| Character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium | |
| Name | Meriadoc Brandybuck |
|---|---|
| Other names | Merry, Holdwine, Kalimac Brandagamba |
| Titles | Master of Buckland Master Holdwine of Rohan |
| Race | Hobbit |
| Culture | Hobbit, Shire-hobbit, Bucklanders |
| Realm | Eriador |
| Book(s) | The Lord of the Rings |
Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, featured throughout his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration an official position or a professional or academic qualification This is a list of all animals that appear in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works This is a list of the known realms of Arda in J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium. Eriador (the "Lone Lands" is a large region in J R R Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J The Lord of the Rings is an epic
Merry, a Hobbit, was born in 2982 of the Third Age, and was the only child (and therefore the heir-apparent) of Saradoc Brandybuck (2940–F.A. 11), Master of Buckland, and Esmeralda Took (2936–?), the younger sister of Paladin Took, making him first cousins to Paladin's son Pippin, who was clearly his closest friend. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. The Fourth Age and the later ages that followed it are time periods from J In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50
A lover of boats and maps of Middle-earth, Merry was described as one of Frodo's closest friends and also related to him several times over.
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Appearances
Literature
In The Lord of the Rings, Merry was often considered, and was described by Tolkien as, the most perceptive and intelligent of the hobbits: for example, even before Bilbo Baggins left The Shire, he knew of the One Ring and its power of invisibility. Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works He guarded Bag End after Bilbo's party, protecting Frodo from the various and often unwanted guests. The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of He has a knowing manner and a teasing sense of humour so obviously innocent and well-meaning that they are impossible to resent. (In one incident, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins accuses Frodo of being a Brandybuck and no true Baggins; Merry assures Frodo "It was a compliment; and so, of course, not true". )
Merry also was a force behind "the Conspiracy" of Sam, Pippin, Fredegar Bolger (more commonly known as "Fatty") and himself to help Frodo. Samwise Gamgee, later known as Samwise Gardner and commonly known as Sam, is a Fictional character in J Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger is a Fictional character in J Thus, at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring, Merry was well prepared and organized — he assembled their packs and brought ponies. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J His shortcut through the Old Forest distanced them from the Black Riders for a time, though they had to be rescued from Old Man Willow by the enigmatic Tom Bombadil. 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 in In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, Old Man Willow is a Fictional character, appearing in The Lord of the Rings. At the Barrow-downs, he acquired his sword, actually a long dagger forged in the kingdom of Arnor. In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, the Barrow-downs or Tyrn Gorthad were a series of low hills east of the Shire, behind the Old Forest In the fictional Legendarium of J R R Tolkien, Arnor, or the Northern Kingdom, was a kingdom of the Dúnedain in the land of Eriador
At Bree, Merry was actually not present in the Prancing Pony when Frodo foolishly put on the Ring; instead, he was outside taking a walk, and was nearly overcome by a Nazgûl who arrived. Bree is a fictional town in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth east of the Shire and south of Fornost Erain. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium, there were several Inns run by Hobbits or Men in the Third Age. At Rivendell, he was seen studying maps and plotting their path. Rivendell ( Sindarin: Imladris) is an Elven outpost in Middle-earth, a Fictional realm created by J His admission to the Fellowship came with only a little less reluctance than Pippin's; they were the two youngest members, and Elrond had planned on sending them back to the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring, or Company of the Ring, as described in the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, which bears the same name is Character overview Elrond was Lord of Rivendell, one of the mighty rulers of old that remained in Middle-earth in its Third Age.
At the entrance to Moria he asks Gandalf the meaning of the door inscription "Speak, friend, and enter". In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, Moria was the name given by the Eldar to what had once been an enormous underground complex in north-western Middle-earth Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain When Gandalf discovers the true interpretation he says "Merry, of all people, was on the right track".
At Amon Hen, he was captured, along with Pippin, by a band of Saruman's Uruk-hai, although he gave a good account of himself, and was valiantly defended by Boromir. Amon Hen ( Sindarin for 'Hill of the Eye' is the name of a fictional hill in J Concept and creation Saruman first appears in 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the Fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Uruk-hai ( Black Speech: Orc folk) anglicized to Uruks, were Boromir is a supporting character in J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium. Escaping with Pippin into Fangorn forest, Merry was found by Treebeard. Fangorn ( Sindarin:; "Beardtree") in JRR Tolkien's Legendarium, is a forest located in the fictional world of Middle-earth Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars Along with Pippin, he drank significant amounts of Ent-draught and gained height, despite being a fully-grown adult Hobbit. The following list of Middle-earth food and drink includes all food and drink featured in J Accompanying Treebeard to the Entmoot and later to Isengard, he and Pippin took up residence in an Isengard gate-house. Ents are a fictional race of humanoid Trees from J R R Tolkien 's fantasy world of Middle-earth. For the assault on Isengard by the Ents see Destruction of Isengard. It was here that he first encountered King Théoden of Rohan, and was reunited with four of the remaining members of the Fellowship. Early life Théoden was the only son of King Thengel and Morwen of Lossarnach (a region of Gondor)
Separated from Pippin after his friend looked into the palantír and was whisked off to Gondor by Gandalf, Merry swore fealty to Théoden and became his esquire. A palantír is a magical artifact from J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy legendarium. Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J R R Tolkien 's writings described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth by the end of the Early life Théoden was the only son of King Thengel and Morwen of Lossarnach (a region of Gondor) Without permission from his liege, he rode to Gondor with a disguised Éowyn. Literature Appearances In The Lord of the Rings Éowyn a daughter of the House of Eorl and the niece of King Théoden, is introduced In the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, while the Witch-king was preoccupied with Éowyn, Merry stabbed the Nazgûl in the sinew behind his knee. In J R R Tolkien 's fantasy fiction, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields is the battle for the city of Minas Tirith between the forces of Gondor His sword was made by the Dunedain of Arnor, and was made for combat against the nazgul. It left the Witch-King vurnerable to ordinary weapons, allowed Eowyn to finish him. This fulfilled an old prophecy that the Witch-king would not be slain by Man (a Woman and Hobbit destroyed him). Merry heard Théoden's last words, but was, as was seemingly common luck with hobbits, unnoticed by the honour escort of Riders and was found wandering in the city by Pippin. He was saved by the healing of Aragorn and recovered fully; more quickly than Éowyn. Aragorn II is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium.
For his bravery in battle, Merry was knighted by King Éomer as a Knight of the Mark. Appearances Literature Éomer of the House of Eorl, was the son of Théodwyn and Éomund, a Chief Marshal of the Riddermark. During the scouring of the Shire, he effectively led the hobbits in the Battle of Bywater, and personally slew the leader of the opposing forces. J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings include many wars and battles set in the lands of Aman, Beleriand, Númenor, and
Upon his return, he and Pippin were clearly seen to be the tallest of hobbits, taller even than the legendary Bullroarer Took (as Sam said at the Field of Cormallen, Merry was three inches taller than he ought to have been). In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. This is a list of all fictional Plants that appear in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth writings Merry went on to marry Estella Bolger sometime after the end of the Third Age. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings He inherited the title Master of Buckland in year 11 of the Fourth Age. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family He retained his links with Rohan and became expert in Rohan's language and traditions, which he discovered to his surprise to have close affinity to the early history of the hobbits. Although he was not recorded as having any children within the family trees, he is noted as having at least one son. At the age of 102, he returned to Rohan and Gondor with Pippin, dying there around the year F.A. 64. The Fourth Age and the later ages that followed it are time periods from J After his death he and Pippin were laid with the Kings of Gondor in Rath Dínen. This is a list of Kings of Gondor from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J In J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth Legendarium, the Rath Dínen ( Sindarin for Silent Street is a Necropolis, the pathway
Adaptations
 Merry (right) and Pippin in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings. Ralph Bakshi (born October 29 1938 is an American director of animated and occasionally live-action films JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated Fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. |
 Dominic Monaghan as Merry in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 |
 Merry (David Hyden) in the 2003 Cincinnati production of The Return of the King. |
In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Merry was voiced by Simon Chandler. Ralph Bakshi (born October 29 1938 is an American director of animated and occasionally live-action films The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated Fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. In the live-action recordings Bakshi used for rotoscoping, Billy Barty was the model for several of the hobbits, but it is not clear whether Barty modelled for Merry. Rotoscoping is an Animation technique in which Animators trace over live-action film movement frame by frame for use in Animated films Originally Billy Barty ( October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) born William John Bertanzetti, was an American Film Actor
In the 1980 animated version of The Return of the King, made for television, the character was voiced by radio personality Casey Kasem, also known for voicing the character of Shaggy in Scooby-Doo. The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens The Return of the King is an animated adaptation of the novel by J Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem, (born on April 27 1932, in Detroit Michigan) is an American Radio personality and Voice Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character in the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the
In the 1981 BBC radio serial of The Lord of the Rings, Merry was played by Richard O'Callaghan. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. In 1981 the UK radio station BBC Radio 4 broadcast a dramatisation of J
In Peter Jackson's 2001-2003 film trilogy adaptation of the books, Merry was portrayed by Dominic Monaghan. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor.
Merry was portrayed by Dylan Roberts in the 3-hour Toronto stage production of The Lord of the Rings, which opened in 2006. This article is about the theatrical productions For other uses see The Lord of the Rings (disambiguation.
David Hyden portrayed Merry in the Cincinnati production of The Return of the King (2003) for Clear Stage Cincinnati. Founded in 2003 Clear Stage Cincinnati is a professional theatre company in Cincinnati Ohio, United States, dedicated to developing and showcasing fresh new theatrical At Chicago's Lifeline Theatre, Merry was played by Heath Corson in The Two Towers (1998). Lifeline Theatre was founded in Chicago Illinois, United States, in 1983 by four Northwestern University graduates
Weapons and attire
Merry was unarmed (except for a small pocket-knife) until the encounter with the barrow-wights. Barrow-wights are wraith -like creatures in J R R Tolkien 's world of Middle-earth, based on the Old Norse Draugr. The Hobbits found several long Dúnedain daggers in the wight's treasure. In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, the Dúnedain (singular Dúnadan, "man of the west" were a race of Men descended from The following list of weapons and armour of Middle-earth includes all weaponry and Armour directly taken from J These served as short-swords for the Hobbits, and Merry used his to stab the Witch-king in the back of the knee at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. In J R R Tolkien 's fantasy fiction, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields is the battle for the city of Minas Tirith between the forces of Gondor Upon doing so, the dagger was destroyed, as all blades that touched the unseen flesh of the Witch-king suffered this fate. The blade had been enchanted in such a way as to be quite deadly to the Witch-king, specifically, by the unnamed weaponsmith of Arnor who forged it. In the fictional Legendarium of J R R Tolkien, Arnor, or the Northern Kingdom, was a kingdom of the Dúnedain in the land of Eriador This power was said to be what destroyed the head Nazgûl.
At the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring, Merry was dressed as a typical Hobbit: knee breeches, jacket, waistcoat, cloak. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J After being waylaid by the barrow-wights, he lost his lighter, summer-weight clothes and was left in a burial shrift. He was forced to wear heavier woollen clothing packed on his pony the rest of the way to Rivendell. Rivendell ( Sindarin: Imladris) is an Elven outpost in Middle-earth, a Fictional realm created by J Later, he was presented an Elven cloak in Lórien, which gave him an ability to blend into natural surroundings. In J R R Tolkien 's fiction Lothlórien is a Welsh -sounding name given to the fairest forest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth Merry offered his services to the Théoden, King of Rohan, and was equipped with mail, a light leather helmet, and a small green shield with a white horse emblem. Early life Théoden was the only son of King Thengel and Morwen of Lossarnach (a region of Gondor)
Upon returning to the Shire, Merry was described as wearing chain-mail and presumably had a new sword of Gondor or Rohan-make. Later, he and his friend Pippin Took were known to ride about the Shire dressed in their Lórien cloaks with distinctive leaf-shaped clasps. Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50
Names and titles
Tolkien maintained that Meriadoc Brandybuck was not the character's real name, but rather Kalimac Brandagamba. This name is from Westron, the Common Speech of western Middle-earth, which Tolkien represented through English. Westron, or the Common Speech, is an Artificial language developed by J Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J The nickname "Merry" represents his actual nickname Kali which meant "jolly, gay", and "Meriadoc" serves as a plausible name from which a nickname meaning "happy" could be derived. [1]
It has been asserted that the name Meriadoc could be in itself an allusion to the British nobleman Conan Meriadoc, legendary founder of the house of Rohan in Brittany, [2] since Meriadoc is closely associated with the kingdom of Rohan. Conan Meriadoc (modern Breton Konan Meriadeg, Welsh Cynan Meiriadog; Latin Conanus Meridiadocus; died ca See Rohan (disambiguation for other uses of the word The house of Rohan was a family of Viscounts later Dukes and Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into
Merry is called Holdwine by Théoden and was thus known as such in the records of Rohan. Early life Théoden was the only son of King Thengel and Morwen of Lossarnach (a region of Gondor) Rohan, is a fictional realm in J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy era of Middle-earth. It most probably derives from the Old English words hold and wine, respectively meaning "faithful" and "friend". [3] Tolkien used Old English to represent Rohirric so Holdwine, like Meriadoc Brandybuck, is not what the character was actually called. In the fictional world of Middle-earth by J R R Tolkien, Rohirric (also Rohirian and Rohanese, see below is the language of the Rohirrim Tolkien does not give Merry's real Rohirric name.
See also
Notes
- ^ For the derivation of Brandybuck from "Brandagamba", see here. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family
- ^ http://www.friesian.com/flanders.htm
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Arda, "Holdwine"
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