Meduseld

Meduseld, also known as the Golden Hall, was the great hall built in Edoras, the capital of Rohan.
==History==
After the Éothéod had settled in Rohan, the second King of Rohan, Brego son of Eorl, began building a great hall on top of the hill of Edoras. It was completed in the year TA 2569.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age" At the feast celebrating its completion, Baldor son of Brego made a rash vow to tread the Paths of the Dead, never to return.At the time of the War of the Ring, Meduseld was the home of King Théoden. Háma was its doorward up until March TA 3019, when he perished in the Battle of the Hornburg. Earlier in that month, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli arrived at the Golden Hall, where Gandalf freed Théoden from the foul influence of Gríma Wormtongue.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. VI: "The King of the Golden Hall"
==Description==
Meduseld was a large hall with a straw roof, which made it appear as if it was made out of gold when seen from far off. Its walls were richly decorated with tapestries depicting the history and legends of the Rohirrim, and it served as a house for the king and his kin, a meeting space for the king and his advisers, a throne room and hall for feasts and celebrations.
==Behind the scenes==
The word Maeduselde, in the Anglo-Saxon language, means mead-hall. In many ways Meduseld is inspired by Anglo-Saxon poetry, particularly Beowulf, which contains the mead-hall Heorot. The description of "the light of it shines far across the land" is one of the lines from this poem.
==In adaptations==
Meduseld appears in both the second and third films of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001 - 2003), portrayed similarly to its description in J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. Its final appearance was based on sketches by John Howe and Alan Lee.Gary Russell, The Art of The Two Towers, pgs. 71 - 73
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሜዱሰልድ
Arabic 	ميدوسلد
Armenian 	Մեդոզելդ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Медусельд
Bengali 	মেডুসেল্ড
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Медуселд
Chinese 	梅杜塞尔德
Danish 	Kong Théodens Sal (Meduseld)
Georgian 	მედუსელდი
Greek 	Μεδοσελδ
Gujarati 	મેડુસેલ્ડ
Hebrew 	מדוזלד
Hindi 	मेडुसेल्ड
Kannada 	ಮೆಡುಸೆಲ್ಡ್
Korean 	메두셀드
Japanese 	メドゥセルド
Macedonian Cyrillic	Медуселд
Malayalam 	മെഡുസെൽഡ്
Marathi 	मेडुसेल्ड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Медусельд
Nepalese 	मेडुसेल्ड
Persian 	مدوسلد
Punjabi 	ਮੇਡੁਸੇਲਡ
Russian 	Медусельд
Sanskrit 	मेडुसेल्ड्
Serbian 	Медуселд (Cyrillic) Meduseld (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මෙඩුසෙල්ඩ්
Tamil 	மெடுசெல்ட்
Telugu 	మెడుసెల్డ్
Thai 	เมดูเซลด์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Медусельд
Urdu 	میڈوسیلڈ
Yiddish 	מעדוסעלד
==References==
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