The Origin of Hobbits: The One Myth Tolkien Never Wrote | Hobbit Day
Where did hobbits come from? Tolkien never says. This deep dive follows that blank. Elves woke at Cuiviénen, Men at Hildórien, Dwarves at Aulë's forge; hobbits have no awakening, no maker, and only four mentions in The Silmarillion, all in the final chapter.The record he did write starts elsewhere: the first dated hobbit at Third Age 1050, the three breeds — Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides — Marcho and Blanco founding the Shire in 1601. Then the etymology Tolkien built instead of a myth, kûd-dûkan to holbytla to hobbit, and Sméagol's Stoors by the Gladden.It ends where the word began: a blank…
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