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'''Sheep''' were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] region of [[Emerië]], and (in [[Middle-earth]]) on the [[Barrow-downs]] and in the [[Vales of Anduin]]. | '''Sheep''' were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] region of [[Emerië]],<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> and (in [[Middle-earth]]) on the [[Barrow-downs]] and in the [[Vales of Anduin]]. | ||
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The [[Quenya]] word for "sheep" is ''máma'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''māmā''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also suggested the [[Common Eldarin]] form ''mbā'' ("sheep").<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 35</ref> | The [[Quenya]] word for "sheep" is ''máma'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''māmā''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also suggested the [[Common Eldarin]] form ''mbā'' ("sheep").<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 35</ref> |
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Sheep were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the Númenórean region of Emerië,[1] and (in Middle-earth) on the Barrow-downs and in the Vales of Anduin.
Names
The Quenya word for "sheep" is máma, derived from Primitive Quendian māmā.[2] Tolkien also suggested the Common Eldarin form mbā ("sheep").[3]
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "sheep" is moth (pl. mothrim or mothin); iol means "lamb" ("little lamb, lambkin" is iolinc).[4]
Portrayal in Adaptations
2002: Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring:
- Sheep are found on the fields around Bagshot Row.
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'", p. 395
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 35
- ↑ 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), pp. 51, 58