Stone-trolls: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
[[Bert]], [[Tom]], and [[William|Bill]] — the trolls encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and his companions on their journey to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] — were likely of this kind, as they spoke [[Westron]].<ref>{{H|2}}</ref><ref name=RF>[[Robert Foster]] (1978), ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 366</ref> | [[Bert]], [[Tom]], and [[William|Bill]] — the trolls encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and his companions on their journey to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] — were likely of this kind, as they spoke [[Westron]].<ref>{{H|2}}</ref><ref name=RF>[[Robert Foster]] (1978), ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 366</ref> | ||
In {{TA|3018}}, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]] composed the humorous poem "[[The Stone Troll]]", about [[Tom | In {{TA|3018}}, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]] composed the humorous poem "[[The Stone Troll]]", about [[Tom (disambiguation)|Tom]] visiting an old troll gnawing on the bones of [[Tim]].<ref>{{FR|I12}}</ref><ref>{{AB|7}}</ref><ref name=RF/> | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
The three trolls attempt to trap and carry the Dwarves in bags. This is reminiscent to the scene in ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]'' where Grendel carries his human prey in a glove.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/study_a_s_2.html|articlename=Tolkien Society Anglo-Saxon Study Pack 2|dated=2006|website=[http://www.tolkiensociety.org The Tolkien Society]}}</ref> | The three trolls attempt to trap and carry the Dwarves in bags. This is reminiscent to the scene in ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]'' where Grendel carries his human prey in a glove.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/study_a_s_2.html|articlename=Tolkien Society Anglo-Saxon Study Pack 2|dated=2006|website=[http://www.tolkiensociety.org The Tolkien Society]}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:42, 20 June 2021
Stone-trolls were a race of trolls in the service of Sauron. Not much is known of these creatures, except that they inhabited the Westlands of Middle-earth and that they spoke a "debased form of the Common Speech".[1] It is possible that they were not actually living beings, but mere counterfeits made by Melkor, and they would return to their stone images once exposed to the light of the Sun.[2]
Bert, Tom, and Bill — the trolls encountered by Bilbo Baggins and his companions on their journey to Erebor — were likely of this kind, as they spoke Westron.[3][4]
In T.A. 3018, Sam Gamgee composed the humorous poem "The Stone Troll", about Tom visiting an old troll gnawing on the bones of Tim.[5][6][4]
Inspiration[edit | edit source]
The three trolls attempt to trap and carry the Dwarves in bags. This is reminiscent to the scene in Beowulf where Grendel carries his human prey in a glove.[7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Other Races"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 153, (dated September 1954)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Roast Mutton"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Robert Foster (1978), The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 366
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Stone Troll"
- ↑ "Tolkien Society Anglo-Saxon Study Pack 2" dated 19 April 2006, The Tolkien Society (accessed 19 April 2024)
