Entwives
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Entwives were the mates of the Ents. They had gardens in the regions later known as the Brown Lands. When Sauron turned that region into a desert, the Entwives escaped into the wilds of Middle-earth and were lost to the Ents (or so the Ents themselves believed). There is some speculation that they may have went into northern Eriador but little evidence exists.
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[edit] Background
One of the primary daggers on the survival of the Entwives is found in Letter 144 of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien:
- "I think that in fact the Entwives had disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance (Second Age 3429 – 3441) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin..."
- – Letter 144[1]
[edit] See also
- Images of Entwives
- The Ent and the Entwife (song/poem)
[edit] External Links
- Of the Ents and the Entwives - An essay on the location of the Entwives by Ardamir.
- I found the Entwives! - Theory on the location of the Entwives. (MinasTirith.com)
- I found the Entwives! - Discussion on the where-abouts of the Entwives. (BarrowDowns.com)
[edit] References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144, (dated 25 April 1954)