far with how widely Beorn ranged.
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