Timeline for Do the trolls in the Hobbit have a magic purse, and did they enchant it themselves?
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| Aug 23, 2020 at 13:27 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | The fact that the narrator states that “trolls’ purses are the mischief” would indicate that this sort of magic is an inherent (or at least common) property of troll purses, so it doesn’t seem likely that this particular purse was a stolen one that just happened to be enchanted. Whether that entails that trolls enchant their purses is a different matter, but it is described as a property of trolls’ purses. | |
| Aug 23, 2020 at 12:49 | comment | added | Spencer | We can imagine the purse was like one of those greeting cards where you record your own greeting to play back when the recipient opens it. | |
| Aug 23, 2020 at 11:11 | history | answered | Daniel Roseman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |