Treebeard
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Treebeard, or Fangorn in Sindarin, is a tree-giant character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is an Ent and is said by Gandalf to be "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." He lives in the ancient Forest of Fangorn, to which he has given his name. It lies at the southern end of the Misty Mountains. He is described as being at least 14 feet (4.5 m) in height.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Treebeard
- Character.first
- The Two Towers (1954)
- Character.race
- Ent
- Fictional location.name
- Fangorn Forest
- Fictional location.series
- J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
- Fictional location.image_size
- 240px
- Fictional location.alt_name
- Entwood
- Fictional location.type
- Thick, dense forestHome of the Ents and HuornsThe remnant of a larger ancient forest
- Fictional location.blank_label
- Location
- Fictional location.blank_data
- south-west Wilderland
- Fictional location.blank_label1
- Lifespan
- Fictional location.blank_label2
- Founder
- Fictional location.ruler
- Treebeard
- Fictional location.locations
- Wellinghall, Derndingle, Treebeard's hill, the Entwash
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- TREEBEARD.jpg
- Height
- 4.68
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- native label
- Treebeard
- pseudonym
- Fàngorn
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12 sectionsContents
- Fangorn's forest
- Fictional biography
- In-fiction origins
- Analysis
- Medieval echoes
- Environmentalism
- Professorial figure
- Portrayal in adaptations
- References
- Primary
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- Sources
Treebeard, or Fangorn in Sindarin, is a tree-giant character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is an Ent and is said by Gandalf to be "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." He lives in the ancient Forest of Fangorn, to which he has given his name. It lies at the southern end of the Misty Mountains. He is described as being at least 14 feet (4.5 m) in height.
In The Two Towers, Treebeard meets with Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took, two Hobbits of the Shire. This meeting proves to have consequences that contribute significantly to the story and enables the events that occur in The Return of the King.