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Woodmen, by Angelo Montanini, as seen in the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game
- "This was dreadful talk to listen to, not only because of the brave Woodmen and their wives and children, but also because of the danger which now threatened Gandalf and his friends."
- —The Hobbit, "Out Of The Frying-Pan Into The Fire"
Woodmen were groups of Northmen who had established themselves in vast forested places of Middle-earth, primarily Greenwood.
History[]
A people of Northmen distantly related to the Edain inhabited the western portion of Mirkwood forest[1] by the Third Age, along with a mysterious race of men called the Beornings, who were skin-changers. The Woodmen and the Beornings probably had close ties since, they lived near to each other amid many dangers of those woods. The Woodmen also probably had alliance with the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood.
In TA 2941, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains conspired with a group of Wargs to wipe out the Woodsman; but the raid never happened, because Thorin and Company came to their meeting-place by chance, and were interrupted.
After the War of the Ring and the cleansing of Mirkwood, the Woodmen and Beornings were given a large portion of the forest between Thranduil's kingdom and Lothlórien to dwell in.
In adaptations[]
Woodmen in The Lord of the Rings Online
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Woodmen live in the Vales on both sides of the river Anduin. They are self-reliant and very isolated people, with even the nearby villages having very little contact with one another. Woodmen settlements include the larger town of Hultvís, the smaller villages of Blómgard and Arhaim, the recently-destroyed Waldfast and the long-abandoned Audaghaim. During the closing weeks of the War of the Ring the Woodmen were attacked by the Orcs and Wargs of the Misty Mountains, but a united force of Beornings and Woodmen pushed back and eventually defeated them at the Battle of the Old Ford.
The Woodmen are deeply superstitious due to the long years of living under the darkness of Mirkwood, but many of their folk tales bear a seed of truth in them. For example, the real events of Gollum stealing Woodmen babies have been attributed to "Úbil the Snatcher", who over the years have transformed into the hunger-crazed "Old Mad Ubb" used to scare the children.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Bosmense |
| Albanian | Njerëzit e pyllit |
| Amharic | የደን ሰዎች |
| Arabic | سكان الغابات |
| Armenian | Անտառային մարդիկ |
| Assamese | বন মানুহ |
| Azerbaijani | Meşə adamları |
| Basque | Basoko jendea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Лясныя людзі |
| Bengali | কাঠ পুরুষ |
| Bosnian | Šumski ljudi |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Горски хора |
| Burmese | သစ်တောလူတွေ |
| Cambodian | មនុស្សព្រៃ |
| Catalan | Homes dels Boscos |
| Cebuano | Mga tawo sa lasang |
| Chinese | 森林人 |
| Croatian | Šumski ljudi |
| Corsican | Genti di a Foresta |
| Czech | Lesníci |
| Danish | Træ mænd |
| Dogri | वन लोक |
| Dutch | Hout mannen |
| Esperanto | Arbaraj homoj |
| Estonian | Metsarahvas |
| Filipino | Mga Tao sa Kagubatan |
| Finnish | Puu miehet |
| French | Hommes des bois |
| Frisian | Wâldfolk (Western) |
| Galician | Madeira homes |
| Georgian | ტყის ხალხი |
| German | Waldmenschen |
| Greek | Άνθρωποι του δάσους |
| Gujarati | વન લોકો |
| Haitian Creole | Moun forè yo |
| Hebrew | אנשי יַעַר |
| Hindi | वन लोग |
| Hungarian | Fa férfiak |
| Icelandic | Skógarfólk |
| Indonesian | Orang Hutan |
| Irish Gaelic | Daoine foraoise |
| Italian | Boscaioli di Bosco Atro |
| Japanese | ウッドメン |
| Kannada | ವುಡ್ ಪುರುಷರು |
| Kazakh | Орман адамдары (Cyrillic) Orman adamdarı (Latin) |
| Konkani | रानांतले लोक |
| Kurdish | خەڵکی دارستان (Sorani) Mirovên daristanê (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Токой адамдары |
| Laotian | ຜູ້ຊາຍໄມ້ |
| Latin | Arbor homines |
| Latvian | Meža cilvēki |
| Lithuanian | Miško žmonės |
| Luxembourgish | Bësch Leit |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Шумски луѓе |
| Malagasy | Lehilahy hazo |
| Malayalam | ഫോറസ്റ്റ് ആളുകൾ |
| Malaysian | Orang hutan |
| Maltese | Nies Foresti |
| Marathi | जंगलातील लोक |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Ойн хүмүүс |
| Nepalese | वनका मानिसहरू |
| Norwegian | Skogsfolk |
| Old English | Holt leode |
| Pashto | د ځنګل خلک |
| Persian | مردان چوب |
| Polish | Leśni Ludzie |
| Portuguese | Homens de árvore |
| Punjabi | ਜੰਗਲ ਲੋਕ |
| Romanian | Oamenii Pădurii |
| Romansh | Guaud umans ? |
| Russian | Лесные люди |
| Samoan | Laau tagata |
| Scottish Gaelic | Daoine coille |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | Шумски људи |
| Serbian (Latin) | Šumski ljudi |
| Shona | Vanhu vemusango |
| Sindhi | جنگل جا ماڻهو |
| Sinhalese | වනාන්තර ජනතාව |
| Spanish | Hombres de los Bosques |
| Slovak | Lesní ľudia |
| Slovenian | Gozdni ljudje |
| Somali | Dadka kaymaha |
| Swedish | Skogsmänniskor |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Одамони чангал |
| Tamil | வன மக்கள் |
| Tatar | Урман кешеләре |
| Telugu | అటవీ ప్రజలు |
| Thai | คนป่า |
| Turkish | Orman insanları |
| Turkmen | Tokaý adamlary |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Лісові люди |
| Urdu | جنگل کے لوگ |
| Uzbek | Ўрмон одамлари (Cyrillic) O'rmon odamlari (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Cây đàn ông ? |
| Welsh | Pobl y Goedwig |
| Xhosa | Iinkuni amadoda |
| Yiddish | וואַלד מענטשן |
| Yoruba | Awọn eniyan igbo |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"