Burglary, Pockets and the Hobbit - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-17-2002, 01:55 AM

And what about the dragons, hiding their treasures in the caves = pockets of the earth? Did they substitute riches for fertility? They did, after all, die out!

I would like to add the following discussion link for your perusal:
What's With this Always Going Underground
Sharku plainly exposes the symbolism as sexual, though he tries to disguise his explanation as irony...

Furthermore I highly recommend that classic discussion of the ring's female symbolism, my all-time favorite thread:
The One Ring?
It is nice to know that those discussion days have not ended irrevocably!

PS edit: Is my usage of the word 'disguise' in my above comment symbolic as well? Dis-guise = taking the guise of Dís, the only female dwarf we know by name. There has to be some underlying meaning there!!

[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

09-17-2002, 01:55 AM	#20
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	And what about the dragons, hiding their treasures in the caves = pockets of the earth? Did they substitute riches for fertility? They did, after all, die out! I would like to add the following discussion link for your perusal: What's With this Always Going Underground Sharku plainly exposes the symbolism as sexual, though he tries to disguise his explanation as irony... Furthermore I highly recommend that classic discussion of the ring's female symbolism, my all-time favorite thread: The One Ring? It is nice to know that those discussion days have not ended irrevocably! PS edit: Is my usage of the word 'disguise' in my above comment symbolic as well? Dis-guise = taking the guise of Dís, the only female dwarf we know by name. There has to be some underlying meaning there!! [ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ] __________________ '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...'