Hobbit Month

[dreamflower02]

( ceshaughnessy was unable to get her Hobbit Month entry completed for today, so she asked for someone to fill in for her. I offered to do it, so that I could go ahead and post that portion I could not get completed for my own assigned date.)

Comments

[dreamflower02]

I would imagine the earliest Shire settlers might have known some of the stories--they received the Shire from the hands of a Numenorean king, after all. But I am also sure that any such that they might have known in the beginning were soon lost in the mists of time, only retained by the odd word or two of obscure origin.

I do think they might have had some tales of the Fair Folk that could have been vastly changed versions of the originals. But if they did it would have been considered only tales for entertainment, not history. And I don't think that they would have known about the names of the Valar or any of that sort of thing, at least not by the time we get to Bilbo's generation.

Bilbo himself, however, could have brought "new" (as in the old, original) Elven tales home from Rivendell. He had nearly two generations of youngsters he could have regaled with those stories. I am quite sure that he also would have educated Frodo in whatever knowledge he possessed. As to whether that would have gone beyond the two of them (as history and not tales), well, I highly doubt that.

In fact, speculation about that is right down your alley...

[labourslamp]

In fact, speculation about that is right down your alley...

Heh heh heh...