Ents are a fictional race of humanoid trees from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J They appear to have been inspired by the talking trees of many of the world's folklores (see tree (mythology) for more information). Talking trees are a form of sentient vegetable life common to many mythologies and stories most famously the Ents in J Trees have played an important role in many of the world's mythologies and Religions and have been given deep and sacred meanings throughout the ages At the time The Lord of the Rings takes place, there are no young ents (known as entings) because the entwives (female ents) were lost (see below). The Lord of the Rings is an epic Ents are a fictional race of humanoid Trees from J R R Tolkien 's fantasy world of Middle-earth.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Description 3 History 3.1 First Age 3.2 Entwives 3.3 Entings 3.4 The Last March of the Ents 4 Named Ents 5 Statue 6 Popular culture 7 References

Etymology

The word "Ent" was taken from Anglo-Saxon, where it means "giant". (Tolkien extracted the word from the Anglo-Saxon poetry fragments orþanc enta geweorc = "work of cunning giants" and eald enta geweorc = "old work of giants", which described Roman ruins; see Orthanc). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC For the assault on Isengard by the Ents see Destruction of Isengard. In this sense of the word, Ents are probably the most ubiquitous of all creatures in fantasy and folklore, perhaps second only to dragons. The dragon is a Legendary creature of which some interpretation or depiction appears in almost every culture worldwide The word Ent as it is historically used can refer to any number of large, roughly humanoid creatures, including, but not limited to, giants, trolls, orcs, and even Grendel from the poem Beowulf. The Mythology and Legends of many different Cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Orc (OR'k is a word used to refer to a race of various tough and warlike humanoid creatures in various Fantasy settings appearing originally in the stories Grendel is one of three Antagonists along with Grendel's mother and the Dragon, in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf Beowulf is an Old English Heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between

In this meaning of the word, Ents are one of the staples of fantasy and folklore/mythology, alongside wizards, knights, princesses, and dragons, although modern English-speakers would probably not call them by their traditional name. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" A magician, wizard, sorcerer or a person known under one of many other possible terms in fiction is someone who uses or practices magic Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. Princess is the feminine form of Prince (from Latin Princeps, meaning principal citizen

Along with Old Norse Jotun, "ent" came from Common Germanic *etunaz. Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age A jötunn, sometimes anglicized as jotun (pronounced yotun is a giant in Norse mythology, a member of a race of nature spirits with superhuman strength Proto-Germanic, or Common Germanic, is the hypothetical common ancestor ( Proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English

Description

Treebeard, the oldest living Ent^[1], was described as

. Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars . . a large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. In J R R Tolkien 's world of Middle-earth, Trolls are very large (twelve feet tall or more humanoids of great strength and poor intellect Whether it was clad in stuff like green and grey bark, or whether that was its hide, was difficult to say. At any rate the arms, at a short distance from the trunk, were not wrinkled, but covered with a brown smooth skin. The large feet had seven toes each. The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. But at the moment the hobbits noted little but the eyes. These deep eyes were now surveying them, slow and solemn, but very penetrating. ^[2]

Ents are a very old race that appeared in Middle-earth when the Elves did. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, an Elf is an individual member of one of the races that inhabit the lands of Arda. They were apparently created by Eru Ilúvatar at the behest of Yavanna after she learned of Aulë's children, the Dwarves, knowing that they would want to fell trees. Eru as Creator The Quendi (ie Elves) and the Atani (ie Men) were created by Eru The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J R R Tolkien 's legendarium. Aulë is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium. Ents were envisioned as Shepherds of the Trees, to protect the forests from Orcs, Dwarves and other perils. In J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy writings Orcs or Orks are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains Although the Ents were sentient beings at the time of their awakening, they did not know how to speak until the Elves taught them. Treebeard said that the Elves "cured us of dumbness" that it was a great gift that could not be forgotten ("They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did. Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars "). ^[2]

Ents are tree-like creatures, having become somewhat like the trees that they shepherd. Trees have played an important role in many of the world's mythologies and Religions and have been given deep and sacred meanings throughout the ages They vary in traits, in everything from height (standing about fifteen feet high) to their size, colouring, and the number of fingers and toes. They had the same mortal weakness as well, fire, and anything larger than them that could crush them. An individual Ent more or less resembles the specific species of tree that he typically guards. For example, Quickbeam guarded Rowan trees and thus looked very much like a Rowan (tall and slender). Ents are a fictional race of humanoid Trees from J R R Tolkien 's fantasy world of Middle-earth. The rowans or mountain-ashes are Plants in the family Rosaceae, in the Genus Sorbus, subgenus Sorbus In the Third Age of Middle-earth, the forest of Fangorn was apparently the only place Ents still inhabited, although the Ent-like Huorns may still have survived elsewhere, as in the Old Forest. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings Fangorn ( Sindarin:; "Beardtree") in JRR Tolkien's Legendarium, is a forest located in the fictional world of Middle-earth The Huorns are a fictional race from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth. In J R R Tolkien ’s Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest is a small forested area which lies east of the Shire in

Treebeard boasted to Merry and Pippin about the strength of the Ents. Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 He said that they were much more powerful than Trolls, which Morgoth (in the Elder Days or First Age) supposedly made as mockeries of the Ents but did not come near to their power. In J R R Tolkien 's world of Middle-earth, Trolls are very large (twelve feet tall or more humanoids of great strength and poor intellect The name The name Morgoth is Sindarin, one of Tolkien's invented languages and means "Black Enemy" Bauglir is also Sindarin meaning In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, the First Age, or First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar in full is the first documented time period and the setting He compares this with how Orcs were Morgoth's imitation of Elves. In J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy writings Orcs or Orks are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, an Elf is an individual member of one of the races that inhabit the lands of Arda. Ents are tall and very strong, capable of tearing apart rock and stone. Tolkien describes them as tossing great slabs of stone about, and ripping down the walls of Isengard ". . . like bread-crust. "^[3]

Unlike the Dwarves, the Ents did not bother to keep their own language, a very long and tedious language known as Entish, a secret, since no other races could master it. Entish is the language of the Ents in JRR Tolkien 's Middle-earth.

The Elvish name for the Ents (as a race) is Onodrim, a single Ent is Onod, and multiple Ents is Enyd. ^[4]

History

First Age

Almost nothing is known of the early history of the Ents. After the dwarves were put to sleep by Eru to await the coming of the elves, Aulë told Yavanna, his wife who "is the lover of all things that grow in the earth,"^[5] of them and she reacted with: "They will delve in the earth, and the things that grow and live upon the earth they will not heed. Eru as Creator The Quendi (ie Elves) and the Atani (ie Men) were created by Eru Aulë is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium. The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J R R Tolkien 's legendarium. Many a tree shall feel the bite of their iron without pity. "^[6] After this she went to Manwë and appealed to him to protect the trees, the ents were the result. Background Manwë was (with his brother Melkor ie Morgoth the greatest of the Ainur and the one that best understood the will of Eru. Yavanna then warned Aulë "now let thy children beware! For there shall walk a power in the forests whose wrath they will arouse at their peril. "^[7] They are there mentioned as the "Shepherds of the Trees". Treebeard told of a time when apparently all of Eriador was one huge forest and part of his domain, but these immense forests were cut by the Númenóreans of the Second Age, or destroyed in the calamitous War of the Elves and Sauron of the 17th century of the Second Age. Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars Eriador (the "Lone Lands" is a large region in J R R Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth. Númenor (ˈnuːmɛnɔɹ is a Fictional place in J R R Tolkien 's writings which the author intended to be an allusion to the legendary Atlantis. The Second Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings Treebeard's statement is also supported by remarks Elrond made at the Council of Elrond. Character overview Elrond was Lord of Rivendell, one of the mighty rulers of old that remained in Middle-earth in its Third Age. Elrond said that "Time was when a squirrel could go from tree to tree from what is now the Shire to Dunland west of Isengard. "^[8], further indicating that all of Eriador was once a single vast primeval forest, of which Fangorn forest was just "the Eastern End of it" according to Treebeard.

Entwives

There used to be Entwives (literally "Ent-women"), but they started to move farther away from the Ents because they liked to plant and control things, while the Ents liked to let things take their natural course, so they moved away to the region that would later become the Brown Lands across the Great River Anduin, though the male Ents still visited them. Minor places in Middle-earth#Place Name -->;Place name description1 Further description prefix with In J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, Anduin is the Sindarin name for the Great River of Wilderland, the longest River The Entwives, unlike the Ents, interacted with the race of Men and taught them much about the art of agriculture.

Apparently the male Ents and female Entwives exhibited a marked degree of sexual dimorphism; the male Ents all resemble wild forest trees that they guard (oaks, rowans, etc. Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different Sex in the same Species. ), but the Entwives guarded agricultural plants, and it would thus seem to be implied that they resembled the various agricultural plants and trees they guarded: Treebeard remarks that their hair was the hue of ripe corn (grain).

The Entwives lived in peace until their gardens were destroyed by Sauron (most likely during the War of the Last Alliance), and they themselves disappeared. Sauron (ˈsaʊrɒn Quenya: /sawrɔn/ literal meaning "Abhorred") is the title character and the principal Antagonist of the Fantasy The Ents looked for them but never found them. It was sung by the Elves (Ents were content to simply "chant their beautiful names")^[2] that one day the Ents and Entwives would find each other. Indeed, in The Return of the King Treebeard implored the Hobbits not to forget to send word to him if they "hear any news" of the Entwives "in your land. The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J R R "^[9]

In The Fellowship of the Ring, Samwise Gamgee mentions his cousin Hal claims to have seen a treelike giant, which resembled an elm not only in size but actual appearance, in the north of the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J Samwise Gamgee, later known as Samwise Gardner and commonly known as Sam, is a Fictional character in J The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works ^[10] During the Fangorn episode, Merry and Pippin told Treebeard about the Shire. Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 Treebeard said that the Entwives would have liked that land. This, combined with the giant-sighting by Sam's cousin Hal mentioned above, has led to some speculation by readers that the Entwives may have lived near the Shire. Tolkien himself spent much time considering what actually happened to the Entwives (at one point simply saying even he didn't know), however eventually he stated in Letters #144: "I think that in fact the Entwives have disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance…". ^[11]

At the end of the story after Aragorn is crowned king, he promised Treebeard that the Ents could prosper again and spread to new lands with the threat of Mordor gone, and renew their search for the Entwives. Aragorn II is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor (from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow However, Treebeard sadly lamented that forests may spread but the Ents would not, and he predicted that the few remaining Ents would remain in Fangorn forest until they slowly dwindled in number or become "treeish". "Sheep get like shepherd, and shepherds get like sheep. [. . . ] But it is quicker and closer, with trees and Ents", he said. ^[2]

Entings

Although never seen and only briefly mentioned, Entings are young Ents. There are almost no descriptions of Entings, but it can be presumed from descriptions of Quickbeam (a young and hasty Ent) and Treebeard's comments about younger Ents as being more "bendy" than older ones, that they are much like saplings and such, and perhaps even seedlings at their youngest. It is not at all made clear if they are born similar to the trees they shepherd, or they become that way, or even how they are born at all.

According to Treebeard there are no Entings upon Middle Earth at the time of the Third Age, and there haven't been any for quite some time. And there will never be any more Entings afterwards either "as there are no Entwives".

The Last March of the Ents

In The Two Towers, the second volume of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the Ents—usually a very patient, deliberate people—become angry at Saruman, whose armies are cutting down large numbers of their trees. The Two Towers is the second volume of J R R Tolkien 's High fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Concept and creation Saruman first appears in 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the Fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings They convene an Entmoot, a meeting of the Ents of Fangorn forest at Derndingle.

After lengthy deliberation (three days; though from the perspective of the Ents, this is very quick action), they march on Saruman's fortress at Isengard: the Last March of the Ents. For the assault on Isengard by the Ents see Destruction of Isengard. They are led by Treebeard, the oldest Ent, and accompanied by the Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 The Ents that marched against Isengard numbered about 50, plus Huorns. They destroy Isengard in an all-out assault, ripping down the wall around it, and eventually becoming so enraged the power of their voices alone causes great destruction — "If the Great Sea had risen in wrath and fallen on the hills with storm, it could have worked no greater ruin. "^[12] — and trap Saruman in the tower of Orthanc. For the assault on Isengard by the Ents see Destruction of Isengard. Tolkien later noted that the destruction of Isengard by the Ents was based on his disappointment in Macbeth; when "Birnham Wood be come to Dunsinane", Tolkien was less than thrilled that it amounted to men walking on stage with leaves in their hats. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between He decided that when he did that scene for himself, he would do it right.

Named Ents

In the narrative of The Lord of the Rings, six Ents are named by name. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is a 2002 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the second volume of J The Lord of the Rings is an epic The main Ent character, and the first encountered by the readers and the hobbits, is Fangorn (Treebeard). Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars The other ents are Beechbone, Bregalad, Fimbrethil, Finglas, and Fladrif.

Statue

There are plans to erect a statue of Treebeard by Tim Tolkien, J. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size Literature Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees which the Vala Yavana had created along with other plants or olvars Tim Tolkien (born 1962) is a British sculptor who has designed several monumental sculptures including the award-winning Sentinel. R. R. Tolkien's great-nephew, near his former home in Moseley, Birmingham. For the British politician and other people with the same surname see Moseley or Mosley. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um ^[13] It is possible that nearby Moseley Bog may have been one of the first places where the young Tolkien regularly encountered veteran trees of various species. Moseley Bog is a Nature reserve in the Moseley area of Birmingham in England, at.

Popular culture

In fantasy and role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, EverQuest, Magic: The Gathering, Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Square Enix's Final Fantasy series, and the Warcraft PC game series, Tolkien-like Ents are known as Treants, Treemen or Treefolk, for trademark reasons (much like Hobbits are only referred to as Halflings in D&D, Heroes of Might and Magic, Overlord and EverQuest). A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy -themed Massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) that was released This article is somewhat over-complete Please do not add significant new content without first discussing it on the talk page The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game or Lord of the Rings SBG rather than Lord of the Rings when Warhammer The Game of Fantasy Battles, formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle and often abbreviated to Warhammer WFB or WHFB is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its Console role-playing game franchises which include the Final Fantasy series the Dragon The Warcraft universe is a Fictional universe in which a series of games and books published by Blizzard Entertainment are set A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. Halfling is another name for J R R Tolkien 's Hobbit and is a fictional race sometimes found in Fantasy Novels and Games Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by Heroes of Might and Magic is a series of Video games created by New World Computing. Tolkien-like Ents are also depicted in the MMORPGs RuneScape and Rubies of Eventide, as well as the real-time strategy game Myth: The Fallen Lords, among other games. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) is a genre of Computer role-playing games (CRPGs in which a large number of players interact with RuneScape is a Java -based MMORPG ( Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd Rubies of Eventide (RoE or Rubies is a free to play Massively multiplayer online role-playing game published by Mnemosyne LLC Myth is a series of Real-time tactics (not to be confused with Real-time strategy) Computer games The games are Myth The Fallen

In some incarnations, these tree-people are very close in spirit to their Tolkienesque forebears, although others, like, D&D have explored the concept of corrupt trees and tree-like monsters (akin to Old Man Willow and the Huorns of Fangorn). In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, Old Man Willow is a Fictional character, appearing in The Lord of the Rings. The Huorns are a fictional race from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth. For instance, in the MMORPG Shadow Bane Treants are mid-level monsters.

Ent is also Internet slang for a valuable contributor to a discussion, as opposed to a troll (in reference to the mutilation and corruption of Ents done to develop Trolls).

The Wood comes alive to save the Narnians in the final battle of Prince Caspian, which was written by fellow Inklings member C. Prince Caspian The Return to Narnia is a Novel for children by C The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, for nearly two decades between the early S. Lewis. In the movie, these trees are depicted to be closer to Huorns than Ents.

The Fall of Troy has a song entitled "The Last March of the Ents" on their self-titled debut album released in 2003. The Fall of Troy is a three-piece Progressive rock band from Mukilteo, Washington.

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