hobbit history - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mordor136 · 11-07-2002, 11:27 AM

I was wondering if anyone could help me to better understand the origin of hobbits. Where did they come from in the first place?

lathspell · 11-07-2002, 01:47 PM

All I know about Hobbits is said in the Prologue of LotR and that's quite a lot actually.

greetings,
lathspell

Galadrie1 · 11-07-2002, 03:36 PM

Yes, there's quite a lot of information in the prologue of Lord of the Rings. Here's some of the history it tells of:

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[The hobbits'] earliest tales seem to glimpse a time when they dwelt in the upper vales of Anduin, between the eaves of Greenwood the Great and the Misty Mountains. Why they later undertook the hard and perilous crossing of the mountains into Eriador is no longer certain. Their own accounts speak of the multiplying of Men in the land, and of a shadow that fell on the forest, so that it became darkened and its new name was Mirkwood.

If you're looking for how the race of hobbits began, all it says in the prologue is this:

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The beginning of Hobbits lies far back in the Elder Days that are now lost and forgotten. Only the Elves still preserve any records of that vanished time, and their own history, in which men appear seldom and Hobbits are not mentioned at all.

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[ November 07, 2002: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

Rose Cotton · 11-07-2002, 05:17 PM

http://www.shirepost.com/HistoryPractice.html

Here's a bit about hobbit history.

11-07-2002, 11:27 AM	#1
mordor136 Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: snowboarding with Morgoth in the void Posts: 221	hobbit history I was wondering if anyone could help me to better understand the origin of hobbits. Where did they come from in the first place? __________________ It's not A.D.D I'm just ignoring you. I'm like a super-hero with no powers or motivation

11-07-2002, 01:47 PM	#2
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	All I know about Hobbits is said in the Prologue of LotR and that's quite a lot actually. greetings, lathspell __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

11-07-2002, 05:17 PM	#4
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	http://www.shirepost.com/HistoryPractice.html Here's a bit about hobbit history. __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)