The Encyclopedia of Arda - Foxes (original) (raw)
| Dates The northern reaches of Middle-earth1 Species Probably a reference to the Red Fox, _Vulpes vulpes_2 Meaning Ultimately from an ancient word for 'tail', referring to the fox's bushy 'brush' Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 3 December 2008 Updates planned: 1 | Dog-like carnivores of woodland and farmland, distinctive for their red-orange coats and their eerie plaintive cries. The most famous of all the foxes in Middle-earth appears early in The Lord of the Rings, where a dog-fox is puzzled at finding Frodo, Sam and Pippin asleep in a fir-wood on the first night of their journey from Hobbiton. Notes 1 The only established sightings of foxes were within the Shire and the Bree-land nearby to the east. However, foxes were often referred to in a proverbial sense, and it seems safe to conclude that they ranged far outside those two areas. 2 Though there are many different varieties of fox across the world, only the Red Fox is to be found in Tolkien's native British Isles, and so it is commonly referred to there as simply a 'fox'. Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 3 December 2008 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2008. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus can assess the ways two people will work together, examining a working relationship from both points of view. |
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