The Hobbit Folklore

The Lake Town people welcomed Bilbo, Thorin and Company. They sang of the dwarves return, “The streams shall run in gladness, the lakes shall shine and burn, all sorrow fail and sadness at the Mountain-king’s return!” (The Hobbit 182) The Hobbit itself doesn’t have much folklore of its own; Rothfuss gave his book some of its own folklore. Skarpi has a lot of Temerant history, which is now more of a myth, in his stories. “Selitos spoke. ‘This is my doom upon you. May your face be always held in shadow…Your own name will be turned against you, that you shall have no peace.’” (The Name of the Wind 181) Later Kvothe realizes he has met this shadowed man, he was called Haliax and he talked in fear of the Amyr. He is the one who killed Kvothes’ troupe, because his parents were trying to find the true story of Lanre. Martin used the Other as a fairy tale of old coming true. “’it would seen there were only the two of … of those creatures, whatever they were, I will not call them men.’” (A Game of Thrones 653) that’s what Mormont told Jon after they killed Othor. All three novels have different aspects of old fairy tales coming true after many, many years of their disappearances. …show more content…
Martin has thrown magical elements in the first book that will develop as the story continues. After Bran Starks fall he is visited by a three-eyed raven. The raven had guided Bran to the crypts, where Maester Luwin and Bran find Rickon who also followed the three-eyed raven. The three-eyed raven is later seen to be controlled by a greenseer. Daenerys has a maegi do blood magic on Khal Drogo. “Through the blood-spattered sandsilk, she glimpsed shadows moving. Mirri Maz Duur was dancing, and not alone.” (A Game of Thrones 712) Blood magic requires death, of both animal and human. Magic comes at a price, in blood magic it is a high price as Drogo is not himself when Mirri Maz Duur brings him