Mîms Klage / The Complaint of Mim the Dwarf

[Val Balmer]

Originally Posted by Findegil

Thinks become much easier when we assume that we have 2 diffrent robberies

To be honest I cannot imagine Tolkien describing two different scenes in which Mim is smoked out by his own cavern: it must be the same scene.

Also by re-reading both, the prose passage seems to expand on the poem main passages.

Poem:
- Mim is in cavern
- he has already 200 years
- The "brutes" live him with his life and his poisoned knife
- They smoke him out his caverns
- Mim tries to rebuilt the treasure he lost

Prose:
- Mim checks his hoard and he is clearly already old
- Mim builds a check (new element) to keep things safe
- Mim is smoked out of his cavern with fire (again??)
- The passage of men and petty kingdoms is for sure difficult (if we imagine this tale to be set up in Middle-earth).
- Mim starts to rebuild his treasure, but he lacks the creative energy (new)
- He mention his poisoned knife