The Red Arrows were arrows that were used by Gondor to summon its allies in time of need.
Description[]
Its fletching was black and its barb was made of steel, and it took its name from a mark of red painted on the arrow's tip, standing for blood to show the situation was serious. The black fletching were like the Orc arrows.[1]
History[]
First mention of the Red Arrow is when Borondir of Gondor and five other messengers rode north along Anduin to seek out Gondor's old allies, the Éothéod, when Gondor was being overrun by Easterlings, in TA 2509. Borondir was the only survivor, and presented the Red Arrow to the Éothéod King Eorl the Young.[2]
Later it became a summons for the Rohirrim. The Red Arrow was presented to Rohan by Hirgon, Gondor's messenger in the War of the Ring. As a result, King Théoden rode out with the Rohirrim to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Théoden's forces were a great aid to the hard-pressed soldiers of Gondor, though the King was slain in the battle.[1]
It is not certain where the Red Arrow came from: it is possible that the tradition was an old one and that Gondor had always summoned its allies this way, but another possibility is that Borondir actually took an Orc arrow with a bloody tip to present to the Éothéod, to prove that the situation was as bad as his message stated.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Rooi Pyl |
| Albanian | Shigjeta e kuqe |
| Amharic | ቀይ ቀስት |
| Arabic | سهم أحمر |
| Armenian | կարմիր նետ |
| Assamese | ৰঙা কাঁড় |
| Azerbaijani | Qırmızı Ox |
| Basque | Gorria Gezi |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | чырвоная страла |
| Bengali | লাল তীর |
| Bhojpuri | लाल तीर |
| Bosnian | Crvena Strelica |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Червената стрелка |
| Cambodian | ព្រួញពណ៌ក្រហម |
| Catalan | Fletxa Vermella |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 朱紅箭 |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 红箭 |
| Corsican | Freccia Rossu |
| Croatian | Crvena Strijela |
| Czech | Rudý Šíp |
| Danish | Rød Pil |
| Dogri | लाल तीर |
| Dutch | Rode Pijl |
| Estonian | Punase Noolega |
| Esperanto | Ruĝa Sago |
| Faroese | Reyðurørvur |
| French | Flèche Rouge |
| Finnish | Punainen Nuoli |
| Frisian | Reade Pylk (Western) |
| Galician | Frecha Vermella |
| German | Roter Pfeil |
| Greek | Κόκκινο βέλος |
| Gujarati | લાલ તીર |
| Haiti Creole | Flèch Wouj |
| Hausa | Ja Mashi |
| Hawaiian | ʻulaʻula Pua |
| Hindi | लाल तीर |
| Hmong | Liab xub |
| Hungarian | Piros Nyíl |
| Icelandic | Rauð Ör |
| Indonesian | Panah Merah |
| Italian | Freccia Rossa |
| Japanese | 赤い矢印 |
| Javanese | Panah Abang |
| Kazakh | Қызыл көрсеткі (Cyrillic) Qızıl körsetki (Latin) |
| Kannada | ಕೆಂಪು ಬಾಣ |
| Konkani | तांबडो बाण |
| Korean | 빨간색 화살표 |
| Kurdish | Tîrekên Sor (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кызыл жебе |
| Laotian | ລູກສອນສີແດງ |
| Latin | Rufus Sagittam |
| Latvian | Sarkana Bultiņa |
| Lithuanian | Raudona Rodyklė |
| Luxembourgish | Roude Feil |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Црвена стрелка |
| Malagasy | Mena Zana-tsipìka |
| Malaysian | Anak panah merah |
| Maltese | Vleġġa Ħamra |
| Malayalam | ചുവന്ന അമ്പ് |
| Maori | Pere Whero |
| Marathi | लाल बाण |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Улаан сум |
| Nepalese | रातो तीर |
| Norwegian | Rød Pil |
| Pashto | سور غشی |
| Persian | تیر سرخ |
| Polish | Czerwona Strzała |
| Portuguese | Flecha Vermelha |
| Punjabi | ਲਾਲ ਤੀਰ |
| Romanian | Sageata Rosie |
| Romansh | Frizza Cotschen ? |
| Russian | Красная стрела |
| Samoan | Aū Mumu |
| Sesotho | Khubelu Motsu |
| Scottish Gaelic | Saighead Dhearg |
| Sindhi | ڳاڙهو تير |
| Slovak | Červený Šíp |
| Slovenian | Rdeča Puščica |
| Somali | Falaar Cas |
| Spanish | Flecha Roja |
| Sundanese | Panah Beureum |
| Swahili | Kishale Nyekundu |
| Swedish | Röda pilen |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Cурх Ақрабаки |
| Tamil | ரெட் அம்பு |
| Tatar | Кызыл ук |
| Telugu | ఎరుపు బాణం |
| Thai | ลูกศรสีแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Ok |
| Turkmen | Ok Gyzyl |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Червона стрілка |
| Urdu | سرخ تیر |
| Uyghur | رەد ئرروۋ |
| Uzbek | Қизил стрелка (Cyrillic) Qizil strelka (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Mũi tên màu đỏ |
| Welsh | Saeth Goch |
| Xhosa | Utolo Ebomvu |
| Yiddish | רויט פייַל |
| Yoruba | Pupa ọfa |
| Zulu | umcibisholo -bomvu |
| Named weapons of Middle-earth | |
|---|---|
| Hobbits | Barrow-blades • Sting |
| Dwarves | Durin's Axe • Orcrist |
| Servants of Evil | Grond (battering ram) • Grond (hammer) • Morgul-knife |
| Elves | Aeglos • Anglachel • Anguirel • Angrist • Aranrúth • Belthronding • Dailir • Glamdring • Orcrist • Ringil |
| Men | Andúril • Dramborleg • Black arrow • Dagmor • Gúthwinë • Gurthang • Herugrim • Narsil • Red Arrow |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter III: "The Muster of Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"