Hobbits

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Hobbits are a small, human-like race from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for their love of peace, comfort, and rural life in the Shire.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Hobbits canonical 15
Shire-hobbits 6
Harfoots 3

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional humanoid race
sentient species in Middle-earth
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
averageLifespan about 100 years
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
culture fondness for gardening
fondness for pipe-weed
storytelling and songs
firstPublication 1937 (in The Hobbit)
governmentOfficial Master of Buckland
Mayor of Michel Delving
Thain of the Shire
governmentType informal, with a Thain in the Shire
homeLocation Bree-land
The Angle (Eriador)
The Shire
inspiredBy English rural folk
Tolkien’s experiences in the English countryside
knownFor aversion to adventures
birthday parties
elevenses
fireworks (especially via Gandalf)
love of food and drink
multiple meals per day
resistance to the corrupting power of the One Ring
second breakfast
stealth and quiet movement
language Hobbitish (variety of Westron)
Westron
lifestyle agrarian
rural
notableMember Bilbo Baggins
Frodo Baggins
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Rosie Cotton
Samwise Gamgee
Gollum
surface form: Smeagol (before becoming Gollum)
origin descended from Men
physicalCharacteristic hairy feet
round faces
seldom wear shoes
slightly pointed ears
small stature
thick leathery soles on feet
religion no formal organized religion described
socialOrganization clans and families
subgroup Fallohides
Hobbits self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harfoots

Stoors
typicalDwelling hobbit-holes
smials
typicalHeight 2 to 4 feet
universe Middle-earth
value comfort
good food
home and family
peace
privacy
simple pleasures

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth hasRace Hobbits
The Hobbit featuresRace Hobbits
Westron spokenBy Hobbits
Merry Brandybuck nationality Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbit
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV series) featuresRace Hobbits
subject surface form: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
this entity surface form: Harfoots
Free Peoples of Middle-earth hasKeyMember Hobbits
this entity surface form: Hobbits of the Shire
Arda hasInhabitants Hobbits
The Shire inhabitedBy Hobbits
Hobbits subgroup Hobbits self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Harfoots
Orcs enemyOf Hobbits
Shire primaryInhabitants Hobbits
Drogo Baggins culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
Stinker inUniverseSpeciesOfReferent Hobbits
this entity surface form: Hobbit-kind
Eriador primaryInhabitants Hobbits
Elanor Gardner culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
Goldilocks Gardner culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbit
Barrow-blade associatedWith Hobbits
this entity surface form: Hobbits of the Shire
Third Age inhabitedBy Hobbits
Rose Gardner race Hobbits
Rose Gardner culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
Frodo Gardner culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
Bilbo Gardner culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
Belladonna Took culture Hobbits
this entity surface form: Shire-hobbits
The Took family race Hobbits
subject surface form: Took family
Hobbit alsoKnownAs Hobbits
this entity surface form: Halfling
Hobbit subgroup Hobbits
this entity surface form: Harfoots