The Encyclopedia of Arda - Bilberry (original) (raw)
| Indexes: Alphabetical: B Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 5 February 2018 Updates planned: 1 | A type of shrub or bush producing small dark edible berries, of a kind closely related to the blueberry. In Middle-earth bilberries were known to grow in the wilds of Eriador, where they were found among growths of heather and of hazel. During the journey of Strider and the Hobbits to Rivendell, hearing the sound of approaching hooves along the East-West Road, the travellers took cover in a patch of bilberry bushes. (The hooves in fact belonged to Glorfindel's horse Asfaloth, and not to a Black Rider as they had feared.) See also... Whortleberry Indexes: Alphabetical: B Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 5 February 2018 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus creates personality test reports in natural language tailored to each individual DISC personality profile. |
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