Talk:The Shire

Should we 'copy' the Wikipedia article Regions of the Shire? Or should we place that infor in the rather short article Farthings? But then, we miss out the March and Buckland...

Steve White Map

Ederchil, I noticed you took the map out of this article. Steve White is sort of our house artist, so their weren't any legal problems. Was there something about the map that was greatly inaccurate?--Theoden1 08:52, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

It featured the places "Northway", "Southway", "Westhouse" and "Oakleaf". They don't appear in the fiction. Maybe a better map without fanon towns is better. -- Ederchil 09:04, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

I don't know if it's fanon or not. I think his map is based on the Atlas of Middle-earth. Fonstad says she included some villages that don't appear on the map, deducting their locations. I don't know if White added some more. Sage 15:23, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

Do the Hobbits have a state religion or express a religious belief in general?

I'd like to know as in part to note the hobbits as it seem seem to be a unique and very difference people compare to the rest of Middle Earth people itself. So I like to have this answered or discussed, so to note it also seem to be a very interesting subject as well too.

Tolkien never actually mentioned Hobbit religion - Sam's "Lor' bless you" is just a figure of speech - but if we would go into the realm of fanwank, I'm not sure.

• Yes/No: There are three religious views known AFAIK, worship of Eru, worship of Melkor/Sauron, and pre-Númenórean (Tal-Elmar). If Hobbits worshiped, they worshiped Eru, but I doubt whether they had actually heard of him; they left little tales so old. It could have been brought in by the Númenóreans, or the Dwarves, if they could find Hobbits willing to listen to them.
• No: Hobbits had little to know government - a happy state of anarchy - so I doubt they had anything of organized religion.

Hope it helps, --- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 16:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)