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'''Dark Tree''' is an abstract term used by ''[[Tolkien]]'' in his fragment of a story "[[The New Shadow]]", (Part IV of ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'').
'''Dark Tree''' is an abstract term used by ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'' in his fragment of a story "[[The New Shadow]]", (Part IV of ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'').


Dark Tree is a description of the growing threat of evil in [[Middle-earth]] - its roots can never be fully destroyed so that evil will once again arise if the 'tree' is left untended or unwatched.
Dark Tree is a description of the growing threat of evil in [[Middle-earth]] - its roots can never be fully destroyed so that evil will once again arise if the 'tree' is left untended or unwatched. The term is used by [[Borlas]] in the [[The New Shadow]] in his conversation with [[Saelon]].
 
'Dark Tree' is a term used by [[Borlas]] in the [[The New Shadow]] in his conversation with [[Saelon]].


[[Category: Concepts]]
[[Category: Concepts]]

Revision as of 17:56, 19 January 2021

Dark Tree is an abstract term used by Tolkien in his fragment of a story "The New Shadow", (Part IV of The Peoples of Middle-earth).

Dark Tree is a description of the growing threat of evil in Middle-earth - its roots can never be fully destroyed so that evil will once again arise if the 'tree' is left untended or unwatched. The term is used by Borlas in the The New Shadow in his conversation with Saelon.