Tolkien Changed The Hobbit TWICE : The Hobbit #1

In a hole in the ground , i threw my Rings Of Power Season 1 DvD.

I'm not super familiar with the different versions, so I'm glad you guys are devoting some time to it 😃

So actually I have found an earlier version for the word Hobbit, it is in the list of the names of fairy folk in the Denham Tracts which is a series of pamphlets printed in 1895 just in time that it could've been one of the many fairy tale books that Tolkien read while he was a kid, then forgot until far later.

There was also a revision in 1966: Original version of The Hobbit: "Though their magic was strong, even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Faerie in the West. There the Light-elves and the Deep-elves (or Gnomes) and the Sea-elves went and lived for ages, and grew fairer and wiser and more learned, and invented their magic and their cunning craft, in the making of beautiful and marvellous things, before they came back into the Wide World. In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight before the raising of the Sun and Moon; and afterwards they wandered in the forests that grew beneath the sunrise. They loved best the edges of the woods..." The Hobbit, Flies and Spiders 1966 revision: "Though their magic was strong, even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Faerie in the West. There the Light-elves and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went and lived for ages, and grew fairer and wiser and more learned, and invented their magic and their cunning craft, in the making of beautiful and marvellous things, before some came back into the Wide World. In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost.They dwelt most often by the edges of the wood..." The Hobbit, Flies and Spiders See The Annotaed Hobbit Also, for example: "In the third edition of 1966, Tolkien changed the tomatoes to pickles (see pp. 777 & 786) but let the tobacco stand..." The History of the Hobbit

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A while ago I asked myself where, specifically, Tolkien might have read a story about "the unexpected luck of widows' sons" -- a phase Bilbo uses in his first conversation with Gandalf. The answer turned out to be 'The Red Etin', a story in The Blue Fairy Book, the first of Andrew Lang's colour Fairy Books; which Tolkien mentions as boyhood reading in 'On Fairy Stories'. There are in fact three widow's sons in the story, together with some other parallels: -- a knife which changes colour -- a helpful raven -- a riddle game, which the evil Etin knows it is bound by. It also has three heads -- the rescue of a princess Thematically, the hero wins through because like Bilbo he is at once generous, brave, and prudent. Thus prefiguring the theme of Providence favouring those who deserve it. The story (though presented as traditional, and told in the Scots language) is in fact a nineteenth century pastiche by two other Scottish writers, Peter Buchan and Robert Chambers. It was suggested by an older story, The Red Etin of Ulster, of which only the name has been preserved. (Resembling in this regard The Black Bull of Norroway, another story in 'The Blue Fairy Book' which is Tolkien's central example of a Eucatastrophe.) I don't say the The Red Etin is the primary inspiration of The Hobbit. However I do think it served as a foundation, perhaps assimilated and forgotten, for the moral element as well as a few details.

Rabbits live in holes in the ground and were probably all over the area of England where Tolkien lived ………just a thought.

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It annoys me that Tolkien changed and kept trying to change his best work