The Hobbit
the hobbit chapter 12
In chapter 12, bilbo begins riddling smaug. What is the explanation of the titles he gives himself?
In chapter 12, bilbo begins riddling smaug. What is the explanation of the titles he gives himself?
Everything Bilbo has done and experienced thus far on his adventure pertains to his "names":
“I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.”