#thebeornings — Public Fediverse posts
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Q: What Were the Beornings Like?
ANSWER: The Beornings are about as non-descript a tribe in Middle-earth as any, receiving even less attention than the Southrons whom Faramir’s company attacked in Ithilien. Virtually all that we know about the Beornings is derived from less than five sentences in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Everything else that has been written about them […]
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One of the most fascinating characters of The Hobbit is Beorn, the grim woodsman who lives alone except for his enchanted animal companions. Beorn was a man, though a bit of a magician according to Tolkien because he could change his skin (become a huge bear). Beorn’s origins are clouded in mystery. Gandalf tells Thorin and Company more than one account of Beorn’s ancestry, and he is none too […]
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