The river flows the wrong way in the Hobbit - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aule · 04-29-2003, 11:29 AM

In the Hobbit it is said that the Dwarves and Bilbo flow along with the current up the River running to where the Dale men love. This always struck me as odd seeing that this would be getting them closer to the source of the river somewhere near Erebor, surely the current would have taken them the other way towards the Sea of Rhun.
A mistake by Tolkien (Blasphemy i know [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]) or have i just made a mistake

04-29-2003, 11:29 AM	#1
Aule Wight Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hammering away in Valinor Posts: 126	The river flows the wrong way in the Hobbit In the Hobbit it is said that the Dwarves and Bilbo flow along with the current up the River running to where the Dale men love. This always struck me as odd seeing that this would be getting them closer to the source of the river somewhere near Erebor, surely the current would have taken them the other way towards the Sea of Rhun. A mistake by Tolkien (Blasphemy i know [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]) or have i just made a mistake __________________ For him that is pitiless, the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond reckoning - of Melkor before his final downfall