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'''Rabbits''' were long-eared, furry animals, also called 'coneys', that were as common in [[Middle-earth]] as they are today. A favourite dish of the [[Hobbits]].
'''Rabbits''' were long-eared, furry animals, also called '[[Wiktionary:coney|coneys]]'. On [[7 March]] {{TA|3019}} in northern [[Ithilien]], [[Samwise Gamgee]] asked [[Gollum]] to bring him some food.  Gollum brought him two small rabbits which Sam proceeded to cook, to Gollum's intense displeasure.<ref>{{TT|IV4}}</ref>


==Etymology==


In a linguistic manuscript dating from the 1930s, appears the [[Qenya]] gloss ''lopo'' ("rabbit").<ref>{{PE|21}}, pp. 8, 31</ref>
==Portrayal in adaptations==
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Rhosgobel Rabbits.jpg|"Rhosgobel Rabbits" in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
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'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''
:[[Radagast]] drives a sled pulled by large rabbits, referred to as the "[[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/01/03/67872-radagasts-racing-rhosgobel-rabbits-a-recreational-musher-looks-at-the-realities-of-bunny-sledding/|articlename=Radagast's Racing Rhosgobel Rabbits: A Recreational Musher Looks at the Realities of Bunny Sledding|dated=3 January 2013|website=TORN|accessed=11 March 2013}}</ref>
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Revision as of 03:47, 4 October 2017

Rabbits were long-eared, furry animals, also called 'coneys'. On 7 March T.A. 3019 in northern Ithilien, Samwise Gamgee asked Gollum to bring him some food. Gollum brought him two small rabbits which Sam proceeded to cook, to Gollum's intense displeasure.[1]

Etymology

In a linguistic manuscript dating from the 1930s, appears the Qenya gloss lopo ("rabbit").[2]

Portrayal in adaptations

Rabbits in adaptations
"Rhosgobel Rabbits" in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  

2012-14: The Hobbit (film series):

Radagast drives a sled pulled by large rabbits, referred to as the "Rhosgobel Rabbits".[3]

References