![]() If there was a Jewish link in Tolkien’s thoughts at all, it was a scrap of evidence from one of his letters that he thought of the dwarves as Jew-like, and there did not seem to be any link other than Gollum’s name to the Jewish monster Golem. I couldn’t find any evidence of a historical connection. Was the legend of the Golem an inspiration for Tolkien’s creation? I wondered. The monster serves as a slave to his master until he is “de-programmed” and falls back into dust. ![]() ![]() The Golem, according to Jewish folk tales, is a humanoid creature which a rabbi, versed in Cabalistic lore, creates from clay. ![]() Did he simply spring from Tolkien’s imagination, or was there some spark that gave the creature life in Tolkien’s mind? I remembered the Jewish legend of The Golem and wondered if there could be a link. With marvelous psychological insights, Tolkien perfectly portrays a character distorted by depraved desire and dominated by a magnificently evil obsession.Īs I was re-reading, I began to wonder about the origins of Gollum. One of the greatest characters in Tolkien’s cast of heroes is the frog-like hobbit Sméagol, otherwise known as Gollum. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. ![]() However, as I was re-reading the “The Lord of the Rings,” I began to wonder about the origins of this pathetic creature.įor summertime reading I have returned to an old favorite: the glorious hard back, complete version of J.R.R. Tolkien perfectly portrays a being distorted by depraved desire and dominated by a magnificently evil obsession. ![]()
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