Snowmane

Snowmane was the horse of King Théoden of Rohan in the late Third Age.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter III: "The Muster of Rohan"
==History==
Snowmane was born of the horse Lightfoot.
In the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in TA 3019, Snowmane was hit by a black dart and fell onto Théoden, crushing him, leading to his death. The Witch-king's flying winged steed landed upon Snowmane's body, soon before Éowyn came and slew it.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
After the battle, Snowmane was buried in a marked grave. On the gravestone was written, in the languages of both Gondor and Rohan:
:Faithful servant yet master's bane,
:Lightfoot's foal, swift Snowmane.
The grass flourished on Snowmane's Howe, as the grave was called, but not on the ground where the Fell Beast was burned.
==Etymology==
The name Snowmane is the modern English rendition of the Old English snāw-mana.Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, Snowmane
== Earlier versions of the legendarium ==
In an earlier text, King Théoden grieves for the wounded Snowmane, and Aragorn later uses athelas to tend to the shoulder wound of the horse.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VIII: The War of the Ring, Part One: The Fall of Saruman, II: "Helm's Deep"
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Snowmane accompanied Théoden to the Battle of the Hornburg, and was ridden on the final charge out of the fortress.
In LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game, Snowmane was a rideable character, and supposedly killed by Witch-king's winged steed. However, during a cutscene, Snowmane raised it's head before laying back down.
For Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, Snowmane was portrayed by a horse named Hercules.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Finnish 	Lumiharja
French 	Nivacrin
German 	Schneemähne
Hebrew 	צח רעמה
Italian 	Nevecrino
Polish 	Śnieżnogrzywy
Portuguese 	Snawmana (Brazil)
Russian 	Снежногривый
Spanish 	Crinblanca
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Снігогрив
==References==
Category:Horses
Category:Deaths in battle__NOTOC__
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