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Old 02-04-2004, 08:30 PM   #6
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There is only one kind of Giant in Middle-earth: the kind that doesn't exist.
Not necessarily correct, in the Hobbit, Gandalf states, after the company escapes from thre misty mountain goblins that he would have to find a somewhat friendly giant to block up the passage again, so there were giants in the works of JRRT. As far as what they were, JRRT never says.
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Bilbo, when riddling with Gollum (the Time-riddle), sits there thinking of all the terrible Ogres, Giants and Dragons. But I think this is simply mythology... and if not, there's no name or deed mentioned in LotR carried out by a Giant.
That's a very innteresting point, but Tolkien believed that every myth and legend is based in fact and so were Gandalf and Aragorn, specifically noted in the Ioreth dialogue.
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