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Guinevere · 06-25-2002, 01:02 PM

Hi, Child of the 7Th age,

Gollum`s luminous eyes are mentioned only in The Hobbit , chapter "riddles in the dark".
Bilbo "saw Gollum`s eyes like small green lamps coming up the shore" and later "Bilbo could see the light of his eyes palely shining even from behind"

I have wondered at that too, but in "The Hobbit" Gollum isn`t presented as related to the kindred of hobbits. He is just one of the slimy creatures who have lived so long in the dark, "that their eyes grew bigger and bigger from trying to see in the blackness"
In my opinion it has nothing to do with the spiritual light that develops in Frodo, I think it`s more like those luminous creatures that live in the deep sea.
And in LotR it isn`t mentioned again, as far as I know.

Guinevere

06-25-2002, 01:02 PM	#4
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Hi, Child of the 7Th age, Gollum`s luminous eyes are mentioned only in The Hobbit , chapter "riddles in the dark". Bilbo "saw Gollum`s eyes like small green lamps coming up the shore" and later "Bilbo could see the light of his eyes palely shining even from behind" I have wondered at that too, but in "The Hobbit" Gollum isn`t presented as related to the kindred of hobbits. He is just one of the slimy creatures who have lived so long in the dark, "that their eyes grew bigger and bigger from trying to see in the blackness" In my opinion it has nothing to do with the spiritual light that develops in Frodo, I think it`s more like those luminous creatures that live in the deep sea. And in LotR it isn`t mentioned again, as far as I know. Guinevere __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!