Shelob is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F This is a list of the known realms of Arda in J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium. The Two Towers is the second volume of J R R Tolkien 's High fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F She appears at the end of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers. The Lord of the Rings is an epic The Two Towers is the second volume of J R R Tolkien 's High fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

Literature

Shelob was an "evil thing in spider form" living high in the Ephel Dúath mountains that border Mordor; the “last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world”, there are numerous references to her being ancient, and predating the events recalled in The Lord of the Rings by many ages. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings In J R R Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth, the Ephel Dúath or Mountains of Shadow are a range of mountains that guard Mordor In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor (from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow Ungoliant is a fictional character in JRR Tolkien 's legendarium. "Ancient" redirects here For other uses see Ancient_(disambiguation. The Lord of the Rings is an epic She is evil, but independent of Sauron. ^[1]

She is first introduced in the chapter Shelob's Lair, but actually features and is referred to long before she is properly introduced: "But still she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first stone of Barad-dûr; and she served none but herself, drinking the blood of Elves and Men, bloated and grown fat with endless brooding on her feasts, weaving webs of shadow; for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness. For the album by black metal band Summoning, see Lugburz. Barad-dûr ( Sindarin "Dark Tower" sometimes given In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, an Elf is an individual member of one of the races that inhabit the lands of Arda. The race of Men in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, refers to "

She occupied Torech Ungol beneath Cirith Ungol ("Pass of the Spider"), and may have once lived in Beleriand. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Torech Ungol or Shelob 's Lair was the home of the giant spider Shelob In J R R Tolkien 's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age. Also called the "Spider of Darkness", Shelob's brood (upon whom she would often feed) and descendants include the Giant Spiders who captured Bilbo Baggins' Dwarf allies in Mirkwood during the events chronicled in The Hobbit. This is a list of all animals that appear in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of Mirkwood is a name used for two distinct fictional forests in J The Hobbit or There and Back Again is an award-winning fantasy

Shelob's lair was along the path that Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins took while travelling to Mount Doom. Samwise Gamgee, later known as Samwise Gardner and commonly known as Sam, is a Fictional character in J Her spider-silk, which was spun in both rope and cobweb form, was strong and cleverly made, trapping those who walked into it. Shelob had encountered Gollum during his previous trip to Mordor, and he apparently worshipped her after his fashion. Character overview Originally known as Sméagol, this character was later named Gollum after his habit The Orcs of the Tower of Cirith Ungol called her "Shelob the Great" and "Her Ladyship", and knew of Gollum's relationship with her (they referred to him as "Her Sneak"). In J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy writings Orcs or Orks are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains Cirith Ungol (ˈkiriθ ˈuŋgɔl is a location in J R R Tolkien 's fictional universe of Middle-earth in his fantasy work The Lord of the Rings. Sauron himself was aware of her existence, but left her alone, as she was a useful guard on the pass. Sauron (ˈsaʊrɒn Quenya: /sawrɔn/ literal meaning "Abhorred") is the title character and the principal Antagonist of the Fantasy He occasionally sent her prisoners that he had no further use for.

Gollum led the Hobbits into her lair so that he could get the One Ring after she consumed them. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. She attacked and stung Frodo, paralyzing him, while Gollum looked on and tried to strangle Sam. Paralysed redirects here For other uses see xx Paralysed (disambiguation Paralysis is the complete loss of Muscle function An enraged Sam fought off Gollum and then battled Shelob desperately using his master's sword. After hewing one claw from her leg and putting out one eye (the latter being the only soft part of her body), he ultimately defeated her when she impaled herself upon Sting while trying to crush him. The following list of weapons and armour of Middle-earth includes all weaponry and Armour directly taken from J She fled into her lair, significantly wounded. The story makes a point of saying that her final fate will remain unknown to the people of Middle-earth. It also makes a point — and even the Orcs remark on it — that it was the first time anyone had "stuck a pin" in Shelob.

Thinking Frodo dead, Sam took the Ring from his friend and left his body behind, but discovered by listening to a pair of Orcs that Shelob could inject a dose of venom that was not intended to kill its victims, but only to render them unconscious and keep their meat fresh, as with lesser spiders. This article is about the class of Biotoxins For other uses see Venom (disambiguation and Venomous (disambiguation. In the text, she was attempting to kill Sam outright, however.

Name

The name Shelob is derived from "lob," an archaic English word for spider, related to the word "lobster" (from Latin "locusta", influenced by Old English) "loppe" or "spider". English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The word is not related to "cob" nor "cobweb," which is actually derived from "attercoppe", with "coppe" meaning "head. " Tolkien had used both "cob" and "lob" in The Hobbit, which had been written in a song sung by Bilbo Baggins, "Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob. "

Adaptations

Shelob fights Sam Gamgee in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Return of the King.

In Peter Jackson's film trilogy which is based on the books, Shelob's appearance is held over until the middle of the third movie, The Return of the King. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. In the movie, Shelob can be seen to have a retractable venomous stinger at the rear end between the spinnerets, resembling a wasp's stinger. A stinger (a Colloquialism for the term "sting" is a common term for a sharp organ or body part found in various Animals (typically Arthropods A spinneret is a spider's silk -spinning organ. It is usually on the underside of a spider's Abdomen, to the rear A wasp is any Insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a Bee nor Ant. This is very much unlike real spiders (though in line with the original depiction in the novel), which inject venom with their fangs. Shelob also appears to have a gaping mouth, whereas real spiders can ingest only liquid. Once again, though, these inconsistencies with real spiders are true to Tolkien's description of Shelob in The Two Towers. The Two Towers is the second volume of J R R Tolkien 's High fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. However, according to DVD commentary, Jackson mentions Shelob's appearance is mostly based on the tunnel-web spiders of New Zealand, which he hates. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The "Black Tunnelweb Spider" Porrhothele antipodiana, is a Spider found throughout much of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands in bush New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island

In the film, Shelob 'stings' Frodo in the chest, while in the book, she penetrates him in the neck, above his mithril shirt. This is a possible plot incongruity, since, in a later scene, Sam witnesses two Orcs arguing over his unblemished mithril shirt (though the stinger could simply have hit him just above the shirt's cover, but just below his neck). A plot hole is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of Logic established by the story's plot.

In the video game The Return of the King, which is based on the film, Shelob is one of the bosses and her defeat is required to beat the level "Shelob's Lair". The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King is a Video game by EA Games based on the movie of the same name. A boss is a computer-controlled opponent which is found in Video games Their purpose is to test the skills that the player has accumulated over the course of a game In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Shelob is a hireable hero-unit of the Goblin faction. The Lord of the Rings The Battle for Middle-earth II is a Real time strategy computer game published by Electronic Arts, based upon the fantasy

See also

• Ungoliant

References