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I'm loving your blog! I stumbled on it a while back and it got me rereading all of Tolkien's books (and their appendices) Thanks for your extremely informative maps and charts.
Commented Mar 22, 2012 on Thorin Oakenshield and his ancestors - 1 at Of Thorin Oakenshield and The Hobbit - a perspective from across the Tasman
Thorin Oakenshield and his ancestors - 1
This is the first of a number of posts I hope to write about Thorin II and his background. It has been a joy to be able to read excerpts of JRR Tolkien's wonderful writing. I'm currently re-reading The Hobbit and whilst I'm enjoying the adventure, I felt that I was still not quite learning much...
The answer to riddle two is TEETH:
It was rather an old one and Gollum knew the answer as well as you do. "Chestnuts, chestnuts," he hissed. "Teeth! teeth! my preciousss; but we has only six!"
"Chestnut" is a slang term referring to old jokes/riddles that everyone knows, not the answer to the riddle. Gollum is basically saying "Easy, Easy, the answer is Teeth!".
Commented Mar 22, 2012 on Chapter 5: Riddles in the Dark at Of Thorin Oakenshield and The Hobbit - a perspective from across the Tasman
Chapter 5: Riddles in the Dark
MAP FROM "The Atlas of MIddle-Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad 1997 p 103 The dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf flee from the Cavern of the Great Goblin. Bilbo wakes from being knocked unconcious and finds himself completely on his own. As he crawls along the tunnel, he feels something cold under his ...
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