The Trollshaws were the upland woods, lying west of Rivendell between the rivers Hoarwell and Loudwater in eastern Eriador.[1] Trolls roamed these lands, and terrorized trespassers. It consisted partly of beech trees.
History[]
A view of the Trollshaws in autumn, as seen in The Lord of the Rings Online
During the great days of Arnor, the eastern sub-kingdom of Rhudaur built fortified dwellings and castles here, but largely because of the wars with Angmar, the area became deserted of men and dangerous to travel through. By the late Third Age, they were infamous for being the haunting place of trolls, mainly Hill-trolls that had travelled down from the Ettenmoors. Three of these trolls were famously renowned for waylaying Bilbo Baggins and his company of Dwarves, as they set out for the Lonely Mountain. These particular trolls, Tom, Bert, and William, were turned to stone on a ridge[2] at the coming of dawn[3] and were encountered many years later by Frodo Baggins and company on their way to Rivendell.[4]
In adaptations[]
Map of the Trollshaws, with added locations, from The Lord of the Rings Online
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy[]
On the way to Rivendell in The Fellowship of the Ring film, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Aragorn set up a camp by "Mr Bilbo's trolls" (as Sam says) after Frodo has been stabbed by the Witch-king. It is here that Arwen finds them, and takes Frodo the rest of the way to Rivendell.
The Hobbit trilogy[]
The Trollshaws appear in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first film of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy as the location of Thorin and Company's encounter with the three trolls.
Video games[]
The Trollshaws appear in the video games The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings Online.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Albanian | Këndoj ? |
| Arabic | ترول شاوز |
| Armenian | տրոլ սհաւս |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | тролль шаўс |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Тролови чукари |
| Catalan | Gnomshaws |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 食人妖穴 |
| Croatian | Trolshawa |
| Czech | Obroviště |
| Danish | Troldeskoven / Troldehøjene |
| Dutch | Trol ? |
| Finnish | Peikkokorpi |
| French | Trouée des Trolls |
| German | Trollhöhen |
| Greek | Τρόλλσογς |
| Gujarati | નિરાંતે ગાવું શૉટ્સ ? |
| Hebrew | גַמָדשו |
| Hindi | तरोलशवस |
| Hungarian | Trollháza |
| Icelandic | Tröllshaws ? |
| Italian | Trollshaws |
| Japanese | トロール ショーズ |
| Kannada | ಟ್ರೊಲ್ಶ್ಆಸ್ |
| Korean | 트롤 ? |
| Latvian | Trollisshaws |
| Lithuanian | Troliai ? |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | трол шаwс |
| Nepalese | ट्रोलशव्स ? |
| Persian | ترولشا |
| Russian | ТролльШоус |
| Serbian | Троллсхавс (Cyrillic) Trollshavs (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ට්රොල්ල්ශ෴ස් |
| Slovak | Trolovisko |
| Spanish | Bosque de los Trolls |
| Swedish | Trollmården |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Троллсҳаwс |
| Tamil | ட்ரோல்லஷாவ்ஸ் |
| Telugu | మరుగుజ్జుద షాస్ |
| Thai | การดึงสายเบ็ด ? |
| Turkish | Trolçalılık |
| Yiddish | טראָללשאַווס |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Hobbition and Bag End"
- ↑ The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings, pg. 38
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter II: "Roast Mutton"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter XII: "Flight to the Ford"