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Idril Celebrindal
Tol Eressea
Feb 20 2007, 4:45pm
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Will the real Mrs. Beorn please stand up?
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I always thought that Beorn was the only person who could change shape into a bear. He seems to be a solitary sort, living apart from other people with only his fantastically-trained animals (and some visiting bears) for company. But of course, he could a member of a clan of shape-changers who simply don't come into the story. Still, shape-changing seems to be an unusual talent for mortals in Middle-earth. So I'd hazard a guess that would not be many other were-bears besides Beorn, if any.
The Hobbit mentions woodsmen who live in the same general area as Beorn and my guess is that some of these folk eventually became the Beornings. Beorn would have been viewed as a powerful, magical man by these people and they'd have looked up to him as a leader, especially if he helped defend them from goblins and other evil creatures from the Misty Mountains. Perhaps he invited some of the woodsmen to settle near his lands to help him keep an eye on the ford at the Carrock and the passes of the Misty Mountains after the goblins were defeated. It could be that he married one of their women. She'd have to be a fine, big, strapping girl with a strong will to take on such a rough-edged husband (let alone one who can change into a bear)! I can't imagine Beorn marrying a frail, ethereal little thing -- not that a rough pioneer settlement would have produced many such.
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(This post was edited by Idril Celebrindal on Feb 20 2007, 4:47pm)
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The Women of the Beornings
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Beren IV
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Feb 20 2007, 1:25am
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Paging Mrs. Beorn
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Morwen
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Feb 20 2007, 2:41pm
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Grimbeorn the Old, son of Beorn...
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Reera the Red
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Feb 20 2007, 3:06pm
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With that "nature wizard" so close
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Daeorn Aldalómë
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Feb 20 2007, 5:06pm
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That's a good thought.
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Reera the Red
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Feb 20 2007, 6:27pm
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Will the real Mrs. Beorn please stand up?
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Idril Celebrindal
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Feb 20 2007, 4:45pm
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That's what I was thinking
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Finding Frodo
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Feb 21 2007, 2:59am
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That's what I'd imagined.
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Penthe
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Feb 21 2007, 7:28am
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Beorn has more than one bear,
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Beren IV
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Feb 22 2007, 1:32am
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Human beings and other animals
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Penthe
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Feb 22 2007, 4:17am
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Like something instinctual and nonsentient
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Beren IV
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Feb 23 2007, 12:32am
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That seems to make the most sense. (nt)
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dernwyn
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Feb 22 2007, 3:57am
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What if there wernt any female beornings?
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Hengist
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Feb 22 2007, 3:54pm
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It seemed to be a family trait.
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Reera the Red
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Feb 22 2007, 4:28pm
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maybe...
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PhantomS
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Feb 23 2007, 8:16am
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good question
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Annael
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Dec 31 2014, 9:13pm
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