How did Frodo know Gollum was Sméagol?

In the movies, when Frodo first spies Gollum stalking them in the Misty Mountains (Moria) he informs Gandalf who tells him a little of Gollum's history.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Does Gollum know Frodo is related to Bilbo?

At last in the next chapter ("The Passage of the Marshes"), it's confirmed he knew Frodo's name from his dialogue with his other self: 'Make the other hobbit, the nasty suspicious hobbit, make him crawl, yes, gollum! '
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thetolkienforum.com


How did they know Gollum knew where the Ring was?

He suspected that Gollum's ring was powerful. By catching Gollum and interrogating him, Gandalf began to suspect that the Bilbo's ring might be the One and discovered where Gollum had found it. He went to Minas Tirith because the last he knew of the One was that Isildur took it.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


How does Gandalf know Gollum was captured?

Sauron let Gollum go after he finished interrogating him, probably on some errand of mischief. Gandalf and Aragorn were searching for him, and eventually Aragorn found him. He took Gollum to the Wood-Elves, and it was there that Gandalf was able to interrogate him and find out what he had told Sauron.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on reddit.com


What did Frodo call Gollum?

1. Film scene: Frodo confronts Gollum, calling him Sméagol.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mechtild.livejournal.com


Gollum (LOTR) Explained



Does Frodo Know Sméagol was a hobbit?

So in the context of the book, Frodo always knew that Gollum was once a hobbit (not just "like a hobbit" but an actual hobbit), and always knew that Gollum had murdered his friend for the Ring and then fled to the caves of the Misty Mountains.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Who did Frodo see in the dead marshes?

In The Two Towers movie, I've never been able to make sense of the scene when Frodo falls into the Dead Marshes, and Gollum saves him, there seems to be a moment of realization or something on Frodo's part about who Gollum is, and then the next scene is when Frodo tells Gollum he's Smeagol.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on reddit.com


Did Gandalf know Bilbo had the Ring?

At the end of The Hobbit, Gandalf reveals to Bilbo that he knows about his magic ring. Here's why the scene doesn't contradict The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf's knowledge of Bilbo's ring in The Hobbit doesn't create a Lord of the Rings plot hole.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


How does Sméagol know the way to Mordor?

He knows his way around Mordor and the surrounding areas extremely well because he spent quite a bit of time wandering there. But there isn't really much to suggest that he's very knowledgeable outside of that region.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on reddit.com


Why did Aragorn hunt Gollum?

The Hunt for Gollum is the story of how Gandalf the Grey and Aragorn II searched for the creature Gollum, hoping to keep the whereabouts of the One Ring of Power from Sauron, and to learn how Gollum came into possession of the Ring.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on lotr.fandom.com


Why did Sauron not know Gollum had the Ring?

They were better able to perceive Frodo himself than the Ring. Furthermore, Sauron did not send the Nazgul to look for the Ring until he learned that it had actually been found. Sauron apparently believed the One Ring had been unmade or lost forever until Gollum was captured and taken to Barad-dur.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on middle-earth.xenite.org


Why didnt Sauron know Gollum had the Ring?

However, the simplest as to why he didn't: Sauron had no way of locating his Ring. Because the Nazgûl track Frodo, and the Eye of Sauron "sees" him when he wears the Ring, some presume that Sauron has some way of tracking it.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cbr.com


How did Gollum know Bilbos name?

Also, Gollum knew that Bilbo was a hobbit, so all he really had to do is overhear someone say something like "the Shire's a place where a lot of Hobbits live" and he would know the name of the place.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on forum.barrowdowns.com


How did Gandalf become white?

Three days later he was found by the windlord Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles, who had been sent by Galadriel to find him. Gandalf was carried to Caras Galadhon in Lothlórien, where he was healed, given a new staff, and clothed in white, and thus became Gandalf the White.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on lotr.fandom.com


What are Stoor Hobbits?

The Stoors were one of the three breeds of Hobbits. In their earliest recorded history the Stoors, like the other Hobbits, lived in the Vales of Anduin. They were a riverside people that dwelt in the Gladden Fields, and were fishermen.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on tolkiengateway.net


Why did the Nazgul not chase Bilbo?

So to answer your questions: The Reason why Sauron doesn't find Bilbo when he puts on the Ring is because putting on the Ring isn't enough for Sauron to find you. Sauron was not effective at finding Frodo; Frodo wore the Ring at least 4 times (out of 6) without Sauron finding him.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Why does Sméagol have two personalities?

During his centuries under the Ring's influence, he developed a sort of dissociative identity disorder: Sméagol, his "good" personality, still vaguely remembered things like friendship and love, while Gollum, his "bad" personality, was a slave to the Ring and would kill anyone who tried to take it.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on lotr.fandom.com


Did Gollum know about Sauron?

Gollum correctly knows several parts of Sauron's plans. That the Haradrim are his servants. That he is calling the Haradrim to Mordor. That he is calling other armies to Mordor as well.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


How did Gimli not know about Moria?

There are a few reasons why Gimli would have been unaware of Balin's fate: a messenger could have been killed by orcs on the way to spread the news, or they could have been trapped within the mines for some time before they were killed.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cbr.com


Why didnt the Ring affect Bilbo?

That knowing would alter how Frodo would use the ring - whether he willed it or not. Additionally, Bilbo never sought to DESTROY the ring, thus the Ring had no reason to protect itself from Bilbo and therefore had less of a grip on him.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on movies.stackexchange.com


Does Gandalf know he is a maiar?

He's aware of the Blessed Land and those residing there. But he has never seen a Maia before, not unlike Galadriel, Elrond or even Glorfindel. He couldn't have known Gandalf was a Maia; all he knew is that he came from Valinor as a messenger.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Where did the bodies in the dead marshes come from?

During the battle on the plains more than half of the Elves of Lothlórien under the command of King Malgalad were driven into the Dead Marshes. After the battle many of the slain were buried outside of the marshy area but over time (in the Third Age) the Marshes had grown and swallowed the graves.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on tolkiengateway.net


How did Gandalf and Balrog end up on a mountain?

A great smoke of vapor and steam rose about them, and ice fell like rain. There they fought until at last Gandalf threw down his enemy, and the Balrog broke the mountain-side as it fell.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on lotr.fandom.com


What were the spirits in the dead marshes?

The dead faces, or candles of corpses, were apparitions of ghostly faces of dead Elven, Mannish, and Orcish warriors in the Mere of Dead Faces in the Dead Marshes. The faces, rotting and twisted, with weed caught in their hair, appeared in dark waters being lit by pale and fell lights, as from unseen candles.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on tolkiengateway.net