Where do Hobbits come from - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-08-2003, 09:23 PM

Everyone seems to assume that all Men awoke in the same form as the Edain that we see in the Silmarillion, and that Hobbits evolved from them. But evolution seems to me to be inimicable to Tolkien's works. Is it really so difficult to imagine that Hobbits awoke in much the same form as the 3 foot tall hairy-footed creatures that we see in LotR? Not all of the Race of Man had to awake in the form of the Edain.

11-08-2003, 09:23 PM	#19
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Everyone seems to assume that all Men awoke in the same form as the Edain that we see in the Silmarillion, and that Hobbits evolved from them. But evolution seems to me to be inimicable to Tolkien's works. Is it really so difficult to imagine that Hobbits awoke in much the same form as the 3 foot tall hairy-footed creatures that we see in LotR? Not all of the Race of Man had to awake in the form of the Edain. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!