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The stone giants are a personification of natural dangers

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Oct 12 2012, 7:54am


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The stone giants are a personification of natural dangers [In reply to] Can't Post

In this case, being up a mountain in a storm.

Principally the danger is being hit by a boulder (avalanche).

Compare to Scylla and Charybdis in the Odyssey.

A Far Dragon is the best kind...

Subject User Time
Stone Giant Smackdown DemoElite Send a private message to DemoElite Oct 11 2012, 11:07pm
    In the Book..page 57 Bombadil Send a private message to Bombadil Oct 11 2012, 11:18pm
    I hope the stone giants fight each other Valandil ed Imladris Send a private message to Valandil ed Imladris Oct 11 2012, 11:21pm
        Well it was a danger to the company in the text Lacrimae Rerum Send a private message to Lacrimae Rerum Oct 11 2012, 11:25pm
            I just read the chapter yesterday Valandil ed Imladris Send a private message to Valandil ed Imladris Oct 11 2012, 11:29pm
        if goblin-town There&ThereAgain Send a private message to There&ThereAgain Oct 11 2012, 11:27pm
            Unless... Eye's on Guard Send a private message to Eye's on Guard Oct 11 2012, 11:40pm
                character development is always fine Valandil ed Imladris Send a private message to Valandil ed Imladris Oct 11 2012, 11:43pm
        Kind of agreed. The notion that everything in the time of Middle-Earth is AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Oct 11 2012, 11:36pm
            I hope this will be just so in the film! Valandil ed Imladris Send a private message to Valandil ed Imladris Oct 11 2012, 11:41pm
            I quite agree. Lacrimae Rerum Send a private message to Lacrimae Rerum Oct 11 2012, 11:52pm
                When I read the Hobbit... totoro Send a private message to totoro Oct 12 2012, 5:08am
                    The stone giants are a personification of natural dangers Fardragon Send a private message to Fardragon Oct 12 2012, 7:54am
                True. AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Oct 12 2012, 5:53am
                    Mostly agreed Lacrimae Rerum Send a private message to Lacrimae Rerum Oct 12 2012, 5:27pm
    I'm still surprised they made it into the film! DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 8:06am
        In this case, they make the danger more immediate and spectacular than Fardragon Send a private message to Fardragon Oct 12 2012, 8:10am
            Hiding because of the weather sounds like a good enough reason for me! DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 8:15am
                Given that his cousin is an ace brain surgeon Fardragon Send a private message to Fardragon Oct 12 2012, 8:42am
                    Too risky! ;-) / DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 9:27am
                        SHE could do it... Fardragon Send a private message to Fardragon Oct 12 2012, 12:48pm
        Surprised? painjoiker Send a private message to painjoiker Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
            It's such a tiny detail that I just expected it to be missed off. DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 1:09pm
                Think about it! painjoiker Send a private message to painjoiker Oct 12 2012, 1:50pm
                    I live in hope! / DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 1:58pm
                    The chance of something being included Fardragon Send a private message to Fardragon Oct 13 2012, 2:09pm
        I know! AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Oct 13 2012, 4:57am
    Even the rocks and stones in Middle-earth are hinted at as being sentient... Earl Send a private message to Earl Oct 12 2012, 8:48am
        Here's the quote :-) DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 9:30am
            Daniel, you rock! ;) Earl Send a private message to Earl Oct 12 2012, 9:36am
                I agree! DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 9:58am
                    The mountains are alive QuackingTroll Send a private message to QuackingTroll Oct 12 2012, 12:51pm
                        Metaphorical or literal? ;-) / DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
    Hers my suggestion Hamfast Gamgee Send a private message to Hamfast Gamgee Oct 12 2012, 10:51am
    I think Tolkien Elenorflower Send a private message to Elenorflower Oct 13 2012, 12:49pm
        That's assuming one thinks of them as a literal threat DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 13 2012, 2:03pm
            Repeated mentions of the stone-giants... Otaku-sempai Send a private message to Otaku-sempai Oct 13 2012, 3:07pm
                Whilst I agree with the point. Lacrimae Rerum Send a private message to Lacrimae Rerum Oct 13 2012, 3:33pm
                    I probably did mean Beorn rather than the Great Goblin Otaku-sempai Send a private message to Otaku-sempai Oct 13 2012, 3:45pm
                        Just for interest Lacrimae Rerum Send a private message to Lacrimae Rerum Oct 13 2012, 3:57pm
                            The stone-giants may be the ones who displaced the moutain bears... Otaku-sempai Send a private message to Otaku-sempai Oct 13 2012, 4:02pm
                I always read them as literal beings. / DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Oct 13 2012, 4:25pm

 
 
 

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