


until with hunger like death she spun once more her dreadful snares in the Mountains of Shadow, this tale does not tell." This means Tolkien himself didn't have an answer for Shelob's fate. After Samwise defeated her in the novel, it simply says, "Shelob was gone and whether she lay long in her lair nursing her malice and misery. Given her size and reaction to the stab, it's likely the wound was painful but not fatal, meaning she was most likely still festering after Sauron fell. RELATED: Lord of the Rings: Gollum's Aversion to Elven Materials Hides a Dark Story
