Gollum

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Gollum is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became a major character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields. In The Lord of the Rings, it is stated that he was originally known as Sméagol before he was corrupted by the One Ring, and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". Sméagol obtained the Ring by murdering his cousin Déagol, who found it in the River Anduin. Gollum calls the Ring "my precious", and it extended his life far beyond natural limits. Centuries of the Ring's influence have twisted Gollum's body and mind, and, by the time of the novels, he "loved and hated [the Ring], as he loved and hated himself." Throughout the story, Gollum is torn between his lust for the Ring and his desire to be free of it. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds the One Ring and...

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