Does Gollum vet att andra kallar honom Gollum?

• ROTK - Inga anmärkningar om att han skulle adresseras som Gollum (jag sökte hela boken). Enligt @ pokes kommentar, hänvisades han till "Sméagol" istället.

• Samhälle - uppenbarligen nej, eftersom vi inte ser någon som pratar med Gollum än.

• De två tornen - ja. Här är alla de instanser jag hittade:

  But Frodo sprang up, and drew Sting from its sheath. With his left hand he drew back Gollum's head by his thin lank hair, stretching his long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to stare up at the sky.
  'Let go! Gollum,' he said. 'This is Sting. You have seen it before once upon a time. Let go, or you'll feel it this time! I'll cut your throat.'

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  'No, we won't,' said Frodo. 'But we won't let you go, either. You're full of wickedness and mischief, Gollum. You will have to come with us, that's all, while we keep an eye on you. But you must help us, if you can. One good turn deserves another.'

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  Sam got out the rope. 'And where were you off to in the cold hard lands, Mr. Gollum?' he growled. 'We wonders, aye, we wonders. To find some of your orc-friends, I warrant. You nasty treacherous creature. It's round your neck this rope ought to go, and a tight noose too.'

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  'Well, Gollum, or whatever it is we're to call you,' he said, 'now for it! The Moon's gone, and the night's going. We'd better start.'

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  He took a few steps away and looked back inquiringly, like a dog inviting them for a walk. 'Wait a bit, Gollum!' cried Sam. 'Not too far ahead now! I'm going to be at your tail, and I've got the rope handy

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  At last Sam could bear it no longer. 'What's all this, Gollum?' he said in a whisper. 'These lights? They're all round us now. Are we trapped? Who are they?' ... 'Come, Mr. Frodo!' said Sam. 'Don't look at them! Gollum says we mustn't. Let's keep up with him and get out of this cursed place as quick as we can – if we can!'

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  'I don't like the sound of it at all,' said Sam. 'Sounds too easy at any rate in the telling. If that path is still there, it'll be guarded too. Wasn't it guarded, Gollum?'

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  'Hi! Gollum!' said Sam. 'Where are you going? Hunting? Well see here, old noser, you don't like our food, and I'd not be sorry for a change myself. Your new motto's always ready to help. ...

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  'Now, Gollum,' he said, 'I've another job for you. Go and fill these pans with water, and bring 'em back!'

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  'Gollum!' he called softly. 'Third time pays for all. I want some herbs.' Gollum's head peeped out of the fern, but his looks were neither helpful nor friendly.

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  'Wheew! Gollum!' Sam called and whistled softly. 'Come on! Still time to change your mind. There's some left, if you want to try stewed coney.' There was no answer.

  Det är det.

Ja. Namnet "Gollum" går tillbaka en lång väg tillbaka till strax efter att han hittat ringen. Se skuggan av det förflutna:

They kicked him, and he bit their feet. He took to thieving, and going about muttering to himself, and gurgling in his throat. So they called him Gollum, and cursed him, and told him to go far away; and his grandmother, desiring peace, expelled him from the family and turned him out of her hole.

Det här konstaterar att han inte bara är medveten om det, men han måste också ha sagt till Bilbo att "Gollum" var hans namn - eftersom Bilbo var den enda han hade talat med (upp till en viss tid, förstås), hur annars kunde andra ha vetat att använda det här namnet? Hur kunde Frodo ha känt under sin diskussion med Gandalf?

Så - han var inte bara medveten om det, han hade accepterat det som sitt förnamn vid tiden för The Hobbit.