狮子

瑞达加斯特与狮子 - Ron Chironna

狮子（Lions），是一种仅在霍比特人诗歌和精灵语文稿中提及的猫科动物。它分布在中洲东方，“掌内藏有钢爪，血盆大口中生长无情巨齿”，以野兽和人类为食。昆雅语中称呼狮子为rá（复数rávi），诺多语称之为rhaw（复数rhui）。在托尔金早期设计的诺姆语中，狮子的名称是rau。^[1]^[2]^[3]

来源与注释

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Cat"
↑ The History of Middle-earth Volume V-The Lost Road and Other Writings，Part Three: The Etymologies。
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 65

[1] J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "Cat"

[Rhome5-31---2] The History of Middle-earth Volume V-The Lost Road and Other Writings，Part Three: The Etymologies。

[3] J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 65

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