Talk:Shelob
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I always thought that Lazylob and Atterkob where just insults that Bilbo used in his taunts of the spiders, not references to or names of actual spiders. Does anyone know if the references/names were intentional? Jketola 18:32 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)
- I'm with you on this, I took it to be just a generic insult, and don't believe any spiders were ever individually named in The Hobbit. Besides, it was "Attercop" anyway, not "Atterkob". ;) -- John Owens 18:42 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)
- Hmm, I was going to be bold and just delete that paragraph, but then I realized I don't quite recall whether it was ever stated more generally that her offspring migrated to Mirkwood, which would warrant keeping that paragraph around in an altered form. Anyone have a reference handy? -- John Owens
- It's mentioned in narrative, I looked it up some time ago. Something along the lines of that Sauron introduced her offspring to Mirkwood when he occupied Dol Guldur. — Jor (Talk) 10:49, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- TTT, chapter "Shelob's lair": (After a note on how she is like the spiders of Beleriand) Far and wide her lesser broods, bastards of the miserable mates, her own offspring, that she slew, spread from glen to glen, from the Ephel Dúath to the eastern hills, to Dol Guldur and the fastnesses of Mirkwood. — Jor (Talk) 11:09, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- It's mentioned in narrative, I looked it up some time ago. Something along the lines of that Sauron introduced her offspring to Mirkwood when he occupied Dol Guldur. — Jor (Talk) 10:49, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)