- "Get out of my field!"
- —Farmer Maggot, chasing troublemakers out of his garden
Farmer Maggot was a Hobbit farmer who lived in Bamfurlong in the Marish region of Eastfarthing in the Shire.
Biography
Farmer Maggot had a large turnip-field and mushrooms grew abundantly on his land. Farmer Maggot often had to deal with Hobbits, like Frodo Baggins, stealing his mushrooms and was ferocious to trespassers. Farmer Maggot was married and had at least two sons and three daughters and many others belonging to the farm. He owned three dogs, Grip, Fang and Wolf, and used them to chase off any trespassers. His family served Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, and Peregrin Took supper when they accidentally trespassed on their farm. Maggot later drove the Hobbits to Bucklebury ferry in his wagon, meeting Merry Brandybuck on the road. He said that a strange man came to Farmer Maggot and tried to bribe him to give him news of a hobbit by the name of "Baggins".
He was known to be acquainted with Tom Bombadil, who had a great deal of respect for him.[1][2]
Etymology
According to Tolkien, maggot was an old Hobbitish name lost in history and its meaning unknown. It may be a reference to the English word maggot or grub, and may have connections with the Marish's fertile and boggy land in which maggots or grubs feed on.
Appearances
Farmer Maggot was seen in The Fellowship of the Ring, directing the Nazgul riders to Hobbiton when they show up at his house in search of the Ring, and his voice is heard yelling at Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took for stealing from his fields. In the film, his crops appeared to include corn and carrots, as well as other vegetables.
He also is seen/mentioned briefly in the two LEGO games. In LEGO The Lord Of The Rings, his dialogue from the film is dubbed in and he is as seen as a body passing between rows of crops; the Hobbits leave all the stolen carrots in the hooves of a pig, making it a scapegoat for Farmer Maggot to catch. In LEGO The Hobbit, two random Hobbits near his farm will wonder openly if they should be getting food from someone named Farmer Maggot.
Portrayal in Adaptations
Voice Dubbing actors
| Foreign Language | Voice dubbing artist |
|---|---|
| German | Ulrich Frank |
| Italian (Italy) | Sergio Gibello |
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Фермер личинка |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 農夫馬嘎 |
| Czech | Černý had |
| Danish | Gårdmand Makker |
| Esperanto | Terkulturisto Larvo |
| French | Père Magotte |
| Hebrew | חקלאי מאגוט |
| Hindi | किसान भुनगा |
| Italian | Vecchio Verme |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Фермер Маггот |
| Korean | 파머 구더기 ? |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Фармер личинка |
| Norwegian | Bonde Larve |
| Polish | Rolnik Maggot |
| Russian | Фермер Мэггот |
| Serbian | Фармер Маггот (Cyrillic) Farmer Maggot (Latin) |
| Slovenian | Kmet črvič |
| Swedish | Bonde Mask |
| Thai | ชาวนาหนอน |
| Turkish | Çiftçi Tırtıl |
| Yiddish | פּויער מאַגגאָט |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter IV: "A Short Cut to Mushrooms"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter VII: "In the House of Tom Bombadil"