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  2. Nazgûl - Wikipedia

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    T 33] Frodo's ring, too, was simply a magic ring conferring invisibility, both in The Hobbit and early drafts of The Lord of the Rings, with no link to Sauron. However, Tolkien was at the time starting to consider the true nature of the Ring, and the idea that it had been made by the Necromancer, and drew itself or its bearer back to him. [7]

  3. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry.

  4. Samwise Gamgee - Wikipedia

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    Samwise Gamgee (/ ˈ s æ m ˌ w aɪ z ˈ ɡ æ m ˌ dʒ iː /, usually called Sam) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.A hobbit, Samwise is the chief supporting character of The Lord of the Rings, serving as the loyal companion (in effect, the manservant) of the protagonist Frodo Baggins.

  5. Chiastic structure - Wikipedia

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    Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, is a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages. An example of chiastic structure would be two ideas, A and B, together with variants A' and B', being presented as A,B,B',A'. Chiastic structures that involve more components are sometimes called "ring structures" or "ring compositions".

  6. Gimli (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia

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    Gimli is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, appearing in The Lord of the Rings.A dwarf warrior, he is the son of Glóin, a member of Thorin's company in Tolkien's earlier book The Hobbit.

  7. Ring of Gyges - Wikipedia

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    The hypothetical situation in question is complete immunity from punishment of the kind afforded to Gyges by his ring. [6] J.R.R. Tolkien was familiar with Plato's myth [7] and had possibly read part of the story's original text in Ancient Greek; [8] the fable influenced his writing of his literary masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. [9] [10 ...

  8. Category:Ring-bearers - Wikipedia

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    Bearers of the One Ring (6 P) Pages in category "Ring-bearers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  9. List of fictional bears - Wikipedia

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    The ring bearer at Barney and Robin's wedding. Sooty: The Sooty Show: A glove puppet bear, created by Harry Corbett in 1948, that appears on British television. Ted Ted: A Talking teddy bear. Teddy A.I. Artificial Intelligence: The robotic toy bear belonging to David, a robot himself. Ursa Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's girlfriend who is ...