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

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Dates Bilbo Baggins gained the Ring in III 2941 Location The Ring was discovered in the tunnels of Goblin-town beneath the Misty Mountains Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Baggins Settlements Bilbo's home was at Bag End in Hobbiton; he found the Ring beneath Goblin-town Meaning A reference to Bilbo Baggins 'winning' the Ring from Gollum in a Riddle-game1 Other names Ring-finder; after the winning of the Ring, Bilbo and his successors were known as Ring-bearers Title of Bilbo Baggins Note This title is sometimes seen in the hyphenated form 'Ring-winner' Indexes: Alphabetical: R Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 June 2024 This entry is complete A title claimed by Bilbo Baggins Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV One of a series of oblique titles that Bilbo Baggins gave to himself in conversation with the Dragon Smaug. Attempting to avoid giving away too much detail without outright lying to the Dragon, Bilbo instead offered a series of riddling names for himself that each had some indirect reference to his adventures in reaching the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo's choice of the name 'Ringwinner' is particularly curious among these inventions, because he did not in fact 'win' the Ring in any real sense. In fact - at least according to later versions of the story - he simply picked it up from a tunnel floor in Goblin-town, and hence 'Ring-finder' would be rather closer to the truth (and indeed he is actually later named 'Ring-finder' by Gandalf). Notes 1 In terms of the history of The Hobbit, this title seems to derive from the first edition, in which the story of Bilbo's acquisition of the Ring is rather different. In that original version, Gollum really does volunteer to present his Precious as a prize in the Riddle-game, and so Bilbo could, at least indirectly, claim to be the 'Ringwinner'. Later editions revised this entire story so that Gollum would never have intentionally given up the Ring, but nonetheless Bilbo's choice to name himself 'Ringwinner' survived into later editions. Indexes: Alphabetical: R Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 June 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2020, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Job matching, relationship and team services and more are all free and unlimited to Discus users.

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Dates Bilbo Baggins gained the Ring in III 2941 Location The Ring was discovered in the tunnels of Goblin-town beneath the Misty Mountains Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Baggins Settlements Bilbo's home was at Bag End in Hobbiton; he found the Ring beneath Goblin-town Meaning A reference to Bilbo Baggins 'winning' the Ring from Gollum in a Riddle-game1 Other names Ring-finder; after the winning of the Ring, Bilbo and his successors were known as Ring-bearers Title of Bilbo Baggins Note This title is sometimes seen in the hyphenated form 'Ring-winner' Indexes: Alphabetical: R Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 June 2024 This entry is complete A title claimed by Bilbo Baggins

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV One of a series of oblique titles that Bilbo Baggins gave to himself in conversation with the Dragon Smaug. Attempting to avoid giving away too much detail without outright lying to the Dragon, Bilbo instead offered a series of riddling names for himself that each had some indirect reference to his adventures in reaching the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo's choice of the name 'Ringwinner' is particularly curious among these inventions, because he did not in fact 'win' the Ring in any real sense. In fact - at least according to later versions of the story - he simply picked it up from a tunnel floor in Goblin-town, and hence 'Ring-finder' would be rather closer to the truth (and indeed he is actually later named 'Ring-finder' by Gandalf). Notes 1 In terms of the history of The Hobbit, this title seems to derive from the first edition, in which the story of Bilbo's acquisition of the Ring is rather different. In that original version, Gollum really does volunteer to present his Precious as a prize in the Riddle-game, and so Bilbo could, at least indirectly, claim to be the 'Ringwinner'. Later editions revised this entire story so that Gollum would never have intentionally given up the Ring, but nonetheless Bilbo's choice to name himself 'Ringwinner' survived into later editions. Indexes: Alphabetical: R Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 June 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2020, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Job matching, relationship and team services and more are all free and unlimited to Discus users.