Horn of the Mark

The Horn of the Mark, informally known as the Horn of Rohan, was a silver horn made by the Dwarves, and given as a gift from Éowyn to Meriadoc Brandybuck. 
==Description==
It was an ancient, Dwarf-made horn of silver with a green baldric, engraved with horsemen riding in a line from the tip to the mouth. Runes of great virtue were set into it, said to cause enemies fear and friends joy, bringing the blower's friends to him.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VI: "Many Partings"
==History==
The horn became an heirloom of the royal house of Rohan, brought from the north by Eorl the Young. It was originally from the hoard of the dragon Scatha the Worm, who was killed by Fram. Despite disputes over Scatha's hoard with the Dwarves, the Éothéod took at least part of the hoard, including the horn.
Many years later, Éowyn presented the horn to Meriadoc Brandybuck when he was leaving Rohan, for his deeds at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Merry later used it the Scouring of the Shire, rousing the Hobbits of Bywater when he, Frodo Baggins, Peregrin Took, and Sam Gamgee returned from the Quest of the Ring. He also used it in Hobbiton when the four of them went to see Lotho Sackville-Baggins.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
Each year after the War of the Ring, the horn was blown on November 2, the anniversary of its first usage in the Shire, and this was followed with bonfires and feasting in Buckland.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D It became an heirloom of Merry's Brandybuck descendants.
==Translations==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Horing van die Mark
Catalan 	Banya de la Mark
Croatian 	Rog Marka
Czech 	Roh Marchia
Danish 	Marchiahorn
Dutch 	Hoorn van het Mark
Finnish 	Markin torvi
French 	Corne de la Mark
German 	Horn der Mark
Lithuanian 	Kovo Ragas
Persian 	شیپور سرزمین سواران
Polish 	Róg Marchii
Slovak 	Roh Marka
Slovenian 	Roge Marš
Spanish 	Cuerno de la Mark
Swedish 	Markushorn
==References==
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Category:Objects
Category:Rohan
Category:Buckland
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