The Lord of the Rings · Character
Bullroarer Took
Also known as the Bullroarer, the Old Took
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 16
The Bullroarer Took arrives as a figure from hobbit legend, his name suggesting a spirit too large for the ordinary measures of life. There is a twinkle of affectionate exaggeration in the way his memory is invoked.
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 16
- Books
- 1
Bullroarer Took is recalled as a celebrated hobbit of an earlier age, chiefly remembered in a playful comparison about outliving his record age. The book gives no further account of his life or appearance; his enduring place here is as a larger-than-life name in hobbit tradition.
Description
Historical hobbit
Story so far
BOOK 3The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
Appearances
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