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== History == |
== History == |
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⚫ | In ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring (novel)|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Old Man Willow casts a spell on the Hobbits [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Sam Gamgee|Sam]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], causing them to feel sleepy. Merry and Pippin lean against his trunk and fall asleep, while Frodo sits on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before also falling asleep. Willow then traps Merry and Pippin in the folds of its trunk. Sam and Frodo attempt to burn Old Man Willow in order to release their friends, but Old Man Willow communicates to Merry, still inside his roots, that if the burning does not cease the [[Hobbits]] would be squeezed to death. They are saved by the timely arrival of [[Tom Bombadil]], who 'sings' the ancient tree to sleep. |
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⚫ | In ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring (novel)|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Old Man Willow casts a spell on the Hobbits |
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== Appearances in adaptations == |
== Appearances in adaptations == |
Revision as of 22:01, 12 August 2019
Old Man Willow was a great willow tree of the Old Forest; he was the root cause of much of the Forest's anger and hatred towards trespassers. He was most likely a Huorn, as the Old Forest was originally part of the same primordial forest as Fangorn. He had great power within the Old Forest, and was able to direct all paths in the woodland to him.
Tom Bombadil had power over Old Man Willow, and checked the evil in him as much as he could, or was willing to.
History
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Old Man Willow casts a spell on the Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, causing them to feel sleepy. Merry and Pippin lean against his trunk and fall asleep, while Frodo sits on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before also falling asleep. Willow then traps Merry and Pippin in the folds of its trunk. Sam and Frodo attempt to burn Old Man Willow in order to release their friends, but Old Man Willow communicates to Merry, still inside his roots, that if the burning does not cease the Hobbits would be squeezed to death. They are saved by the timely arrival of Tom Bombadil, who 'sings' the ancient tree to sleep.
Appearances in adaptations
Although this scene did not appear in the 2001 movie adaptation, a very similar episode was included in the extended DVD edition of the 2002 second film where Merry and Pippin are attacked by a Huorn in Fangorn forest. In this interpretation Treebeard speaks Tom Bombadil's lines. He also appears in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) and The Lord of the Rings Online.
Walking close to him in The Lord of the Rings Online will grant multiple debuffs, including slowness.
Translations around the World
Foreign Language | Translated name |
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Afrikaans | Ou Man Wilgerboom |
Albanian | Njeriu i Vjetër Shelg |
Arabic | الرجل العجوز صفصاف |
Armenian | Ծեր Մարդ Ուռենի |
Azerbaijani | Yaşlı Adam Söyüd |
Basque | Zahar Gizon Sahats |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Стары чалавек вярба |
Bengali | ওল্ড ম্যান উইলো |
Bosnian | Stari Covjek Vrba |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Стар човек върба |
Catalan | Home vell salze |
Chinese | 老柳頭 |
Croatian | Stari Čovjek Vrbe |
Czech | Dědek Vrbák |
Danish | Den gamle Pilemand |
Dutch | Oude Wilgeman |
Esperanto | Maljunulo Saliko |
Estonian | Vana Mees paju |
Finnish | Vanha Halavaukko |
French | Vieil Homme-Saule |
Galician | Vello Home Salgueiro |
Georgian | ძველი კაცი ტირიფი |
German | Alter Weidenmann |
Greek | Γέροντας Ιτιά |
Gujarati | ઓલ્ડ મેન વિલો |
Hebrew | איש זקן ערבה |
Hindi | ओल्ड मैन विलो |
Hungarian | Az Öregember fűz |
Irish Gaelic | Seanfhear Saileach |
Italian | Vecchio Uomo Salice |
Japanese | オールドマン柳 |
Kannada | ಓಲ್ಡ್ ಮ್ಯಾನ್ ವಿಲ್ಲೋ |
Kazakh | Ескі Адам Тал (Cyrillic) Eski Adam Tal (Latin) |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Эски адам талдар |
Laotian | ຊາຍເຖົ້າຕົ້ນໄມ້ຕົ້ນໄມ້ |
Latvian | Vecais Vīrs Vītoli |
Lithuanian | Senosios Vyras Gluosnis |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Стар Човек Врба |
Marathi | ओल्ड मॅन विलो |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Хөгшин хүн Виллоу |
Nepalese | बूढो मानिसको विलो |
Norwegian | Gamle Pilemann |
Pashto | زوړ سړی وله |
Persian | پیرمرد بید |
Polish | Stara Wierzba |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Velho Salgueiro-homem |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Velho Salgueiro-Homem |
Romanian | Bătrân Omul Salcie |
Russian | Старый Вяз |
Serbian | Старац врба (Cyrillic) Starac vrba (Latin) |
Sinhalese | පැරණි මිනිසා විලෝ |
Slovak | Starý Muž Vŕba |
Slovenian | Stari Človek Vrba |
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Viejo Hombre-Sauce |
Swahili | Msafsafi ya Mzee Mtu |
Swedish | Videgubben |
Tajik Cyrillic | Одам кӯҳна Бовар кунед |
Tamil | பழைய மேன் வில்லோ |
Telugu | ఓల్డ్ మాన్ విల్లో |
Turkish | Yaşlı Söğüt Adam |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Стара Людина Верба |
Uzbek | Кекса Киши Тол (Cyrillic) Keksa Kishi Tol (Latin) |
Urdu | بوڑھے آدمی بید مجنوں |
Vietnamese | Ông già Chi Liễu |
Welsh | Hen Ddyn Helygen |
Yiddish | אלטע מאן װערבע |