In "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) the giant eagle that saves Frodo & Samwise, as originally described in J.R.R. Tolkien's book (1955), was inspired by the pub in Oxford where Tolkien famously wrote much of the novels. The pub's plackard depicts a large eagle carrying a boy.

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image showing In "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) the giant eagle that saves Frodo & Samwise, as originally described in J.R.R. Tolkien's book (1955), was inspired by the pub in Oxford where Tolkien famously wrote much of the novels. The pub's plackard depicts a large eagle carrying a boy.

Dave1307 on January 5th, 2020 at 13:59 UTC »

The giant eagles were in The Hobbit too, first published in 1937

WolfColaCo on January 5th, 2020 at 14:22 UTC »

Eagle and Child is a really cool pub. At the back theres a framed document with all the signatures from the members of the Inklings alongside other memorabilia from some of the greatest modern literary writers who were a part of the club

Edit- just heard the letter was stolen. Words cant describe how sad and angry I am about that. Still, I recommend all to go (and if you do have a spare day in oxford go on a pub crawl as theres some absolute crackers there)

divsky2 on January 5th, 2020 at 15:14 UTC »

If you ever played Lord of the Rings Online they played tribute to this with a pub in-game called "The Bird and Baby", which is what the Eagle and Child was nicknamed.

https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Bird_and_Baby_Inn