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<small>"''...thousands of dark-grey and black moths, some nearly as big as your hand''"<ref name=H8/></small> | |||
'''Moths''' were nocturnal insects of a kind closely related to [[Butterflies|butterflies]]. [[Bilbo Baggins]] found them fluttering at nightfall on his first visit to [[Rivendell]].<ref>{{H|3}}</ref> Curiously, they are also mentioned as dwelling in [[Mirkwood]], where the moths were black or dark grey, and grew to a huge size.<ref name=H8>{{H|8}}</ref> | |||
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==Names== | |||
In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "moth" is ''fufril''.<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 36</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 09:11, 3 July 2011
"...thousands of dark-grey and black moths, some nearly as big as your hand"[1]
Moths were nocturnal insects of a kind closely related to butterflies. Bilbo Baggins found them fluttering at nightfall on his first visit to Rivendell.[2] Curiously, they are also mentioned as dwelling in Mirkwood, where the moths were black or dark grey, and grew to a huge size.[1]
Names
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "moth" is fufril.[3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "A Short Rest"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 36
