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[[File: | [[File:Šárka Škorpíková - Rhovanion - The Brown Lands.jpg|thumb|''Rhovanion - The Brown Lands'' by [[Šárka Škorpíková]]]] | ||
The '''Brown Lands''' was a region east of the [[Anduin]] between [[Mirkwood]] to the north and the [[Emyn Muil]] to the south.<ref>{{ | The '''Brown Lands''' ([[Sindarin|S.]] '''''Berennyr''''') was a devastated region east of the [[Anduin]] between [[Mirkwood]] to the north and the [[Emyn Muil]] to the south.<ref name=UI>{{HM|UI}}, p. 343</ref><ref name=RCCorrigenda>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/readers_by_date.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion'' (2005, 2008, 2014) Arranged by Date|dated=|website=HS|accessed=03-08-2015}}</ref><ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> | ||
The area was the home of the [[Entwives]] who made their gardens there; but during the [[War of the Last Alliance]] at the end of the [[Second Age]], they were driven away when [[Sauron]] ruined the land against the advance of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Allies]] down the [[Anduin]].<ref>{{L|144}}, p. 179</ref> The [[Ents]] vainly had crossed the Anduin in search of the [[Entwives]]. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were lost.<ref>{{TT|Treebeard}}, p. 476</ref> | |||
Even by the end of the [[Third Age]], when the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] drifted by in boats upon the Great River, they saw only long, formless slopes with a withered look, without trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even [[Aragorn]] could tell.<ref>{{FR|River}}, p. 380</ref> A one or two days long boatride downstream the Brown Lands rose into high open land.<ref>{{FR|River}}, p. 381</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] describes | [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] describes the "Brown Lands" as a translation of [[Sindarin]] '''''Berennyr''''',<ref name=UI/><ref name=RCCorrigenda/> from the plural forms of ''[[baran (Sindarin)|baran]]'' ("brown", "yellow-brown")<ref name=UI/> and ''[[dôr]]'' ("land").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-1604648493.html|articlename=S. ''Berennyr'' loc.|website=Eldamo|accessed=17 February 2022}}</ref> | ||
== Portrayal in adaptations == | |||
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|File:Ben Zweifel - Brown Lands.png|The Brown Lands in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game]]'' | |||
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Brown Lands.jpg|Gardens of the Entwives in the Brown Lands in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' | |||
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'''2012: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' | |||
:A portion of the Brown Lands is accessible across the Anduin from [[Field of Celebrant]], hosting encampments of the [[Easterlings]] preparing to attack the [[Wold]]. It contains the Gardens of the Entwives, long abandoned and desolate. | |||
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[[Category:Rhovanion]] | [[Category:Rhovanion]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:34, 26 March 2024
Rhovanion - The Brown Lands by Šárka Škorpíková
The Brown Lands (S. Berennyr) was a devastated region east of the Anduin between Mirkwood to the north and the Emyn Muil to the south.[1][2][3]
The area was the home of the Entwives who made their gardens there; but during the War of the Last Alliance at the end of the Second Age, they were driven away when Sauron ruined the land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin.[4] The Ents vainly had crossed the Anduin in search of the Entwives. Treebeard appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were lost.[5]
Even by the end of the Third Age, when the Fellowship of the Ring drifted by in boats upon the Great River, they saw only long, formless slopes with a withered look, without trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even Aragorn could tell.[6] A one or two days long boatride downstream the Brown Lands rose into high open land.[7]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
J.R.R. Tolkien describes the "Brown Lands" as a translation of Sindarin Berennyr,[1][2] from the plural forms of baran ("brown", "yellow-brown")[1] and dôr ("land").[8]
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
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2012: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- A portion of the Brown Lands is accessible across the Anduin from Field of Celebrant, hosting encampments of the Easterlings preparing to attack the Wold. It contains the Gardens of the Entwives, long abandoned and desolate.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 343
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005, 2008, 2014) Arranged by Date", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 3 August 2015)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144, (dated 25 April 1954), p. 179
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard", p. 476
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Great River", p. 380
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Great River", p. 381
- ↑ Paul Strack, "S. Berennyr loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 17 February 2022)
