Sheep
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Sheep were woolly grazing animals. The Folk of Marach migrated to Beleriand with flocks of sheep and goats.[1] They were especially common in the Númenórean region of Emerië,[2] and (in Middle-earth) on the Barrow-downs and in the Vales of Anduin.
Other names
The Quenya word for "sheep" is máma, derived from Primitive Quendian māmā.[3][4] Tolkien also suggested the Common Eldarin form mbā ("sheep").[5]
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).[6]
Portrayal in adaptations
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):
- Sheep are found on the fields around Bagshot Row.
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "X. Of Dwarves and Men", "The Atani and their Languages"
- ↑ 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, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), p. 82
- ↑ 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
