Lions
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Lions were feline creatures only mentioned in Hobbit poetry and Elvish linguistic writings.[1][2] Apparently the lions roamed the lands of the East (perhaps referring to the lands beyond Rhûn, the Uttermost East), hunting "beasts and tender men".[1]
Names
In Quenya, the name for "lion" is rá (pl. rávi). The Noldorin name is rhaw (pl. rhui).[2]
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "lion" is rau.[3]
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Races of lions include Cliff Lions (of southwestern Middle-earth), Mountain lions (of Rhovanion), Snow Lions (of the Grey Mountains), and the Spotted Lions (of Cardolan).[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Cat"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" (root RAW-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 65
- ↑ Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Peter C. Fenlon, Jr. (1994), Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (#2012)
- ↑ Zachariah Woolf (1995), Lake-town (#2016), p. 149
- ↑ John David Ruemmler, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Peter C. Fenlon (1995), Mirkwood (2nd edition) (#2019)
