Woodmen

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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 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.

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