Symbolic and Mythic Expression
in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Close Encounters of the Black Rider Kind

The Black Rider Slipped Away

3/22/07

"only a little while ago he slipped away as you drew near"

-- Pippin, to the Elves, of the Black Rider (Fellowship, p. 90)

The Elves coming along as one of the Black Riders was about to sniff out the Hobbits is an expression of supernatural providence.

It was the Elves who made the Black Rider retreat.

Pippin communicated to the Elves what had happened: "only a little while ago he slipped away as you drew near" (Fellowship, p. 90).

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