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[[Old Man Willow]] was a [[willow]] in the [[Old Forest]] from which much of the Forest's hatred of walking things came. He might have been an [[Ent]] who had become tree-like, or possibly a [[Huorn]], as the Old Forest was originally part of the same primordial forest as [[Fangorn forest|Fangorn]]. He had under his control almost all the trees of the [[Old Forest]], causing the paths to lead to him.
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{{Infobox_Person_Ents|image = Screen shot 2010-03-22 at 6.13.39 PM.png|caption = Old Man Willow as depicted by the Brothers Hildebrandt.|name = OId Man Willow|birth = |culture = [[The Old Forest]]|race = Tree (possibly Huorn)}}'''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 possibly a [[Huorn]], as the Old Forest was originally part of the same primordial forest as [[Fangorn forest|Fangorn]].{{Fact}} 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 as much as he could, or was willing.
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[[Tom Bombadil]] had power over Old Man Willow, and checked the evil in him as much as he could, or was willing to.
   
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== History ==
 
In the year'' ''[[TA 3018]]'', ''Old Man Willow cast a spell on the Hobbits [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Sam Gamgee|Sam]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] when they passed near him, causing them to feel sleepy. Merry and Pippin leaned against his trunk and fell asleep, while Frodo sat on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before also falling asleep. Willow then trapped Merry and Pippin in the folds of its trunk. Sam and Frodo attempted to burn Old Man Willow in order to release their friends, but Old Man Willow communicated to Merry, still inside his roots, that if the burning did not cease, the [[Hobbits]] would be squeezed to death. They were saved by the timely arrival of [[Tom Bombadil]], who 'sang' the ancient tree to sleep.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings|''The Lord of the Rings'']], [[The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Fellowship of the Ring'']], Book One, Ch. VI: "[[The Old Forest]]"</ref>
   
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== Portrayal in adaptations ==
== Appearances ==
 
   
 
Although this scene did not appear in the [[2001]] [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|movie adaptation]], a very similar episode was included in the extended DVD edition of the [[2002]] [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|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]]''.
   
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Walking close to him in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' will grant multiple debuffs, including slowness.
In [[The Fellowship of the Ring]] book, 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 go and lean against the trunk and fall asleep, while Frodo sits on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before he also falls asleep. The tree then traps Merry and Pippin in cracks of its trunk, and tips Frodo into the stream. [[Sam Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] try to burn [[Old Man Willow]] to get him to release their friends but he tells [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], who is still half in, half out of the trunk, that he'll squeeze [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in two if they don't put the fire out. They are saved by the timely arrival of Tom Bombadil who 'sings' the ancient tree to sleep. Whether or not Old Man Willow is truly evil remains a mystery. It possible that he represents the bitterness of nature at the loss of it realm.
 
   
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==Translations==
Although this scene did not appear in the 2001 [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|movie adaptation]], a very similar episode with [[hobbit]]s being swallowed by a tree was included in the extended [[DVD]] edition of the [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|second film]] where Merry and Pippin are attacked by a [[Huorn]] in [[Fangorn forest]]. In this interpretation Tom Bombadil's lines are spoken by [[Treebeard]].
 
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|Afrikaans
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|Ou Man Wilgerboom
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|Albanian
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|Njeriu i Vjetër Shelg
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|الرجل العجوز صفصاف
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|Ծեր Մարդ Ուռենի
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|Yaşlı Adam Söyüd
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|Zahar Gizon Sahats
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|Belarusian Cyrillic
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|Стары чалавек вярба
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|Bengali
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|ওল্ড ম্যান উইলো
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|Stari Covjek Vrba
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|Стар човек върба
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|Home vell salze
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|老柳頭
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|Stari Čovjek Vrbe
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|Dědek Vrbák
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|Den gamle Pilemand
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|Oude Wilgeman
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|Maljunulo Saliko
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|Vana Mees paju
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|Vanha Halavaukko
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|Vieil Homme-Saule
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|Vello Home Salgueiro
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|Georgian
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|ძველი კაცი ტირიფი
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|German
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|Alter Weidenmann
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|Greek
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|Γέροντας Ιτιά
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|Gujarati
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|ઓલ્ડ મેન વિલો
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|עץ הערבה הזקן
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|ओल्ड मैन विलो
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|Az Öregember fűz
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|Seanfhear Saileach
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|Vecchio Uomo Salice
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|オールドマン柳
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|ಓಲ್ಡ್ ಮ್ಯಾನ್ ವಿಲ್ಲೋ
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|Ескі Адам Тал (Cyrillic) Eski Adam Tal (Latin)
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|ຊາຍ​ເຖົ້າຕົ້ນໄມ້ຕົ້ນໄມ້
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|Vecais Vīrs Vītoli
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|Senosios Vyras Gluosnis
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|Macedonian Cyrillic
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|Стар Човек Врба
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|Marathi
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|ओल्ड मॅन विलो
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|Mongolian Cyrillic
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|Хөгшин хүн Виллоу
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|Nepalese
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|बूढो मानिसको विलो
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|Gamle Pilemann
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|زوړ سړی وله
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|پیرمرد بید
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|Stara Wierzba
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|Velho Salgueiro-Homem
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|Старый Вяз
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|Старац врба (Cyrillic) Starac vrba (Latin)
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|පැරණි මිනිසා විලෝ
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[[Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)]]
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Revision as of 16:12, 29 December 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 possibly a Huorn, as the Old Forest was originally part of the same primordial forest as Fangorn.[citation needed] 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 year TA 3018, Old Man Willow cast a spell on the Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin when they passed near him, causing them to feel sleepy. Merry and Pippin leaned against his trunk and fell asleep, while Frodo sat on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before also falling asleep. Willow then trapped Merry and Pippin in the folds of its trunk. Sam and Frodo attempted to burn Old Man Willow in order to release their friends, but Old Man Willow communicated to Merry, still inside his roots, that if the burning did not cease, the Hobbits would be squeezed to death. They were saved by the timely arrival of Tom Bombadil, who 'sang' the ancient tree to sleep.[1]

Portrayal 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

Foreign Language Translated name
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 עץ הערבה הזקן
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 ຊາຍ​ເຖົ້າຕົ້ນໄມ້ຕົ້ນໄມ້
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

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