Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/Chapter 6

Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire is the sixth chapter of Guide to The Lord of the Rings/J.R.R Tolkien's Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit.

Plot

After escaping the Goblins, Bilbo finds Gandalf and the Dwarves and they continue their journey. Eventually, they are attacked by Wargs and forced to climb trees.

Synopsis

When Bilbo emerges, he discovers he is on the other side of the Misty Mountains. He decides to go back and look for his friends. Still invisible, he hears Gandalf and the Dwarves arguing; Gandalf is saying they must go back and rescue Bilbo. Bilbo slips into their midst and takes off the ring so they see him. He tells his tale and gains their respect, but he does not reveal the existence of the ring. They set off almost immediately, because the Goblins will soon be after them. They have nothing to eat, and Bilbo is hungry.

Later, the Company slides down a stony slope, making more headway on their journey. Night falls and they hear wild wolves, the Wargs, howling. The Dwarves and Bilbo (helped by Dori), climb trees to hide from them; Gandalf, who understands Warg language, listens to the wolves talking about their plans to join the Goblins in a raid on a nearby village. He sets the wolves on fire with burning pinecones that he throws down from his tree, chasing them away.

The Lord of the Eagles hears the noise and brings other eagles with him to investigate. In the meantime, the Wargs have joined the Goblins, setting fire to the forest as they run through it. The Goblins build up the fire around the trees where Gandalf, Bilbo and the Dwarves are hidden in an attempt to smoke them out. As Gandalf's tree goes up in flames and he prepares to jump to his death, the Lord of the Eagles swoops down and carries him away. The other eagles seize the Dwarves and Bilbo and carry them to their eyrie. The eagles cannot fly them too far on their journey because men will shoot at them, but they give the Company a place to rest for the night and bring back animals for the Dwarves to roast and eat the following morning.

Analysis

In this chapter, Bilbo demonstrates master in the use of the ring and its strategic power. He exercises discretion in not revealing its existence to the dwarves, well, not yet. The dwarves slowly respect him more after this tale. Despite his evolution into something better, Bilbo still is enough of a hobbit to notice his hunger.

The Wargs are wolf like creatures who live up to their stereotypical characteristics.

The eagles, as flying creatures, have the power to transcend the danger of earth, although they are not immune to the dangers posed by men

Glossary

larch a deciduous tree of the pine family.
porter a person who carries burdens or baggage.
glade an open space surrounded by woods.
bracken a large, coarse fern.
smote hit (past tense of smite, to hit).
eyrie a bird's nest on a cliff or mountaintop.

Appearances

Main

other characters

Locations

Goblin-gate
Eagle's Eyrie

Translations around the world

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Uit die Braaipan in die Vuur
Albanian	Nga tiganisja në zjarr
Amharic	ከምድጃው ውስጥ በእሳት ውስጥ ወደቀ
Arabic	من المقلاة الى النار
Armenian	Տապակած տապանից դուրս հրդեհի մեջ ?
Azerbaijani	Qızardılmış qabdan atəşə çıxdı
Belarusian Cyrillic	з патэльні ў агонь
Bengali	ফ্রাইং প্যানের মধ্যে আগুনের মধ্যে
Bosnian	Iz prženje-tave u vatru
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Извадете от огнището в огъня
Burmese	မီးထဲသို့ကြော်-ဒယ်အိုးထဲက
Catalan	Fora de la cassola de Fregir al Foc
Chinese	从煎锅里放入火中
Croatian	Iz prženje-tave u vatru
Czech	Ze Pánev do ohně
Danish	Ud af stegepannen i ilden
Dutch	Uit het Braadpan in het Vuur
Estonian	Väljas praepannil tulle
Finnish	Ojasta allikkoon
French	Hors de la Poêle à Frire dans le Feu
Galician	Fóra do Tixola no Lume
Georgian	გარეთ სახელურიანი ტაფები შევიდა ცეცხლი
German	Raus aus der Bratpfanne, rein ins Feuer
Greek	Από το τηγάνι στη φωτιά
Gujarati	શેકીને પેનમાંથી બહાર કાઢો
Hebrew	מחוץ למחבת לתוך האש
Hindi	फ्राइंग पैन से बाहर आग में
Hungarian	Ki a sütés-serpenyőben a tűzbe
Icelandic	Út úr Steikarpanna í eldinum
Indonesian	Keluar dari wajan ke dalam api
Irish Gaelic	As an Friochadh-uile isteach sa Tine
Italian	Dalla padella nella brace
Japanese	フライパンから火の中へ
Kannada	ಫ್ರೈಯಿಂಗ್-ಪ್ಯಾನ್ ಇನ್ ದ ಫೈರ್ ಔಟ್
Kazakh Cyrillic	Қайнатқыштан отқа тастаңыз ?
Korean	밖으로 튀김 냄비-화재로 ?
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	отко кууруп-көмөч чыккан
Laotian	ອອກຈາກເຕົາໄຟເຂົ້າໄປໃນໄຟ
Latvian	Ārā no cepamo pannu ugunī
Lithuanian	Iš skrudinant visos į ugnį
Macedonian Cyrillic	Надвор од Тава за пржење во оган
Malay	Daripada menggoreng-kuali ke dalam api
Maltese	Barra mill-qali tal-pan fin-nar
Mongolian Cyrillic	Гал тогооноос хайруулын тавган дээр
Nepalese	आगोमा पकाएर बाहिर
Norwegian	Ut av Stekepannen på Ilden
Persian	خارج از ظرف پخت و پز به آتش
Polish	Z patelni w ogień
Portuguese	Fora da Frigideira para o Fogo
Punjabi	ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਲ਼ਣ-ਪੈਨ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ
Romanian	Afară de Prăjire pan în Foc
Russian	Из огня да в полымя
Serbian	Из плоче за пржење у ватру (Cyrillic) Iz ploče za prženje u vatru (Latin)
Sinhalese	කබලෙන් ලිපට ගින්නෙන් එළියට එනවා ?
Slovak	Z vyprážanie-panvici do ohňa
Slovenian	Iz ponev v ogenj
Spanish	Fuera de la sartén en el fuego
Swahili	Nje ya Kukaranga-sufuria Motoni
Swedish	Ur Stekpannan i Elden
Tajik Cyrillic	Аз доц кардан-тоба ба оташ ?
Tamil	வறுத்த வெந்தயத்தில் இருந்து நெருப்பிற்கு வெளியே
Telugu	ఫైర్ ఇన్ ఫ్రైనింగ్ పాన్ ఇన్ ది ఫైర్ ?
Thai	ออกจากกระทะเข้าไปในกองไฟ
Turkish	Kızartma-tavadan ateşe
Ukrainian Cyrillic	З сковорідка в вогонь
Urdu	کڑاہی میں آگ کے آوٹ ?
Uzbek	Қозондан ташқарида оловга ташланг (Cyrillic) Qozondan tashqarida olovga tashlang ? (Latin)
Vietnamese	Ra khỏi chảo Chiên vào lửa
Welsh	Allan y badell-ffrio ar y tân
Xhosa	Ukuphuma kwipani yokutshisa emlilweni
Yiddish	אויס פון די פריינג-פּאַן אין די פייַער