Barrow-wight
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barrow-wight-189-12124113
title:
Barrow-wight
text:
Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings, the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight, and are lucky to escape with their lives; but they gain ancient swords of Westernesse for their quest. Tolkien derived the idea of barrow-wights from Norse mythology, where heroes of several Sagas battle undead beings known as draugrs. Scholars have noted a resemblance, too, between the breaking of the barrow-wight's spell and the final ba
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Undead monster in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow-wight
date created:
2004-02-16T22:36:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T12:51:47Z
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