What is the artefact which corrupted J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional character, Smeagol?
Gollum Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", and became an important supporting character in its sequel, "The Lord of the Rings". Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
Durinn In Norse mythology, Durinn is the name of a dwarf attested in the "Poetic Edda" poem "Völuspá" and repeated in "Gylfaginning" from the "Prose Edda". He was the second created after the first and foremost dwarf Mótsognir. He is also attested in "Hervarar saga", where he forged the magic sword Tyrfing with the help of Dvalin.