Ents of Middle-Earth are a race of creatures that mimic trees and are led by Treebeard of the Fangorn forest. The word for Giant in Old English is the source of their name. The Ents are depicted in The Lord of the Rings as ancient woodland caretakers and friends of free inhabitants of the Middle-Earth during the War of the Ring. Treebeard, who is reasonably referred to as the oldest creature in Middle-Earth, is the Ent that is featured most significantly in the book. Due to the loss of the Entwives or female Ents, there are no youthful Ents or Entings any more during the War of the Ring. Huorns, who Treebeard defines as either a vibrant form of trees in changeover or, alternatively, as Ents who evolve over time to become more — Treelike, are similar to Ents. The term Ent is derived from the Old English word Ent or Eoten, which means Giant. Tolkien took the term from the Anglo-Saxon poem The Ruin and Maxims II, which uses the phrase Oranc Enta Geweorc or Shrewd Work of Giants namely to describe Roman ruins. The name for Ent in Sindarin, one of imagined Elvish languages by Tolkien, is Onod i.e. plural Enyd. The Ents are referred to as a race in Sindarin Onodrim. [Information Credit : Ent, Wikipedia] [Image: A Fantasy Description of Ents] #Mythology
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