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06-13-2008, 12:21 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope!
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I was/am always troubled by what Beorn really is. I know that he's a skin changer and all that, but what are the origins of his people? Where did they come from and how did they get their gift of skin changing?
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06-14-2008, 05:03 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Troll's larder
Posts: 195
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Common hairy ancestors?
For that matter, where did the hairs on hobbits' feet came from, and how did they shrink? No mention of hobbits at all in Arda 1st or 2nd age either. I believed that there had been some pun drawn at the hobbit feet: something about letting the grass (hairs) grow on feet; i.e. to idle around. But other than literary significance, I've written off the hairs as just another magical element of Middle Earth.
In fact, Beorn's shape shifting ability was very much up there in the Tookish Book of Untouchable Wonders, sitting comfortably with wandering wizards and mad baggins.
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