<P> Shelob is a fictional giant spider from J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle - earth legendarium . She appears at the end of the fourth book , second volume ( The Two Towers ) , of The Lord of the Rings . Her lair lies in Cirith Ungol ( `` the pass of the spider '' ) leading into Mordor . Gollum deliberately leads Frodo Baggins there in hopes of recovering the One Ring when Shelob attacks Frodo . The plan is foiled when Samwise Gamgee greatly injures Shelob with Frodo 's Elvish dagger , Sting , and the Phial of Galadriel . </P>
<P> Shelob is a fictional giant spider from J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle - earth legendarium . She appears at the end of the fourth book , second volume ( The Two Towers ) , of The Lord of the Rings . Her lair lies in Cirith Ungol ( `` the pass of the spider '' ) leading into Mordor . Gollum deliberately leads Frodo Baggins there in hopes of recovering the One Ring when Shelob attacks Frodo . The plan is foiled when Samwise Gamgee greatly injures Shelob with Frodo 's Elvish dagger , Sting , and the Phial of Galadriel . </P>
who is the she that gollum refers to
who is the she that gollum refers to
Shelob
Shelob