The forgotten Spiders of Mirkwood - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gwaihir the Windlord · 05-13-2002, 02:48 AM

In the Hobbit they were quite a big theme, even appearing on Thorin's map ('South lies Mirkwood the Great ~ there are Spiders); in LoTR, UT and the Appendixes they aren't even given a cursory reference.
A forgetful mistake, perhaps. It doesn't really matter much, but it's just one of those things that was never explained.

05-13-2002, 02:48 AM	#1
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	The forgotten Spiders of Mirkwood In the Hobbit they were quite a big theme, even appearing on Thorin's map ('South lies Mirkwood the Great ~ there are Spiders); in LoTR, UT and the Appendixes they aren't even given a cursory reference. A forgetful mistake, perhaps. It doesn't really matter much, but it's just one of those things that was never explained.