Hello everybody! I wanted ask you three little things about the age of hobbits:
1) How old are Sam,Merry and Pippin? Are they younger than Frodo?
2) where is written their birth date?
3) does a 50 hobbit look like younger than a 50 human?
Thanks!
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| Author: | merry.pippin [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Age of hobbits |
Hello everybody! I wanted ask you three little things about the age of hobbits: 1) How old are Sam,Merry and Pippin? Are they younger than Frodo? 2) where is written their birth date? 3) does a 50 hobbit look like younger than a 50 human? Thanks!
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| Author: | ElfLover [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
1) They are younger than Frodo 2) It is written about the time Frodo sets out 3) It does not specify in books but I would guess younger as Hobbits live longer than humans Sorry if I'm not accurate I'm saying this from memory 
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| Author: | Dorthonion [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
The Encyclopedia of Ard is a great quick reference point for this sort of information: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/meriadocbrandybuck.html http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/p/peregrintook.html http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/f/frodobaggins.html http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/s/samwisegamgee.html You can work out their ages for yourselves. Or cheat and read this link: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/c/companyofthering.html |
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| Author: | Finn Folcwalding [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
Their ages have already been clarified but yes Hobbits look (and technically are) younger than Men of the same age because they get older more slowly. |
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| Author: | Pindergorn [ Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
Of course it depends on whether the man is a Dunedain or not. |
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| Author: | whafrog [ Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
Finn Folcwalding wrote: Their ages have already been clarified but yes Hobbits look (and technically are) younger than Men of the same age because they get older more slowly. At Bilbo's 111th birthday party, Frodo was 33, which was his "coming of age" party. I think Tolkien was comparing this to 18 or 21 for normal humans. Merry and Pippin were irresponsible "tween-agers", in their 20s. And Hobbits lived to be 100 "as often as not", compared to normal human lifespans of 60-70. |
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| Author: | Mithaearon [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
Darn I thought you were discussing this masterpiece: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksulgyBdpM[/youtube] |
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| Author: | ElfLover [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
whafrog wrote: Finn Folcwalding wrote: compared to normal human lifespans of 60-70. I hope to live a little longer than that 
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| Author: | whafrog [ Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
I meant in Tolkien's day... |
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| Author: | Mithaearon [ Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:46 am ] |
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Tolkien lived to he was 81 so past the 70 mark :/ |
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| Author: | whafrog [ Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Age of hobbits |
Mithaearon wrote: Tolkien lived to he was 81 so past the 70 mark :/ Oh, I'm sure he knew that when he wrote the Lord of the Rings.  Average life expectancy in Tolkien's day was 60-70 years...IOW, "as often as not". Hobbit average life expectancy was 100, which is why he used the phrase "as often as not". |
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