![]() ![]() Here’s an excerpt: “… nixies, Jinny-burnt-tails, dudmen, hell-hounds, dopple-gangers, boggleboes, bogies, redmen, portunes, grants, hobbits …” In 1895, the folklorist Michael Aislabie Denham published a long list of supernatural creatures, based on a 1584 book, the Discovery of Witchcraft. In fact, Tolkien himself said the word came to him in a flash of inspiration.īut there are some earlier instances of the word. Tolkien is often credited with coining the word hobbit for his 1937 Hobbit, which opens with famous line: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” That hobbit, of course, is Bilbo Baggins. Other creatures in the world in Middle Earth call the hobbits halflings, as hobbits are considered half the size of humans. They stand out as being the only hobbits that are willing to swim the slimy creature Gollum was a Stoor. The stocky Stoors were the last to enter Eriador. The Fallohides are the least populous of the hobbits, and tall and fair. The Harfoots were the smallest of all the hobbits and also the first to enter Eriador, a large region of Middle-earth. ![]() Tolkien invented three groups of hobbits. He even created an etymology for the word, making hobbit derive from holbylta, based on Old English roots meaning “hole-dweller.” ![]() But, while Tolkien conjured up these memorable creatures, did he also the invent word hobbit? Where did hobbit come from?Īs you may have guessed, hobbits are a fictional race born in Tolkien’s imagination. Hobbits are an imaginary race similar to humans, but they are short and have hairy feet. Tolkien created these beloved hobbits for his Hobbit (1937) and Lord of the Rings (1954–55) books. Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee-we all know J.R.R. ![]()
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