The Hobbit: Bilbo & Gollum's Riddles Were Inspired by Norse Mythology

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are full of inspiration from Norse mythology, and a conversation between Bilbo and Gollum is a prime example.

Can you answer the Riddles of The Hobbit?

The Norse Mythology Blog : A Middle School Student Asks About Norse Mythology and Norse Religion

PDF) “'Sacred and of immense antiquity': Tolkien's use of medieval riddles in The Hobbit” (Tolkien: the forest and the city. Eds. C. Conrad O'Briain and G.Hynes: Four Courts Press, 2014)

Week 3 _The Hobbit_, Chap. 11-19 and “Why is Bilbo Baggins Invisible? The Hidden War in _The Hobbit_”

Gollum vs Bilbo - the riddle game

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Riddles

bilbo baggins of j.r.r. tolkien's the hobbit — halthegal.

The Influence of Norse Mythology in “Riddles in the Dark”, by Erin Nordhof

Riddles in Rhetoric: Learning from Bilbo and Gollum about Linguistic Segregation

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What is the connection between Norse mythology and Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit in terms of names like Gandalf and Gollum? - Quora

Riddles in the Dark

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