Dates
The name Mirkwood was first used in about III 1050; renamed Eryn Lasgalen in III 3019Location
Settlements
Dol Guldur, The Elvenking's Halls, Rhosgobel; settlements of Woodmen were found especially along the forest's western edge
Source
Outflow
The Enchanted River emptied into the Forest River that flowed on into the Long LakeImportant peaks
Meaning
Simply 'murky wood'; Tolkien relates this to the ancient Germanic compound mirkiwidu
Other names
Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, The Forest, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest under Nightshade, The Great Wood, Greenwood the Great, Taur e-Ndaedelos, Taur-nu-Fuin, The Wood, Wood of Greenleaves
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Mirkwood
Greatest of the forests of Middle-earth
A name of Greenwood the Great, the mighty forest that lay in the lands east of the Great River Anduin. The name Mirkwood was used of this forest after Sauron, in his guise as the Necromancer, took up his abode at Dol Guldur in its southern regions.
See also...
Amon Lanc, Aragorn Elessar, Balchoth, Balin, Barad-dûr, Barrel-rider, Beorn, Beornings, Black Emperor, Butterflies, Celepharn, Clue-finder, Dark Lord, Dark Mountains, Denethor I, [See the full list...]Dol Guldur, Dorwinion, Dwarf-road, East Bight, East Lórien, Edge of the Wild, Elven-halls, Elvenking’s Halls, Elves of Lindon, Elves of Mirkwood, Elves of the Wood, Elves of Thranduil, Elvish, Emyn Duir, Emyn-nu-Fuin, Enchanted River, Erebor, Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, First Homely House, Folk of the Wood, Ford of Carrock, Forelithe, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest River, Forest Road, Forest under Nightshade, Frumgar, Funguses, Galadriel, Galion, Gandalf, Gladden River, Gollum, Great Wood, Greenleaf, Greenwood the Great, Grimbeorn the Old, Hithaeglir, Horsemen of Rohan, Invisible Baggins, Ivanneth, Ivy, Karmë, King of Rhovanion, King of the Silvan Elves, Kingfishers, Lake-men, Legolas Greenleaf, Lichen, Long Marshes, Lord of the Black Land, Lord of the Nazgûl, Magic Ring, Marhari, Marhwini, Men of Darkness, Men of the Vales of Anduin, Men-i-Naugrim, Mewlips, Misty Mountains, Mordor, Moths, Mountain Kingdom, Mountains of Mirkwood, Naked Hill, Nandor, Nandorin, Narrows of the Forest, Nazgûl of Dol Guldur, Necromancer, Northern Lands, Northern Mirkwood, Northmen of Rhovanion, Óin, Old Forest Road, Olog-hai, Orcs of Dol Guldur, Orcs of the Eye, Oropher, Radagast, Rhosgobel, Ride of Eorl, Ringwraiths of Dol Guldur, River Anduin, River Greylin, Rochon Methestel, Saruman, Silvan Elves, Silvan Elvish, Sorcerer, Sorcerer of Dol Guldur, Spiders, Squirrels, Sting, Stinging Fly, Stirrupless, Stoors of the Angle, Taur e-Ndaedelos, Taur-nu-Fuin, The East, The Elvenking, The Forest, The Great, The Riders, The Wood, There and Back Again, Thorin and Company, Thranduil, Trolls, Udalraph, Uruk-hai, Valacar, Vale of the Great River, Vales of Anduin, Vidugavia, Vidumavi, Vines, Wainriders of Rhovanion, War of the Last Alliance, Web-cutter, Wizards, Wood of Greenleaves, Wood-elves, Woodland Realm, Woodmen, Wraith-lord, Yrch
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