Flags and Banners

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There were several flags in Middle earth;

Contents 1 Friendly Nations 1.1 Elvish Nations 1.2 Nations of Men 2 Nations of Evil 3 References 4 External links

[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

• The Silmarillion
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

[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