Camels
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Excerpt from Pauline Baynes's A Map of Middle-earth
Camels were animals native to the Southern lands, and thus appear illustrated on a map of Middle-earth.[note 1] Otherwise, these animals only appear in linguistic writings dating from the early versions of the legendarium.[1][2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The Qenya name of "a camel" is ulun(t).[1][2]
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
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1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Camels, level 4 animals, are called devevi (sing. deve) in Apysaic (a language of south-western Endor). There are both one- and two-humped variants of the beast.[3] Staibir is the name of a War Camel appearing in an adventure set in Southwestern Middle-earth.[4]
1987-: Mithril Miniatures:
- A camel was released as part of the 32mm scale figure "Haradrian Champion on War Camel".[5]
2001-: The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game:
- Camels are used as mounts by the Mahud Raiders of the barren lands of the Nafarat.[6]
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien himself acknowledged the Map of Middle-earth.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 27
- ↑ Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Peter C. Fenlon, Jr. (1994), Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (#2012), "Riding and Draft Animals"
- ↑ Jessica Ney (ed.; 1990), Angus McBride's Characters of Middle-earth (#8007), pp. 26-7
- ↑ "MS468 Lord of the Rings 'Haradrian™ Champion on Warcamel' Fellowship 32mm Scale Figure", mithril.ie (accessed 3 May 2014)
- ↑ "Mahud Raider", games-workshop.com (accessed 3 May 2014)
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