Ents are giant humanoids in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for "giant".
Key facts
- Fictional race.name
- Ents
- Fictional race.other_names
- Onodrim, Shepherds of the Trees, Tree-folk
- Fictional race.image
- TREEBEARD.jpg
- Fictional race.image_size
- 125px
- Fictional race.caption
- Treebeard and Hobbits by Tom Loback, 2007
- Fictional race.iu_created_date
- First Age
- Fictional race.leader
- Treebeard
- Fictional race.home_world
- Middle-earth
- Fictional race.base_of_operations
- Fangorn Forest
- Fictional race.language
- Entish
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19 sectionsContents
- Internal history
- First Age
- Entwives
- The Last March of the Ents
- Analysis
- Etymology
- Improving on Shakespeare
- Other sources
- Wish-fulfilment and environmentalism
- Mythic value: song of the Ents and the Entwives
- Adaptations
- In other media
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Primary
- Secondary
- Sources
- External links
Ents are giant humanoids in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for "giant".
The Ents appear in The Lord of the Rings as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring. The Ent who figures most prominently in the book is Treebeard, who is called the oldest creature in Middle-earth. At that time, there are no young Ents (Entings) because the Entwives (female Ents) were lost. Akin to Ents are Huorns, whom Treebeard describes as a transitional form of trees which become animated or, conversely, as Ents who grow more "treelike" over time.