Flags and Banners
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Flag of Rohan
There were several flags in Middle earth;
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[edit] Friendly Nations
[edit] Elvish Nations
- The banners of the Vanyar were white
- The banners of the House of Fëanor had an eight-rayed silver star on its banners
- The banners of the House of Fingolfin were blue and silver
[edit] Nations of Men
- The emblem on the banners of Elendil and his heirs was six-pointed stars
- Gondor had a white tree on a black background
- The prince of Dol Amroth also had a flag that carried the image of a white ship like a swan on blue water
- Rohan's flag was green with a white horse
[edit] Nations of Evil
- The forces of Morgoth used a field of sable, unblazoned as a symbol
- Saruman used the white hand as his symbol
- Mordor used the red eye
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Middle Earth flags at the Flags of the World website
- David Martucci's Flags of Middle Earth webpage
- Flags page at the Tolkien Atlas by John O’Hara
- Emblems and Heraldry, by Måns Björkman
- Cheryl W. Duval's Hobbit flags
- Article by Janet Brennan Croft on the military art (including flags) in Tolkien's writing
