The Mewlips 

Maybe it's simply that Tolkien's poem is so delightfully creepy? :)

Still I await this 14 years now my creative friend....... I will probably pass on without fulfillment but thanks anyway for taking the time to produce this little treasure. Bless! xx

@@colinjohnrudd You're absolutely right -Enough time has gone by, and I should get going with more adaptations from your music. The Tolkien Estate will probably come kicking down my door, but I'll put up a huge disclaimer, and we'll see how it goes. I listen to your Tolkien songs often and always think about the ideas I have for videos.

And that is why no hobbit ever adventure agai; except bilbo, frodo, pippin, merry, and sam.

Thank you very much! :)

Thanks! I'd love to do more with Colin's music. He's got a whole set of excellent Tolkien-inspired tunes.

That's wonderful! Thanks for letting me know :)

If someone takes time out of their day to comment on one of my videos, I'll happily respond :)

The Mewlips are Hobbit boogey men, used in tales to deter young Hobbits from going out on adventures. I've also read somewhere that they're really supposed to be Orcs or goblins, though as the Hobbits percieve them through tales that have trickled down to the Shire.

From the research I have done (since this is my favorite Tolkien poem) is that they are most likely more akin to Barrow Wrights than Orcs or Goblins. Also, if you follow all the hints in the poem, look where the Hobbits had traveled many years before they arrived in the Shire, there are 2 logical places that the Mewlips would actually be located. Both are to the very east of Mirkwood. One is a marshy-area right on the eastern side of the old forest road, and the other being the Long Marshes. In fact, in the History Of the Hobbit books (Part 1: Mr. Baggins) it goes into details about some early lines where there were talks of disappearances of men, rafts, and beasts in the Long Marshes, and it seemed like Tolkien contemplated Bilbo and company entering those Marshes at one point. It then goes into detail about how it might have been the Mewlips that they were going to run into . . . but he then changed course and the Bilbo and company never encountered the evil that was residing in those marshes.

RantingThespian: I agree with your interpretation.

bluworm: If you ever get a chance, I'd like to know in Tolkien's work where Mewlips were compared to Orcs or Goblins. I cannot recall a single such instance, but I would like to be corrected via citation.

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Thanks for watching it :)

That's a wonderful comparison :)

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Tolkien could do some creepy stuff too.

As I understand it, "Mewlips" is what the Hobbits call these creatures. Something's out there in the dark swamps.

Thanks! This is one of my fave Tolkien poems. Very moody and creepy.

Thank you! :)

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

That would be a good idea. Maybe a job for some AI app?

Glad you enjoyed this; thanks :) The Mewlips and The Hoard of the Gibbelins have the same basic theme. I didn't lift any inspiration from Dunsany's tale, but simply thought that including a hapless human thief / adventurer would make it more personal.

I miss the days of puppets too!

This film is the result of my first finding the poem, and then finding Colin Rudd's wonderful song based off of it. I kind of had to do something with it. I can see the similarity to the Rankin / Bass Hobbit songs. They also have that folksy feel.

Thank you! I am and will always be a Tolkien enthusiast.

Thank you! :)

Thank you! .)

Glad you enjoyed it; thanks!

Thank you! :)