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10-02-2001, 12:13 PM | #1 |
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The strangest of all Tolkien's creatures?
I think they have to be the stone giants in the Hobbit. How come we never hear about them anywhere else. Who would they have fought for in the war of the ring? Where did they go? What were they doing up there?
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10-02-2001, 04:58 PM | #2 |
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They needn't have fought in the War of the Ring at all, and perhaps did not. Not everyone was on one side or the other.
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10-02-2001, 05:30 PM | #3 |
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No mention of the Knee-Walking Turkeys as the strangest creature, eh Inoldonil?
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10-02-2001, 05:45 PM | #4 |
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Congrats!
I was actually going to mention Tom as one of the Knee-walking Turkeys, but forgot. No good now, unless you don't mind me editing my post and deleting yours
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10-02-2001, 06:05 PM | #5 |
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I’m intrigued by these Knee Walking Turkeys, all I know is the information Inoldonil gave us. Is it worth buying HoME XIII just to find out about these fascinating creatures alone or does it have any other information that a curious young person such as myself might enjoy reading?
Also I believe the Men to be the strangest of all Tolkien’s creatures, even if it was based on some other beings from other tales. Mainly because every other creature has mortal advantages other them, but this isn’t the thread to discuss that. |
10-02-2001, 08:09 PM | #6 |
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I think that the siege dragons of iron(like the ones created for the destruction of Gondolin)are weird. I can't tell, but it seems they are dragons made of metal.
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10-03-2001, 12:19 AM | #7 |
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May seem a little surprising...Elves! Because they are far different than Elves in other literature!
BTW...Welcome to Entmoot, Gothmog35!
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10-03-2001, 04:57 PM | #8 |
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Welcome Gothmog!
Comic Book Guy, you should definitely buy Vol. XIII of HoMe, there's a lot of other great information in there: Paper Maché Mountains, the history of Minas Troney, the entire food inventory of the Goode Eates, and much more.
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10-03-2001, 09:15 PM | #9 |
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I remember those metal dragon thingees, Gothmog! Are they from Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin in BLT?
Nice to have new person Gothmog.
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10-05-2001, 02:44 PM | #10 |
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Tom Bombadil. i haven't the faintest idea of what he is, except that he's a really woerd (in a good way) fellow.
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10-06-2001, 12:06 AM | #11 |
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The Druedain were strange and cool. Ghan-buri-ghan is great! He's so awkward in comparison with the lofty men and elves of LOTR, and yet he somehow fits into Middle-earth perfectly.
Tom Bombadil is definitely up there on the strangest list. The Ents were bizarre as well.
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10-06-2001, 02:39 PM | #12 |
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Definitely the Ents. The others like Elves, Hobbits, Men etc extended my imagination but Ent was too far.
Not surprising that in later fantasy novels/themes/games etc., very little have an Ent-like creature. Hey wait, I'm an Ent on Entmoot, damn.
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10-23-2001, 08:45 PM | #13 |
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Now, I don't want to be too hasty, but I have to agree with Ents being some strange characters. Esecially those who have gotten "tree-ish". I've always wondered if Old Man Willow was a tree-ish Ent, or an Ent-ish tree?
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10-24-2001, 01:46 AM | #14 |
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An Entish tree, if you ask me.
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11-01-2001, 09:48 AM | #15 |
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Ungoliant
Ungoliant was a pretty weird creature when you think about it.
How did she ever manage to gobble all the juice from the Trees (AND still be hungry)? What happened to that energy; was it corrupted, spread out, what? And where did she go herself? Are the spiders in The Hobbit and LotR her children? Shelob and the creatures of the Mirkwood? Are they then Maiar or what? How could they then be so easily defeated by Hobbits and other Mortals. |
11-01-2001, 10:59 AM | #16 |
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i think those who post on entmoot are the strangest of tolkien's creatures
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