Similarities

Just as Silvianus had lost his ring while he was taking bath at Lydney, Gollum the character in “the hobbit” loses his ring under the Misty Mountains.Silvianus, later comes to know about the thief’s name as in the book Gollum comes to know about Bilbo Baggins who had stolen his ring.Silvianus then curses the thief by saying his name out loud though the effect of the curse was still not known similarily when Gollum came to know about the theft he too cried in wrath: ‘Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!’Hence the similarity drawn was undeniable.