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| {{race
| | #REDIRECT [[Drúedain]] |
| |image=[[Image:Ted Nasmith - The Aid of the Wild-men.jpg|250px]]
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| |name=Drúedain
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| |dominions=[[Drúadan Forest]]
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| |languages=[[Drúadan language]]
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| |height=Short
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| |skincolor=
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| |haircolor=Dark
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| |feathers=
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| |distinctions=Good stoneworkers, mysterious powers, glowing red eyes
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| |lifespan=Shorter than most [[Men]]
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| |members=[[Aghan]], [[Ghân]], [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]]
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| '''Woses''' is a name for the [[Drúedain]], used mainly by the [[Rohirrim]]. They were the race of [[Men]] that lived in the [[Drúadan Forest]] at the end of the [[Third Age]]. They were one of the least numerous and most mysterious races in [[Middle-earth]].
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| Their most significant contribution to the [[Free peoples]] was showing the [[Rohirrim]] paths through the [[Drúadan Forest]]. Without their aid, the Rohirrim would have arrived at the [[Pelennor Fields]] much later, suffering losses from an [[Orcs|Orc]] army that was waiting for them. The Woses then used poison-darts and arrows to hold off an army of Orcs searching for the Rohirrim.
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| After the [[War of the Ring]], when [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] granted the Drúadan Forest to be theirs forever, they never showed their faces again, nor was any alliance or trading system struck up between them and Gondor in the [[Fourth Age]]. It is clear that they never mingled with the Free Peoples, content to live their mysterious life in the Drúadan Forest, until they faded away into the mists of history and legend.
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| ==Characteristics==
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| In appearance, the Woses were short, stumpy-bodied men, possibly related to the Pukel-men of ancient [[Rohan]]. They had disproportionate bodies and small, sunken eyes that glowed red when they were angry or suspicious.
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| ==Etymology==
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| The word ''Wose'' represents [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s translation of the actual word ''[[róg]]'' of the [[Rohirrim]] into archaic English.
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| "Woses" is Anglicized (modernized) from the [[Old English]] word ''wāsan'' meaning "wild, neglected". It is seen in the name ''Wuduwasas'' (who are the direct inspiration of the Woses) and means "Wild men of the woods".
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| ==Inspirations==
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| In Western folklore, the "wuduwasa" or "wood man" is a hairy, troll-like being supposed to inhabit woods and forests; the figure was used on coats-of-arms and illuminations during the middle-ages up to the renaissance.
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| Both the description of Woses, as well as the word "Wose" itself, derives from this folkloric figure. According to [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] his idea was to show the actual existence of wild folk, remnants of former peoples driven out by invaders, living a debased and savage life in forests and mountains.<ref>{{HM|N}}, pp. 764-5</ref>
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[:Category:Images of Woses|Images of Drúedain]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[[Wikipedia:Woodwoses|Woodwoses]] at Wikipedia
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| {{references}}
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| [[Category:Drúedain]]
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| [[Category:Men]]
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| [[de:Drúedain]]
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| [[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:druedain]]
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| [[fi:Drúedain]]
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