<Tr> <Th> Race </Th> <Td> Hobbit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Book (s) </Th> <Td> The Hobbit The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King Unfinished Tales </Td> </Tr> <P> 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". </P> <P> In Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings, the name Sméagol is said to be a "translation" of the actual Middle - earth name Trahald (having to do with the idea of "burrowing", and rendered with a name based on Old English smygel of similar meaning). </P>

Gollum's real name in lord of the rings