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Gollum is a monster [2] with a distinctive style of speech in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became important in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit [T 1] [T 2] of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields.
Smeagol is a genus of small air-breathing [2] sea slugs of the upper intertidal zone. [3] They are pulmonate gastropod mollusks related to land slugs and snails. Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Smeagol belongs in the family Ellobiidae , and is therefore closely related to ellobiid snails.
Named "on reference to the evil persona Gollum, given the 'evil look' of the male of this species due to the large cheliceral tubercles." [151] Tetramorium gollum Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014: Ant: Gollum "The new species is named after the fictional character "Gollum" from J.R.R. Tolkien's novels 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'." [152]
to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses. He became sharp-eyed and keen-eared for all that was hurtful. The ring had given him power according to his stature. ... he became very unpopular and ... they called him Gollum. [T 1] The wizard Gandalf explains that Gollum was wholly corrupted by and addicted to the ...
Given the movie’s better-than-you’d-ever-imagine visual effects, I have to know: ... The [credits would say] “Gollum, voiced by Andy Serkis.” And he is playing that character. But there ...
In Tolkien's book, the monster Gollum talks to himself in two different personalities, the good Sméagol and the evil Gollum. [4] Peter Jackson 's 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , part of his major film series on Middle-earth , similarly depicts Gollum/Sméagol talking to himself in "perhaps the most celebrated scene in the ...
Gollum – who is torn between his loyalty to Frodo and his desire for the Ring – guides the hobbits to the pass of Cirith Ungol, but leads them into the lair of the great spider Shelob in the tunnels there. Frodo holds up the gift given to him in Lothlórien: the Phial of Galadriel, which holds the light of Eärendil's star. The light drives ...
That’s because the first person to say it did so while, you guessed it, jumping from a plane—and his name was Aubrey Eberhardt. Aubrey was a private in the U.S. Army during the 1940s, ...