Item from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The great war horn of the Steward's heir — its blast carries for leagues and has never gone unanswered in Gondor's territory, a promise of aid that became a death knell.
The Horn of Gondor is a paradox — it is a call for help that is also a declaration of defiance. When Boromir sounded it at Amon Hen, the blast echoed for miles, and the orcs hesitated. Not because the sound was painful, but because the Horn of Gondor means that Gondor's strength is present and fighting, and even Uruk-hai have racial memories of what that means. The horn was cloven in two when Boromir fell, and the pieces were found floating down the Anduin to Gondor — arriving before the news of his death, a harbinger that something terrible had happened. For Denethor, receiving the broken horn was the beginning of his final descent. The horn represents everything Gondor values: duty, courage, the refusal to die quietly. That it was broken is perhaps the most symbolically devastating event of the War of the Ring before the siege of Minas Tirith.
A large horn made from the horn of a wild ox of the eastern lands, tipped with silver and inscribed with ancient devices. It is carried on a baldric of leather and silver. The horn is polished to a warm, deep brown, its curve elegant and martial. It is large enough that sounding it requires significant breath and strength.
Also known as: Horn of Gondor, Boromir's horn, the Great Horn