The Encyclopedia of Arda - Hawks (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Location Widespread across Middle-earth1 Species About fifty different species in the subfamily _Accipitrinae_2 Important peaks Spirits in the form of hawks carried news to Manwë on Taniquetil Meaning From Old English heafoc, ultimately from a root word meaning 'grasp' Indexes: Alphabetical: H Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 4 February 2022 This entry is complete Swift birds of prey, smaller than Eagles, but just as sharp-eyed. Though the Eagles were the best known of Manwë's messengers, we're also told that there were hawks among the ranks of his servants, watching Middle-earth and bringing back news to their noble master on Taniquetil. Other forces also used them as servants, and far above the crebain that spied for Saruman in the War of the Ring, Aragorn reported that he had seen hawks hovering, watching the lands far below. Notes 1 Hawks are mentioned commonly enough in Tolkien's work that we can be sure that they were familiar to peoples across Middle-earth. However, these references tend to be indirect or metaphorical, and hawks are only directly mentioned on a single occasion. As the Company of the Ring crossed the lands of Eregion in southeastern Eriador, Aragorn spoke of seeing many hawks high in the air. 2 There are actually two separate groups of hawks, with Accipitrinae representing those native to Eurasia (which would correspond to Middle-earth in this context). Another disparate group of about fifty further species (Buteoninae) are found in the Americas, but these would not historically have been seen in Middle-earth. See also... Hell-hawks, Hill of Ilmarin, King of Arda, Kingdom of Arda, Living Creatures, Lord of the Breath of Arda, Taniquetil Indexes: Alphabetical: H Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 4 February 2022 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Location Widespread across Middle-earth1 Species About fifty different species in the subfamily _Accipitrinae_2 Important peaks Spirits in the form of hawks carried news to Manwë on Taniquetil Meaning From Old English heafoc, ultimately from a root word meaning 'grasp' Indexes: Alphabetical: H Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 4 February 2022 This entry is complete Swift birds of prey, smaller than Eagles, but just as sharp-eyed. Though the Eagles were the best known of Manwë's messengers, we're also told that there were hawks among the ranks of his servants, watching Middle-earth and bringing back news to their noble master on Taniquetil. Other forces also used them as servants, and far above the crebain that spied for Saruman in the War of the Ring, Aragorn reported that he had seen hawks hovering, watching the lands far below. Notes 1 Hawks are mentioned commonly enough in Tolkien's work that we can be sure that they were familiar to peoples across Middle-earth. However, these references tend to be indirect or metaphorical, and hawks are only directly mentioned on a single occasion. As the Company of the Ring crossed the lands of Eregion in southeastern Eriador, Aragorn spoke of seeing many hawks high in the air. 2 There are actually two separate groups of hawks, with Accipitrinae representing those native to Eurasia (which would correspond to Middle-earth in this context). Another disparate group of about fifty further species (Buteoninae) are found in the Americas, but these would not historically have been seen in Middle-earth. See also... Hell-hawks, Hill of Ilmarin, King of Arda, Kingdom of Arda, Living Creatures, Lord of the Breath of Arda, Taniquetil Indexes: Alphabetical: H Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 4 February 2022 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.