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[[Image:Kine of Araw.png|thumb|''Kine of Araw'' portrayed in ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]'']] | |||
The oxen that lived on the lands around the [[Sea of Rhûn]] were hardier and wilder than any others in [[Middle-earth]]. Legends claimed that they were descended from the cattle of the ''Huntsman of the Valar'', [[Oromë]] himself, and so they were named the Kine of Araw ([[Araw]] being the [[Sindarin]] form of [[Oromë]]'s name). | The oxen that lived on the lands around the [[Sea of Rhûn]] were hardier and wilder than any others in [[Middle-earth]]. Legends claimed that they were descended from the cattle of the ''Huntsman of the Valar'', [[Oromë]] himself, and so they were named the Kine of Araw ([[Araw]] being the [[Sindarin]] form of [[Oromë]]'s name). | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 13 March 2011
The oxen that lived on the lands around the Sea of Rhûn were hardier and wilder than any others in Middle-earth. Legends claimed that they were descended from the cattle of the Huntsman of the Valar, Oromë himself, and so they were named the Kine of Araw (Araw being the Sindarin form of Oromë's name).
The Kine were famous as the quarry of Vorondil the Hunter, ancestor of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor. It was he who cut a horn from one of these beasts and fashioned a hunting-horn from it, the Great Horn, which came to be carried by the eldest son of the Ruling Steward from Vorondil's time onward. The last heir to bear the horn was Boromir, who saw it broken in two in his battle with Orcs beneath Amon Hen.
Inspiration
They were likened by Tolkien to aurochs.[1]
References
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Minas Tirith"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Realms in Exile - The Southern Line: Stewards of Gondor"