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Konrad S
Lorien
Jan 3 2015, 10:29am
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Rhosgobel Rabbits!
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In The Hobbit 1 after the company go out from the troll horde Radagast the Brown came and tell about Mirkwood to Gandalf after that he offers to distract them and then says Gandalf, it is Gundabadulvar them will catch up with you then say Radagast, This is Rhosgobelrabbits them can try.
What is Rhosgobelrabbits? I understand that there are those rabbits that draws Radagast sled Rhosgobel is it a place?
Is the rabbits from Mirkwood called so or is it a specia color of rabbits?
I most think Rhosgobel its a place in Mirkwood maybe there Radagast live.
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BlackFox
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Jan 3 2015, 10:44am
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It's a place near the borders of Mirkwood
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And yes, it's where Radagast dwelt.
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Konrad S
Lorien
Jan 3 2015, 10:50am
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Okay Rhosgobel is where Radagast live do u know where Rhosgobel is in Mirkwood? do u know a map that visit where it is? and what is special about Rhosgobel Rabbits? Are they faster than other?
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BlackFox
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Jan 3 2015, 10:57am
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It's located on the western border of Mirkwood
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It's exact location is open to interpretation.
(A) is the best evidenced and most consistent location for Rhosgobel, though some sources suggest that it stood further north, at the position marked by (B) on this map. (http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/r/rhosgobel.html)
As for the rabbits, their size and strength seem to be their greatest advantages.
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noWizardme
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Jan 3 2015, 6:17pm
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Maybe it's worth saying that the rabbits are a movie invention...
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...they don't appear in the books (as far as I'm aware) so one cannot look in Tolkien's various writings for information about them.
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Konrad S
Lorien
Jan 3 2015, 6:24pm
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But the film suggests that they are extra fast if they can outrun Gundabad Wargs that seems to be very fast
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BlackFox
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Jan 3 2015, 6:34pm
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But it's the combination of speed, strength and stamina that allows them to outrun the wargs.
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Eruonen
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Jan 3 2015, 6:40pm
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If you watch the appendices to AUJ you will find they were PJ's invention
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and that his design team were not really onboard when first mentioned but that is what he wanted so they did as they were instructed. Earlier during the AUJ discussions this topic was addressed. There are some large hare varieties but one has to set aside believability. The biggest problem was a sleigh being pulled through a tangled forest and over dry ground...very hard to believe. We have the curious finding of a "wheeled chariot on ice" and a sleigh on turf and bracken. Makes no sense. I could live with a large breed of hare hopping ....though very silly...but dragging a sleigh? Does Radagast provide levitation?
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Angharad73
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Jan 3 2015, 7:19pm
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Even my tiny little dwarf rabbit could be seriously fast on his feet when he needed to. I saw him easily outrun a cat once. He got spooked by the sudden appearance of a cat and his flight instinct kicked in, and the cat chased after him. And once he got going, there was no stopping him... (Neither rabbit nor cat came to any harm during this - the cat was distracted with an offer of cooked chicken, and the rabbit could eventually be caught with fresh parsley.)
Rhosgobel rabbits, with their size and longer legs and probably more muscle mass than my spoilt pet, would be even a good bit faster than that, I imagine.
I wonder, though, how Radagast got the zigzagging under control, so that all twelve rabbits went in the same direction.
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Konrad S
Lorien
Jan 3 2015, 7:26pm
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He was a wizard and i maia and Middle Earth is a fantasy world and they were probably domesticated
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mae govannen
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Jan 4 2015, 12:48pm
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Wonderful Rosghobel Rabbits!!! I'm so glad
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PJ had the great idea to invent them!...
But even ordinary rabbits are very fast indeed, and can leap easily over obstacles... And in this specific case, of course Radagast does provide the brief levitation of the sleigh whenever needed over a big root or whatever, as we can see in the movie!...
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