![]() But to fit the concept of the ruling Ring that emerged during the writing of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien revised later editions of The Hobbit: the version of the story given in the first edition became the lie that Bilbo made up to justify his possession of the Ring to the Dwarves and Gandalf. In the early editions of The Hobbit, Gollum was characterized as being less bound to the Ring than in later versions he offered to give the Ring to Bilbo if he lost the riddle game, and he showed Bilbo the way out of the mountains after losing. At his wits' end in the dark, Bilbo agrees to a riddle game with Gollum on the chance of being shown the way out of the mountains. ![]() Over the years, his eyes adapted to the dark and became "lamp-like", shining with a sickly pale light in the dark.īilbo Baggins stumbled upon Gollum's lair, having found Gollum's ring in the network of caves leading down to the lake. He survived on cave fish, which he caught from his small boat, and small goblins who strayed too far from Goblin-Town. He lived on a small island in the center of a lake at the roots of the Misty Mountains. 3 Physical appearance and characteristics.Bilbo Baggins found the Ring and took it for his own, and Gollum afterward pursued it for the rest of his life. Throughout the story, Gollum was torn between his lust for the Ring and his desire to be free of it. Under centuries of the Ring's influence, Gollum had come to love and hate the Ring, just as he loved and hated himself. The Ring, which Gollum referred to as "my precious" or "precious", extended his life far beyond natural limits. In the Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings, the name Sméagol is said to be a "translation" of the actual Middle-earth name Trahald (having to do with the idea of "burrowing", and rendered with a name based on Old English smeagol of similar meaning). Originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing baby noise in his throat". Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. He was introduced in the children's fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became an important supporting character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings.
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