Mearas

The Mearas were a breed of wild horses in the north of Middle-earth. They surpass normal horses in intelligence, speed and strength. According to lore, the ancestors of the Mearas were brought from the West by Oromë.
==History==
They were descended from Felaróf, who was tamed by the first King of Rohan, Eorl.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl The descendants of Felaróf would later become the mounts of the King of Rohan, and would bear no one except for the Kings of the Mark and their sons.
During the Third Age, Gandalf was given consent to ride Shadowfax, Lord of the Mearas.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter II: "The Riders of Rohan" Shadowfax continued to accompany Gandalf throughout the latter half of the War of the Ring. He was also present at the Grey Havens when Gandalf sailed to Valinor.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter IX: "The Grey Havens"
==Etymology==
The name Mearas simply means "horses" in Old English. Its singular form is mearh.
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In other versions, the Mearas were descended from the horses of the Men of Númenor which they brought over the Great Seas.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VII: The Treason of Isengard, XX: "The Riders of Rohan"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	መኣራስ
Arabic 	ميراس
Armenian 	Մեարաս
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мэарас
Bengali 	মেঅরাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Меарас
Danish 	Mearaerne
Georgian 	მეარასი
Greek 	Μαέρας
Gujarati 	મોઅર્સ
Hebrew 	מירס
Hindi 	मायरस
Japanese 	メアラス
Kannada 	ಮೀರಾಸ್
Kazakh 	Меарас (Cyrillic) Mearas (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мэарас
Laotian 	ມເະຣະສ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Меарас
Marathi 	मायरस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мэарас
Nepalese 	मेअरस
Pashto 	مېاراس
Persian 	مهاراس
Polish 	Mearasy
Punjabi 	ਮੇਅਰਸ
Russian 	Меарас
Serbian 	Меарас (Cyrillic) Mearas (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මැරිස්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Меарас
Tamil 	மெரஸ்
Telugu 	మీరస్
Thai 	เมอารัส
Turkish 	Yılkı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Меарас
Urdu 	میاراس
Uzbek 	Меарас (Cyrillic) Mearas (Latin)
Yiddish 	מעאַראַס
==References==
Category:Éothéod
Category:Horses
Category:Mearas
Category:Old English
Category:Rohan
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