The Encyclopedia of Arda - Fang (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Extant III 3018 Species Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Race Owned by a Hobbit Culture Shire-hobbits Family Maggot Settlements Bamfurlong in the Shire's Eastfarthing Meaning Related to English 'fang', a sharp tooth1 Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 25 June 2023 This entry is complete One of Farmer Maggot’s dogs Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Down in the Marish in the far east of the Shire, the land of the Hobbits drew near the River Brandywine and the edge of the world beyond. The Shire-folk in this region were more cautious than their fellow Hobbits who lived farther from the borders, and so they sought protection from the dangers beyond the River. For Farmer Maggot of Bamfurlong, that protection came in the form of three large, wolf-like dogs, one of which he gave the name 'Fang' (the other two were named 'Grip' and 'Wolf'). These ferocious but well-trained animals lived at his farm at the time of the War of the Ring, but he had evidently kept other dogs before these. Frodo had frightening memories of Maggot's dogs going back some thirty years, but the dogs that had threatened him three decades earlier could hardly have been Fang, Grip or Wolf. Notes 1 There is in fact slightly more to Fang's name than might appear at first glance. Though it certainly connects to the modern sense of the 'fang' as a sharp tooth, it also reflects 'fang' used as an archaic verb meaning 'seize' or 'grip'. The sheds some light on the fact that another of Farmer Maggot's dogs was called 'Grip': indeed from this perspective the dogs Fang and Grip had nearly synonymous names. See also... Grip, Wolf Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 25 June 2023 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Extant III 3018 Species Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Race Owned by a Hobbit Culture Shire-hobbits Family Maggot Settlements Bamfurlong in the Shire's Eastfarthing Meaning Related to English 'fang', a sharp tooth1 Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 25 June 2023 This entry is complete One of Farmer Maggot’s dogs

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Down in the Marish in the far east of the Shire, the land of the Hobbits drew near the River Brandywine and the edge of the world beyond. The Shire-folk in this region were more cautious than their fellow Hobbits who lived farther from the borders, and so they sought protection from the dangers beyond the River. For Farmer Maggot of Bamfurlong, that protection came in the form of three large, wolf-like dogs, one of which he gave the name 'Fang' (the other two were named 'Grip' and 'Wolf'). These ferocious but well-trained animals lived at his farm at the time of the War of the Ring, but he had evidently kept other dogs before these. Frodo had frightening memories of Maggot's dogs going back some thirty years, but the dogs that had threatened him three decades earlier could hardly have been Fang, Grip or Wolf. Notes 1 There is in fact slightly more to Fang's name than might appear at first glance. Though it certainly connects to the modern sense of the 'fang' as a sharp tooth, it also reflects 'fang' used as an archaic verb meaning 'seize' or 'grip'. The sheds some light on the fact that another of Farmer Maggot's dogs was called 'Grip': indeed from this perspective the dogs Fang and Grip had nearly synonymous names. See also... Grip, Wolf Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 25 June 2023 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.