The Hobbit: How The Lyrics Of The Misty Mountains Song Predicts Thorin's Fate
One of the most mystical and magical elements in Tolkien’s works is the element of fore-shadowing. Many of the characters across his books have the ability to see dreams or visions of the future, from Arwen’s sight in the woods of her and Aragorn’s son, to Gladriel’s use of the magic mirror to give Frodo a warning of what will happen to Middle Earth if he fails the quest to destroy the One Ring.
Many of the prophecies appear in the form of words, whether they be difficult to decipher phrases, riddles, or songs. And Tolkien cleverly used the most famous song from The Hobbit to offer one such prediction of the fate of some of his key characters in The Hobbit. Since Peter Jackson’s film adaptations in 2014, the song ‘The Misty Mountains’ has become known by Tolkien fans worldwide. In the films, the scene is depicted as the 13 dwarves stood around the fireplace in Bilbo’s beautiful hobbit hole.
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In a deep, soulful rendition of the song, they tell of the tragedy that befell their home in Erebor, and how the dragon Smaug came and killed their people. As someone who has a particular love of his own home, and has been used to being pushed out by his cousins the Sackville Bagginses, the dwarves words move him, and this is part of the reason that he agrees to accompany them the following morning on their quest, despite Thorin’s reluctance to have him in the first place.
However, the lyrics of the song are not just interesting because of the past that they tell, but because of the future that they predict too. Some fans of Tolkien's books have noticed some striking parallels between the words in the melody, and the events that take place on the famed quest.
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