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'''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden River|Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his friend and relative [[Sméagol]]<ref>{{L|214}} p.292</ref>. Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him. | '''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden River|Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his friend and relative [[Sméagol]]<ref>{{L|214}} p.292</ref>. Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.<ref>{{FR|I2}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Déagol is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'. Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive". | Déagol is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive". | ||
==Adaptations== | ==Adaptations== | ||
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:Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]]. | :Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]]. | ||
{{sequence|prev=[[Isildur]], c. 2461 years earlier|next=[[Gollum|Sméagol]]|list=[[Ring-bearer]]<br>briefly, c. | {{sequence|prev=[[Isildur]], c. 2461 years earlier|next=[[Gollum|Sméagol]]|list=[[Ring-bearer]]<br>briefly, c. {{TA|2463}}}} | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Stoors]] | [[Category:Stoors]] | ||
[[Category:Ring-bearers]] | [[Category:Ring-bearers]] |
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Déagol | |
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Hobbit | |
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Biographical Information | |
Location | North Anduin |
Birth | c. T.A. 2400-T.A. 2450 |
Death | c. T.A. 2463[1] |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Déagol |
Déagol, was the Stoor Hobbit who had found the One Ring while diving in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his friend and relative Sméagol[2]. Sméagol (later known as Gollum) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.[3]
Etymology
Déagol is an Old English translation of the "original" Westron name 'Nahald'.[4] Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".
Adaptations
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:
- Déagol is played by New Zealand actor Thomas Robins.
Preceded by: Isildur, c. 2461 years earlier |
Ring-bearer briefly, c. T.A. 2463 |
Followed by: Sméagol |
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 214, (undated, written late 1958 or early 1959) p.292
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"