‘Lord of the Rings’: What’s the Difference Between a Harfoot and a Hobbit?
thewrap.com“The Rings of Power,” you likely have a few questions – chief among them: why are the hobbits called “Harfoots?” There’s a good answer for that: because they’re not hobbits.
Not exactly.Indeed, one of the more perplexing aspects of “The Rings of Power” to those not well-versed in J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore is the appearance of hobbit-like creatures who call themselves “Harfoots.” Hobbits were, of course, a major aspect of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy with Elijah Wood’s hobbit Frodo destroying the One Ring by the trilogy’s end alongside his platonic buddy Sam (Sean Astin).
Jackson even made a whole trilogy of movies about hobbits!“The Rings of Power” – which is set during the Second Age, thousands of years before the events of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” – has elves and dwarves, so why no hobbits?
And what are Harfoots anyway? Let’s break it down.Harfoots, as laid out by Tolkien in his books, are one of three different types of hobbits and are essentially ancestors to the hobbits we see in “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” As described, Harfoots are smaller in stature and have a browner complexion.
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