What was smeagol real name

The quote here from The Hobbit is much more explicit. It also makes a good dupe target for this. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. This is explained in the books and is hinted at in the films. Improve this answer. BCdotWEB Chenmunka Chenmunka 4, 6 6 gold badges 33 33 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges.

Will accept the same. I've added a link to the answer. I might have said "swallowing" or "gulping" in his throat, which is a different action; but OK.

Tolkien's fantasy series, the character is referred to both as Smeagol and Gollum , with each name holding separate significance: one is his birth name, while the other represents the monster he became, born out of lust and tragedy. Smeagol began his life a simple hobbit.

He discovered the titular ring when he was out fishing with his cousin, and both hobbits were immediately drawn to it. Smeagol killed his cousin for the ring, and its negative power warped his body and mind.

One way in which he was transformed was constantly making a horrible gurgling and swallowing sound, which sounded like the word "gollum. The name stuck. He took to the shadows, which is where the fellowship stumbled upon Gollum in The Fellowship of the Ring. The name is a cruel and mocking onomatopoeia.

What people ususally don't notice is that he really was a good person before he found the ring, all almost anybody can think about is that he is a nasty creature who crawls around on the ground.

Smeagol was a good person and Gollum deserves a break. He is a poor creature. One of the things overlooked in LotR is that Bilbo and frodo didnt kill Gollum because he was a slave to the Ring and everyone shunned and hated him Gollum was once a hobbit who became corrupted by the One Ring. His life was extended far beyond its natural limits by the effects of possessing the Ring, which he frequently referred to as "my precious" and "my birthday present".

After having it stolen by Bilbo Baggins, Gollum slavishly pursued it for the rest of his life. Idril "Sparkling Brilliance". Smeagol Pilferd. Luthien Tunivel Resident Football Hater. Actually, I think Tolkien did give Smeagol a last name. Didn't he say that he was a Stoor? The Stoors were simply the last of the three Hobbit races to cross over the Misty Mountains into Eriador. Exactly Elendil the Stoors where a race of Hobbits , not a surname.

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