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Gollum

Gollum is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became a major character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields. In The Lord of the Rings, it is stated that he was originally known…

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Book(s)
The Hobbit (1937) · The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955) · Unfinished Tales (1980)
Full name
Sméagol
Gender
Male
Race
Hobbit (Stoor branch)

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Gollum

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related to Psychological pairings · 26
Gollum → Aragorn, Barrow-wight, Boromir, Carl Jung's, Charles, Dante's Inferno, Denethor, Eru Ilúvatar, Frodo, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gollum/Frodo, He, Nelson, Rings, Sam Gamgee, Saruman, Shelob, Some, Ted Sandyman
related to Playing a part in a cosmic game · 23
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related to The Hobbit · 19
Gollum → At, Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins, Dwarves, Gandalf, Gollum's, Great Goblin, He, In, Misty Mountains, Originally, Over, Ring, Rings, The, The Hobbit, The Lord, To, Tolkien
related to The Lord of the Rings · 19
Gollum → Bilbo's, Déagol, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gladden Fields, Gollum's, He, On Sméagol's, Past, Ring, Ring's, Rings, Sméagol, Stoorish Hobbits, The, The Lord, The Shadow, There, Tolkien's
related to Degenerate · 17
Gollum → Gagool, Haggard, Haggard's, King Solomon's Mines, Like Gollum, Michael, Rider Haggard's, Rogers, Rogers II, She, The English, They, Tolkien, Tolkien's The Hobbit, Underwood, Victorian, William
related to Name · 16
Gollum → Anderson, Another, Douglas, In Appendix, Jewish, Middle-earth, Old English, Old Norse, Rings, Sméagol, The, The Annotated Hobbit, The Lord, The Tolkien, Tolkien, Trahald
related to Personality · 16
Gollum → Cirith Ungol, Frodo, Frodo's, Gollum's, However, In, Marshes, Sam, Sam's, Shelob's Lair, Slinker, Stinker, The Passage, The Stairs, Tolkien, When Gollum
related to Characteristics · 15
Gollum → According, Gollum's, In, In The Two Towers, Ithilien, Orcs, Ring, River Anduin, Sam, Shelob, The Fellowship, The Hobbit, The Two Towers, Tolkien, Tove Jansson
related to Fully-developed character · 14
Gollum → Arthur, Elizabeth Arthur, Frodo, Gollum's, Great Darkness, He, Jungian, Mythlore, Ring, Sam, Shadow, Sméagol, Ursula Le Guin's, Where
related to Television plays · 14
Gollum → Bilbo Baggins, Igor Dmitriev, In, Khraniteli, Leningrad Television's, Mr, Russian, Russian Gollum, Soviet-era, The Fairytale Journey, The Hobbit, TV, Variety, Viktor Smirnov

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ring hobbit frodo sam tolkien gollum's sméagol lord rings bilbo character two one scene gandalf film evil like king déagol

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GollumBook(s)The Hobbit (1937)1.00infobox
GollumBook(s)The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955)1.00infobox
GollumBook(s)Unfinished Tales (1980)1.00infobox
GollumFull nameSméagol1.00infobox
GollumGenderMale1.00infobox
GollumRaceHobbit (Stoor branch)1.00infobox
Gollumis afictional character in J0.90text
Gollumis aCGI character voiced and performed by the actor Andy Serkis0.90text
the artistinstance ofleading illustrators0.80text
author Tove Jansson to portray him as very largeinstance ofleading illustrators0.80text
Gollumrelated to AgeThrough0.60section
Gollumrelated to AgeRing0.60section

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