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The '''Brown Lands''' was a region across the [[Anduin]] from [[Fangorn Forest]]. For a long time the [[Entwives]] worked in their gardens there. Later [[Sauron]] blasted the entire area, which was when it became known as the ''Brown Lands''. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost". Their ultimate fate remains a mystery.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''</ref>
The '''Brown Lands''' was a region across the [[Anduin]] from [[Fangorn Forest]]. For a long time the [[Entwives]] worked in their gardens there. Later [[Sauron]] blasted the entire area, which was when it became known as the ''Brown Lands''. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost". Their ultimate fate remains a mystery.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] describes in his unfinished index (for ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'') the ''Brown Lands'' as a 'translation' of ''Berennyn'' (containing [[Sindarin]] ''[[baran (Sindarin)|baran]]'' 'brown, yellow-brown') "a devastated region, east of [[Anduin]], between [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] and the [[Emyn Muil]]".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 343 (quoting from the manuscript "[[Index questions]]")</ref>
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] describes in his unfinished index (for ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'') the ''Brown Lands'' as a 'translation' of '''''Berennyn''''' (containing [[Sindarin]] ''[[baran (Sindarin)|baran]]'' 'brown, yellow-brown') "a devastated region, east of [[Anduin]], between [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] and the [[Emyn Muil]]".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 343 (quoting from the manuscript "[[Index questions]]")</ref>


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Revision as of 10:39, 21 June 2011

The Brown Lands was a region across the Anduin from Fangorn Forest. For a long time the Entwives worked in their gardens there. Later Sauron blasted the entire area, which was when it became known as the Brown Lands. Treebeard appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost". Their ultimate fate remains a mystery.[1]

Etymology

J.R.R. Tolkien describes in his unfinished index (for The Lord of the Rings) the Brown Lands as a 'translation' of Berennyn (containing Sindarin baran 'brown, yellow-brown') "a devastated region, east of Anduin, between Lórien and the Emyn Muil".[2]

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