![]() ![]() Gandalf has been pursued by Black Riders, and has taken refuge in a tower. The final paragraphs of this chapter are all that remain of a much longer dream which Tolkien introduced into the narrative in autumn 1939 to explain Gandalf’s absence. He started to struggle up the ridge towards the tower: but suddenly a light came in the sky, and there was a noise of thunder. A great desire came over him to climb the tower and see the Sea. Looking up he saw before him a tall white tower, standing alone on a high ridge. The rest of the dream was originally was what ended up becoming the Orthanc.ġ08 (1:119). The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion - Book I Chapter 5 - "A Conspiracy Unmasked" He felt sure they would smell him out sooner or later - Frodo’s dream seems to anticipate his first night in Lothlórien, when he hears ores pass by the tree in which he is sleeping, and Gollum sniffing and scrabbling at its foot yet it goes back to the earliest version of the chapter, long before any idea of Lothlórien arose in Tolkien’s mind. Down below among the roots there was the sound of creatures crawling and snuffling. a vague dream, in which he seemed to be looking out of a high window over a dark sea of tangled trees. Hammond and Scull associate the beginning of the dream with Frodo's first night in Lothlórien, but note that it was written earlier, so couldn't have been Tolkien's original intent when first drafting the passage.ġ08 (1:118-19). These are just my interpretations though and so my question is asking if there are any references in other literature as to whether this dream has any significance to other parts of the story? I have also always interpreted the portion regarding the Sea as some vague foretelling of Frodo ultimately leaving Middle-earth over the Sea. I have read the book many times and cannot think of anything that this relates to other than "snuffling creatures" being some relation to references of the Nazgûl appearing to sniff for the ring when the Hobbits are in the Shire. He was on a dark heath, and there was a strange salt smell in the air. Suddenly he found he was out in the open. Then he knew that it was not leaves, but the sound of the Sea far-off a sound he had never heard in waking life, though it had often troubled his dreams. ![]() At first he thought it was a great wind coming over the leaves of the forest. He felt sure they would smell him out sooner or later. Just prior to leaving the house at Crickhollow and entering the Old Forest, Frodo has a dream:Įventually he fell into a vague dream, in which he seemed to be looking out of a high window over a dark sea of tangled trees.
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