Branch thread: Tolkien's military technology - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Galadriel55 · 05-07-2011, 06:50 AM

Hobbits could have seen/heard of an oliphaunt before they populated the Shire. We don't really know their origins, but we do know that they came from somewhere. If they saw a creature like that much earlier in history and turned it into a legend of their own - uncnnected with other nations. (Like Mad-Baggins, perhaps?)

Does anyone know if there is some reason for the apparant similarity between olihaunt and elephant?

05-07-2011, 06:50 AM	#28
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,493	Hobbits could have seen/heard of an oliphaunt before they populated the Shire. We don't really know their origins, but we do know that they came from somewhere. If they saw a creature like that much earlier in history and turned it into a legend of their own - uncnnected with other nations. (Like Mad-Baggins, perhaps?) Does anyone know if there is some reason for the apparant similarity between olihaunt and elephant? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera