May 8, 2002

Entwives: Dead or Alive?
John R.

Tolkien never answered the question of whether or not the Entwives were still alive. Samwise heard about a walking tree in the local pub, and Treebeard mused to Merry and Pippin that the Entwives would like the Shire, but the Hobbits (in the book) never solve the riddle. Perhaps this just added to the tragedy of the Ents losing the Entwives.