Pets? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-21-2005, 01:53 AM

Valier, if you'd like to get humorous suggestions as to which character would have which pet, you can start a thread for that on the Middle-Earth Mirth forum - that could be fun! It doesn't look like there's enough source material for a serious discussion on pets here.

the guy who be short · 12-21-2005, 05:25 AM

We know for certain of Legolas' hare, but that's about all that's sure.

12-21-2005, 05:30 AM

I'd like to add one more petowner to the list: Barliman Butterburs' helper Bob. He got a cat. This is from FotR, At the sign of Prancing Pony, just after Frodos' song:

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'Where's old Barley?' they [people at the inn] cried. 'He ought to hear this. Bob ought to learn his cat the fiddle, and then we'd have a dance.'

Also, Erendis got a pair of special birds which lived free but always stayed there where Erendis lived. I guess they could be called some sort of pets, although they are self-sustaining.

Thinlómien · 12-21-2005, 06:49 AM

And I can picture high-class Gondorians with hunting hawks, pretty young Gondorian ladies with cats, dogs or birds and hobbits with cats or dogs (or even rabbits

). I know this is very rude to Huan, but he was kind of a pet Celegorm's (or Curufin's?), if we only regard the fact that he was a dog... And there are a lot of famous horses, who are more like companions than pets (like Huan)...

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-21-2005, 07:22 AM

Beorn had a houseful of domestic animals, although they appear more as servants than pets. Perhaps, however, they also served as companions.

He also kept bees, but I should imagine that was more for their produce than for their companionship.

Elu Ancalime · 12-21-2005, 08:52 AM

I agree with Telecontar. Think of the possibilities! Sauruman with a spying hawk, Manwe with a parakeet, or Sam with a gineau pig(actually i have a gineau pig named sam,hahah im such a nerd)
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Valier · 12-21-2005, 12:07 PM

I took the advice and moved this thread to Middle Earth Mirth...So go.. ....go check it out...you know you want to!

12-21-2005, 01:53 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Valier, if you'd like to get humorous suggestions as to which character would have which pet, you can start a thread for that on the Middle-Earth Mirth forum - that could be fun! It doesn't look like there's enough source material for a serious discussion on pets here. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

12-21-2005, 06:49 AM	#4
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	And I can picture high-class Gondorians with hunting hawks, pretty young Gondorian ladies with cats, dogs or birds and hobbits with cats or dogs (or even rabbits ). I know this is very rude to Huan, but he was kind of a pet Celegorm's (or Curufin's?), if we only regard the fact that he was a dog... And there are a lot of famous horses, who are more like companions than pets (like Huan)... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-21-2005, 07:22 AM	#5
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Beorn had a houseful of domestic animals, although they appear more as servants than pets. Perhaps, however, they also served as companions. He also kept bees, but I should imagine that was more for their produce than for their companionship. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

12-21-2005, 08:52 AM	#6
Elu Ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anador Posts: 476	I agree with Telecontar. Think of the possibilities! Sauruman with a spying hawk, Manwe with a parakeet, or Sam with a gineau pig(actually i have a gineau pig named sam,hahah im such a nerd) ________ Marijuana indica Last edited by Elu Ancalime; 03-03-2011 at 10:25 PM.

12-21-2005, 12:07 PM	#7
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	Thanks I took the advice and moved this thread to Middle Earth Mirth...So go.. ....go check it out...you know you want to! __________________ grand return?........

12-21-2005, 05:25 AM	#2
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	We know for certain of Legolas' hare, but that's about all that's sure.

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