Characterization and Geomyth of Gandalf in The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit protagonist, lives in a community called, Hobbiton in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel. Before the interruption from a wizard named Gandalf, he led a very dull, quiet life. Baggin’s and Gandalf are faced with a challenging effort as they must retrieve the missing treasure. Not only do they have to retrieve it, but the treasure is protected by a fire-breathing dragon, Samug. Along this journey they meet many different kinds of creatures like: trolls, hobbit like creatures, dragons, dwarves, elves, and last but not least, a Wizard named Gandalf. This paper will center on Gandalf: his outstanding characteristics, powers and abilities, and how Gandalf relates to the phenomena …show more content…
The geomytholoical stories are from the Northern Territory of Australia. There are many stories about falling stars, one explains the stars impact that resulted in fire, which burned all the grass and trees causing death and destruction. Another story talks about a fire sprit who came to earth as a falling star to bring fire to the people, which ended up spreading and causing many deaths. Many believe “natural disasters are punishment for breaking laws and traditions” (CITE). The people believe the falling star can result in the earth shuttering. Hills and trees will fall over and the sky will turn black. There are many myths surrounding stories about falling stars, on even states that humans were brought to this earth by falling stars. These stories are descriptions of geomythology relating to astronomical events that have resulted from mythology. Mythology is referred to as “spoken stories” (CITE).
I believe geomythology applies to The Hobbit, because it is a story based on the author’s imagination of mythology creatures, characters, and events. Because the book is fiction, there is not any factual evidence that the story line could ever be real. Some geomyths have actual understandings and data from the past that could be thought of as evidence that it could have
Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit protagonist, lives in a community called, Hobbiton in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel. Before the interruption from a wizard named Gandalf, he led a very dull, quiet life. Baggin’s and Gandalf are faced with a challenging effort as they must retrieve the missing treasure. Not only do they have to retrieve it, but the treasure is protected by a fire-breathing dragon, Samug. Along this journey they meet many different kinds of creatures like: trolls, hobbit like creatures, dragons, dwarves, elves, and last but not least, a Wizard named Gandalf. This paper will center on Gandalf: his outstanding characteristics, powers and abilities, and how Gandalf relates to the phenomena …show more content…
The geomytholoical stories are from the Northern Territory of Australia. There are many stories about falling stars, one explains the stars impact that resulted in fire, which burned all the grass and trees causing death and destruction. Another story talks about a fire sprit who came to earth as a falling star to bring fire to the people, which ended up spreading and causing many deaths. Many believe “natural disasters are punishment for breaking laws and traditions” (CITE). The people believe the falling star can result in the earth shuttering. Hills and trees will fall over and the sky will turn black. There are many myths surrounding stories about falling stars, on even states that humans were brought to this earth by falling stars. These stories are descriptions of geomythology relating to astronomical events that have resulted from mythology. Mythology is referred to as “spoken stories” (CITE).
I believe geomythology applies to The Hobbit, because it is a story based on the author’s imagination of mythology creatures, characters, and events. Because the book is fiction, there is not any factual evidence that the story line could ever be real. Some geomyths have actual understandings and data from the past that could be thought of as evidence that it could have