Bucca of the Marish
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| Bucca of the Marish | |
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| Hobbit | |
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| "Bucca" by Liz Danforth | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Thain |
| Location | The Marish |
| Rule | from S.R. 379 |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Bucca of the Marish |
Bucca of the Marish was the first Thain of the Hobbits in Eriador.
History[edit | edit source]
Around S.R. 379, some four years after the fall of the North-kingdom, the Hobbits of the Shire elected from their midst one Bucca of the Marish as the first Thain. He was to rule the land in the King's stead. Little else is known about him, other than that he brought peace and prosperity to the Hobbits.[1]
His family became the Oldbucks and eventually the Brandybucks.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word Bucca is Old English for "buck", "male deer" or "he-goat" which is a translation of the original Westron name Gamba.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
| Bucca of the Marish Oldbuck Family | ||
| None New title | 1st Thain of The Shire S.R. 379 - unknown | Unknown Next known: Gorhendad Oldbuck |
| Thains of the Shire |
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| Bucca of the Marish (from S.R. 379) · 10 unknown Oldbucks · Gorhendad Oldbuck (until S.R. 740) · Isumbras I (from S.R. 740) · 8 unknown Tooks (includes: Isengrim I · Ferumbras I · Paladin I · Isumbras II) · Isengrim II (S.R. 1083 - 1122) · Isumbras III (1122 - 1159) · Ferumbras II (1159 - 1201) · Fortinbras I (1201 - 1248) · Gerontius (1248 - 1320) · Isengrim III (1320 - 1330) · Isumbras IV (1330 - 1339) · Fortinbras II (1339 - 1380) · Ferumbras III (1380 - 1415) · Paladin II (1415 - 1434) · Peregrin I (1434 - 1484) · Faramir I (from 1484) |
