The Encyclopedia of Arda - Great Wood (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Location Rhovanion, to the east of the Vales of Anduin Races Occupied by Elves and Men, and latterly by members of the Ainur Divisions The Elves of the Wood belonged the Silvan branch of their people; the Woodmen were Northmen akin to the Edain; Sauron and Wizard Radagast were both Maiar Cultures Wood-elves, Woodmen Settlements Dol Guldur, The Elvenking's Halls, Rhosgobel; settlements of Woodmen were found especially along the forest's western edge Source The Enchanted River rose in the Mountains of Mirkwood Outflow The Enchanted River emptied into the Forest River that flowed through the Great Wood and on into the Long Lake Important peaks Amon Lanc, The Mountains of Mirkwood Other names Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, The Forest, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest under Nightshade, Greenwood the Great, Mirkwood, Taur e-Ndaedelos, Taur-nu-Fuin, The Wood, Wood of Greenleaves Indexes: Alphabetical: G Forests About this entry: Updated 18 August 2024 This entry is complete A name for Mirkwood A rare title used for the vast shadow-shrouded forest known in the later Third Age as Mirkwood. In its northeastern reaches lived the Silvan people of Thranduil, the Elves of the Wood, and it was one of these, Legolas, who referred to his people as the folk of the Great Wood. In the times before the coming of the Necromancer, before the corruption of Dol Guldur had spread among the trees, Mirkwood had been known as Eryn Galen, 'Greenwood the Great', and Legolas' reference to it as the Great Wood is probably derived from this earlier name. Indexes: Alphabetical: G Forests About this entry: Updated 18 August 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2012, 2022, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus provides a host of free and unlimited features to help manage your DISC assessments.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Location Rhovanion, to the east of the Vales of Anduin Races Occupied by Elves and Men, and latterly by members of the Ainur Divisions The Elves of the Wood belonged the Silvan branch of their people; the Woodmen were Northmen akin to the Edain; Sauron and Wizard Radagast were both Maiar Cultures Wood-elves, Woodmen Settlements Dol Guldur, The Elvenking's Halls, Rhosgobel; settlements of Woodmen were found especially along the forest's western edge Source The Enchanted River rose in the Mountains of Mirkwood Outflow The Enchanted River emptied into the Forest River that flowed through the Great Wood and on into the Long Lake Important peaks Amon Lanc, The Mountains of Mirkwood Other names Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, The Forest, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest under Nightshade, Greenwood the Great, Mirkwood, Taur e-Ndaedelos, Taur-nu-Fuin, The Wood, Wood of Greenleaves Indexes: Alphabetical: G Forests About this entry: Updated 18 August 2024 This entry is complete A name for Mirkwood Map of the Great Wood

A rare title used for the vast shadow-shrouded forest known in the later Third Age as Mirkwood. In its northeastern reaches lived the Silvan people of Thranduil, the Elves of the Wood, and it was one of these, Legolas, who referred to his people as the folk of the Great Wood. In the times before the coming of the Necromancer, before the corruption of Dol Guldur had spread among the trees, Mirkwood had been known as Eryn Galen, 'Greenwood the Great', and Legolas' reference to it as the Great Wood is probably derived from this earlier name. Indexes: Alphabetical: G Forests About this entry: Updated 18 August 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2012, 2022, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus provides a host of free and unlimited features to help manage your DISC assessments.