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Originally Posted by Galin
Or its greenness 
'So ended the Emyn Muil, and the green plains of the Rohirrim stretched away before them up to the edge of sight.' The Riders of Rohan.
Legolas also describes a green hill and a green terrace in connection with Edoras, in The King of the Golden Hall. |
Actually, Rohan of the movies was far too lumpy for the proper establishment of a horse culture. Rolling plains and meadows (think the Mongols or the Cheyenne and Sioux) are needed for such a society to thrive, not humps and ruts and craggy tors.