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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: 137. Do the elves have ANYTHING valuable to trade? - The Hobbit #24
Description: Were back looking at the first half of Chapter 10, âA Warm Welcome.â In this episode, we discuss the arrival of Bilbo and the dwarves at Laketown (check out Tolkienâs drawing), how this chapter leans on Tolkienâs world buildingâfrom Laketownâs real-life archaeological inspiration to the unexplained trade relations between elves and men, and how Thorin is now looking to Bilbo to lead.
We also look at:
The release of The Hunt for Gollum
Try to figure out what the elves and men were actually tradingâand what are the elves actually giving them men in return...