The Golden Bough (mythology) spite of this, they had a happy encounter and Anchises told his son about the nearby river Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, on the other side of which were a multitude of spirits waiting to be born on Earth. Over there were those who would be the descendants of Aeneas, and those who would live in the future Roman Empire, such as Romulus, Camillus, Marcellus, and the Caesars. Anchises gave advice to Aeneas, and then led him to the ivory gate, one of the gates of "Sleep", by which they return to Earth. The Golden Bough (mythology) The Golden Bough
Watcher in the Water attack on the Fellowship, and rupture of the Moria Gate are already present in his initial writings. Since Tolkien never explicitly stated what the creature is, others have felt free to speculate on its identity and origins. In "A Tolkien Bestiary", David Day calls the Watcher a kraken; but implies differences between the kraken of Scandinavian folklore and the Watcher in the Water. Tolkien never called the Watcher a kraken nor described the presence of krakens in Middle-earth. In "The Complete Tolkien Companion", J. E. A. Tyler postulates the Watcher was a cold-drake: "...these dragons rely on their strength and