Quem criou os espinhos?

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Quem criou os espinhos?

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Na Sociedade do Anel, quando Tom Bombadill conta histórias aos hobbits das terras próximas, ele diz:

"... Gold was piled on the biers of dead kings and queens; and mounds covered them, and the stone doors were shut; and the grass grew over all. Sheep walked for a while biting the grass, but soon the hills were empty again. A shadow came out of dark places far away, and the bones were stirred in the mounds. Barrow-wights walked in the hollow places with a clink of rings on cold fingers, and gold chains in the wind."

Qual é a sombra que saiu de lugares escuros e fez com que os tombos despertassem? Alguns sites apontam para o Rei Bruxo de Angmar, mas eu queria saber se existem fontes canônicas para isso. Eu sempre tive a impressão de que os monstros são um mal totalmente separado e não têm nada a ver com Mordor. Como o Balrog e o Shelob, eu assumi que eles eram outra fonte de maldade na terra média.

Quando os carrinhos de vento começaram a acordar e quem os acordou?

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por Dharini Chandrasekaran 08.09.2012 / 21:27

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Os Barrowdowns eram os restos do reino de Cardolan. A história de sua queda e o habitar dos carrinhos de mão estão no Apêndice A:

A great host came out of Angmar in 1409, and crossing the river entered Cardolan and surrounded Weathertop. The Dúnedain were defeated and Arveleg was slain. The Tower of Amon Sûl was burned and razed; but the palantír was saved and carried back in retreat to Fornost, Rhudaur was occupied by evil Men subject to Angmar, and the Dúnedain that remained there were slain or fled west Cardolan was ravaged. Araphor son of Arveleg was not yet full-grown, but he was valiant, and with aid from Círdan he repelled the enemy from Fornost and the North Downs. A remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in Tyrn Gorthad (the Barrowdowns), or took refuge in the Forest behind.

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In the days of Argeleb II [1670-1743] the plague came into Eriador from the Southeast, and most of the people of Cardolan perished, especially in Minhiriath. The Hobbits and all other peoples suffered greatly, but the plague lessened as it passed northwards, and the northern parts of Arthedain were little affected. It was at this time that an end came of the Dúnedain of Cardolan, and evil spirits out of Angmar and Rhudaur entered into the deserted mounds and dwelt there.

Rhudaur era apenas um estado vassalo de Angmar, então é um cânon que os espíritos malignos definitivamente vieram do Reino das Bruxas de Angmar. O despertar foi, com efeito, feito por esses espíritos malignos - eles eram a sombra de longe, e mexeram (controlaram) os ossos que já estavam nos montes.

Não é explicado se eles foram enviados especificamente pelo Rei Bruxo ou se foram por sua própria vontade, mas eu acho que é uma suposição razoável que o Rei Bruxo teria estado envolvido, especialmente neste momento e dado o benefício estratégico de efetivamente impedindo qualquer acordo adicional de um dos Reinos dos Dunedain.

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Do LOTR Wikia :

These hills were the burial mounds that were made in the First Age of the Sun for the Kings of Men. For many ages the Barrow-downs were sacred and revered, until out of the Witch-Kingdom of Angmar many terrible and tortured spirits fled across Middle-earth, desperately searching to hide from the ravening light of the Sun.

Desde que o Reino de Angmar foi destruído por Eärnur na TA 1975, podemos supor que eles são relativamente "novos" (não mais antigos que a Angmar, em 1300 de AT).

Outro site parece confirmar a aparição das criaturas durante a guerra entre os remanescentes do Arnor reino e Angmar:

Evil spirits sent to dwell in the Barrow-downs by the Witch-king of Angmar during his wars with the remnant of Arnor, and who remained there long after the realm of Angmar itself had vanished from the world.

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The Barrow-wights were evil spirits, although their true nature is unknown; it is not known if they were perverted Maiar (Úmaiar) or spirits of Orcs, fallen Avari, or evil Men.

The Witch-king of Angmar sent them to the Barrow-downs, in order to prevent a resurrection of the destroyed Dúnedain kingdom of Cardolan. The spirits stirred the dead bones in the mounds and haunted them.