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'''Entwives''' were the mates of the [[Ents]]. The Entwives were dedicated to [[Yavanna]].<ref>{{L|247}}</ref> They had gardens in the regions later known as the [[Brown Lands]] and had taught agriculture to [[Men]] and [[Hobbits]].  
'''Entwives''' were the mates of the [[Ents]]. The Entwives were dedicated to [[Yavanna]].<ref>{{L|247}}</ref> They had gardens in the regions later known as the [[Brown Lands]], and their agricultural knowledge was passed on to [[Men]] and [[Hobbits]].<ref name=L144>{{L|144}}</ref>
 
==History==
==History==
During the [[First Age|First]] or the [[Second Age]] they started to move farther away from the male Ents because they liked to plant and control small things like vegetables, grass and flowers while the male Ents tended the larger trees of the great forest. The Entwives passed the [[Anduin]] and went to the region that would later become the [[Brown Lands]]. After [[Morgoth]] was overthrown, their gardens blossomed and they taught agriculture to the primitive [[Men]] and they honored them.<ref>{{TT|Treebeard}}</reF>
During the [[First Age|First]] or the [[Second Age]] they started to move farther away from the male Ents because they liked to plant and control small things like vegetables, grass and flowers, while the male Ents tended the larger trees of the great forest. The Entwives passed eastward over the [[Anduin]] and went to the region that would later become the [[Brown Lands]]. After [[Morgoth]] was overthrown, their gardens blossomed and they taught agriculture to the primitive [[Men]] and they honored them.<ref>{{TT|Treebeard}}</reF>


When [[Sauron]] burned that region to stop the advance of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] down the [[Anduin]], the Entwives were either destroyed, or escaped into the wilds of [[Middle-earth]] and were lost to the Ents (or so the Ents themselves believed). Some of those who fled to the [[East]] were probably enslaved as farmers to feed the armies of the [[Men of Darkness]].<ref>{{L|144}}</ref>
When [[Sauron]] burned that region to stop the advance of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] down the [[Anduin]], the Entwives were likely wiped out, although some might have been captured and enslaved as agricultural workers or have escaped into the east of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=L144 /> The Ents held that the Entwives were lost.


[[Treebeard]] would tell [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] that the Entwives would love [[Eriador|their country]]. Indeed sometime before the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halfast Gamgee]] claimed that he saw an [[Elms|elm]]-like "Tree-Man" walking in the [[North Moors]].<ref>{{FR|Shadow}}</ref> However, it was never learned whether the "Tree-Man" was an Ent, an Entwife, or just a story.
[[Treebeard]] would tell [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] that the Entwives would love their country. Indeed sometime before the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halfast Gamgee]] claimed that he saw an [[Elms|elm]]-like "Tree-Man" walking in the [[North Moors]].<ref>{{FR|Shadow}}</ref> However, it was never learned whether the "Tree-Man" was an Ent, an Entwife, or just a story.


==Background==
==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]]:
One of the primary daggers on the survival of the Entwives is found in [[Letter 144]] of ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]:
{{quote|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]] {{SA|3429|n}} – {{SA|3441|n}}) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin...|[[Letter 144]]}}
{{quote|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]] {{SA|3429|n}} – {{SA|3441|n}}) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin...|[[Letter 144]]}}<ref name=L144 />


In [[2017]], a [[Wikipedia:Quora|Quora]] user named Pip Willis published a partial image of a map he claimed his father drew and shared with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in [[1971]]. Willis alleges that Tolkien wrote on the map "Here may be Entwives", in an area on the east bank a southern bow of the river [[Carnen]], flowing into the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<ref>{{webcite|author=Pip Willis|articleurl=http://www.quora.com/After-Lord-of-the-Rings-was-there-any-mention-of-the-entwives/answer/Pip-Willis|articlename=After Lord of the Rings was there any mention of the entwives?|dated=22 May 2017|website=[http://www.quora.com/ quora.com]|accessed=7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Martinez]]|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/blog/2017/05/yes-but-is-it-canon/|articlename=Yes, but is it canon?|dated=24 May 2017|website=TS|accessed=7 June 2017}}</ref>
In [[2017]], a [[Wikipedia:Quora|Quora]] user named Pip Willis published a partial image of a map he claimed his father drew and shared with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in [[1971]]. Willis alleges that Tolkien wrote on the map "Here may be Entwives", in an area on the west bank of a southern bow of the river [[Carnen]], flowing into the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<ref>{{webcite|author=Pip Willis|articleurl=http://www.quora.com/After-Lord-of-the-Rings-was-there-any-mention-of-the-entwives/answer/Pip-Willis|articlename=After Lord of the Rings was there any mention of the entwives?|dated=22 May 2017|website=[http://www.quora.com/ quora.com]|accessed=7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Martinez]]|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/blog/2017/05/yes-but-is-it-canon/|articlename=Yes, but is it canon?|dated=24 May 2017|website=TS|accessed=7 June 2017}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[The Ent and the Entwife]] (song/poem)
* [[The Ent and the Entwife]] (song/poem)


== External Links ==
== External links ==
* [[User:Ardamir/Essays/Entwives|Of the Ents and the Entwives]] - An essay on the location of the Entwives by [[User:Ardamir|Ardamir]].
* [[User:Ardamir/Essays/Entwives|Of the Ents and the Entwives]] - An essay on the location of the Entwives by [[User:Ardamir|Ardamir]].
* [http://www.minastirith.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001541 I found the Entwives!] - Theory on the location of the Entwives. (MinasTirith.com)
* [http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=12512 I found the Entwives!] - Discussion on the where-abouts of the Entwives. (BarrowDowns.com)
*[http://tolkien.slimy.com/tfaq/EnemyMisc.html#Entwives What became of the Entwives?] from the [[Tolkien FAQ]]
*[http://tolkien.slimy.com/tfaq/EnemyMisc.html#Entwives What became of the Entwives?] from the [[Tolkien FAQ]]
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Entwives were the mates of the Ents. The Entwives were dedicated to Yavanna.[1] They had gardens in the regions later known as the Brown Lands, and their agricultural knowledge was passed on to Men and Hobbits.[2]

History

During the First or the Second Age they started to move farther away from the male Ents because they liked to plant and control small things like vegetables, grass and flowers, while the male Ents tended the larger trees of the great forest. The Entwives passed eastward over the Anduin and went to the region that would later become the Brown Lands. After Morgoth was overthrown, their gardens blossomed and they taught agriculture to the primitive Men and they honored them.[3]

When Sauron burned that region to stop the advance of the Last Alliance down the Anduin, the Entwives were likely wiped out, although some might have been captured and enslaved as agricultural workers or have escaped into the east of Middle-earth.[2] The Ents held that the Entwives were lost.

Treebeard would tell Merry and Pippin that the Entwives would love their country. Indeed sometime before the War of the Ring, Halfast Gamgee claimed that he saw an elm-like "Tree-Man" walking in the North Moors.[4] However, it was never learned whether the "Tree-Man" was an Ent, an Entwife, or just a story.

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 34293441) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin..."
Letter 144

[2]

In 2017, a Quora user named Pip Willis published a partial image of a map he claimed his father drew and shared with J.R.R. Tolkien in 1971. Willis alleges that Tolkien wrote on the map "Here may be Entwives", in an area on the west bank of a southern bow of the river Carnen, flowing into the Sea of Rhûn.[5][6]

See also

External links

References