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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family. J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ...
The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ...
A map of the Northwestern part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ...
Hobbits are a race from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth universe which first appears in the book The Hobbit. ...
The family began as the Oldbuck clan, who named themselves such apparently after a Bucca of the Marish, who became the first Thain of the Shire. Ten Oldbuck Thains followed, until Gordenhad Oldbuck, the eleventh Thain, crossed into Buckland over the river Brandywine. In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Thain was the traditional miltary leader of the Hobbits of the Shire. ...
In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional realm of Middle-earth, the Shire is the region that is occupied by Hobbits. ...
In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle_earth legendarium, the Shire is subdivided into several regions. ...
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Baranduin or Brandywine River is a river of Middle-earth. ...
Gordenhad renamed himself Brandybuck, and began delving the great smials of Brandy Hall. Around the hill was built the village of Bucklebury.
The Brandybucks formed a powerful dynasty which became mostly independent of the Shire, although Buckland remained nominally a part of it. They were seen as 'odd folk' by the other Hobbits of the Shire because they locked their doors at night (because of the exposure to the Old Forest). In J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest is a small forested area which lies east of the Shire. ...
The head of the family was the Master of Buckland, one of the officials of the Shire. This office was founded by Gordenhad Brandybuck. Like the Thain and Warden of Westmarch, the Master had only nominal authority. In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, the Shire is subdivided into several regions. ...
"Brandybuck" as a translation
It should be noted that the name Brandybuck is only a translation of the original Westron Brandagamba, Marchbuck. In keeping with the conceit that The Lord of the Rings was derived from the translated Red Book of Westmarch, Tolkien translated all its Westron words into English — including the names of characters. See Westron for more information. In literary terms, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs an entire poem or poetic passage. ...
Within the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Red Book of Westmarch (sometimes Red Book of the Periannath) is the book in which the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were written. ...
In J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Westron or Common Speech is the closest thing to a universal language, at least at the time during which The Lord of the Rings is set. ...
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