What exactly is Gollum?

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1. What exactly is Gollum?
2. Did Gollum eat babies?
3. What race was Gollum?
4. Is Gollum a hero or villain?
5. Is Gollum dead?
6. Why does Gollum say Gollum?
7. Why is Gollum so old?
8. Why did Gollum change but Bilbo didn t?
9. How old is Gollum?
10. How was Gollum tortured?
11. Is Gollum intelligent?
12. Who killed Gollum?
13. Why is it called Gollum?
14. Why does Saruman turn evil?
15. Is Bilbo dead?
16. Who tortured Gollum?
17. Are Riverfolk Hobbits?
18. Why does Gollum say Gollum when he coughs?
19. Who is more powerful Gandalf or Saruman?

What exactly is Gollum?

Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields. In The Lord of the Rings it is stated that he was originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".

Did Gollum eat babies?

Yes he did! We know that he killed and ate young orcs (goblins) for centuries when he lived beneath the Misty Mountains. The narrator tells us this in The Hobbit.

What race was Gollum?

Stoor Gollum/Ethnische Herkunft

Is Gollum a hero or villain?

Type of Villain Gollum, originally known as Sméagol or Trahald, is a creature of Hobbit origin and a major antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth legendarium. Gollum is one of the two secondary antagonists in the novel The Lord of the Rings (alongside Saruman), and a supporting antagonist in the novel, The Hobbit.

Is Gollum dead?

We've established that Gollum did die. The Ring prolonged his life for centuries, but he did eventually die and it was not of old age or any other natural cause. Gollum died on Ma in the fires of Mount Doom, along with this precious Ring.

Why does Gollum say Gollum?

Smeagol began his life a simple hobbit. ... One way in which he was transformed was constantly making a horrible gurgling and swallowing sound, which sounded like the word "gollum." As he began to change, his friends and family mocked him and cast him out of his home, calling him Gollum. The name stuck.

Why is Gollum so old?

Smeagol was very young when he found the ring. After he lost the ring his normal life started again, so the sixty-odd years which followed might just have been his normal life -hobbits can live more than a hundred years- only strengthened by his lust for the Ring and perhaps It's mere existance.

Why did Gollum change but Bilbo didn t?

Gollum was weaker than Bilbo; the ring completely controlled him from the get-go. So, the major differences were Gollum's weakness, and his living conditions which made him anti-social and changed his appearance due to the absence of light. Bilbo definitely was affected by The Ring, just not to the same extent.

How old is Gollum?

589 The Lord of the Rings: Age of selected characters

Character	Age in years
Gollum	589
Gimli	140
Bilbo	129
Denethor	89

How was Gollum tortured?

Frodo and Sam confronted Gollum in the Emyn Muil; Gollum nearly strangled Sam, but Frodo subdued him with his Elvish sword, Sting, which had once belonged to Bilbo. ... While travelling through Mordor, Gollum was captured by the forces of Sauron, who tortured him for information on the Ring and its current location.

Is Gollum intelligent?

Gollum is cunning, and he is sneaky, and perhaps his intelligence is even a little underrated. However, it is hard to say that he is smarter than any of the other characters given the way he acts.

Who killed Gollum?

As Jackson reveals in Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey, he had thought about making Frodo get so obsessed by owning the ring that he killed Gollum. "When we originally shot the scene, Gollum bit off Frodo's finger and Frodo pushed Gollum off the ledge into the fires below.

Why is it called Gollum?

Gollum got his name from the sound he made when he spoke, "the horrible swallowing sound in his throat." The hypothesis of Douglas Anderson, who annotated The Annotated Hobbit, is that Tolkien got the name Gollum from gull or goll, the Old Norse word for gold.

Why does Saruman turn evil?

Paul Kocher identifies Saruman's use of a palantír, a seeing-stone, as the immediate cause of his downfall, but also suggests that through his study of "the arts of the enemy", Saruman was drawn into imitation of Sauron.

Is Bilbo dead?

Bilbo Baggins is a mortal being and in that aspect, despite being more than 130 years old, he actually does die.

Who tortured Gollum?

"Gollum (who was tortured by Sauron in person) tells Frodo that Sauron has, at least, a "Black Hand" with four fingers.

Are Riverfolk Hobbits?

The River Folk was a name for a community of Hobbits who lived in the Wilderland - the Hobbits' original home - even after most of their kin left west (eventually reaching Bree and The Shire) to flee the threat of Angmar.

Why does Gollum say Gollum when he coughs?

The LOTR wiki explains: The name Gollum was derived from the sound of his disgusting gurgling, choking cough. This was also shown at the start of the third movie.

Who is more powerful Gandalf or Saruman?

After careful consideration, we can reach the conclusion that Gandalf is more powerful. It is said by Galadriel that he is even stronger than Saruman even in his weaker, grey form. As Gandalf the White, he defeated Saruman and showed his real strength. ... Saruman also had greater status than Gandalf.