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Tolkien borrowed the word from the Anglo-Saxon phrases oranc enta geweorc = "work of cunning giants" and eald enta geweorc = "old work of giants" (describing Roman ruins). In this sense, Ents are probably the most ubiquitous of all creatures in fantasy and folklore, perhaps second only to dragons; for the word can refer to a variety of large, roughly humanoid creatures, such as giants, trolls, orcs, or even the monster Grendel from the poem Beowulf.

They were apparently created by Eru Ilvatar at the behest of Yavanna: when she learned of Aul's children, the Dwarves, she foresaw that they would fell trees, and desired creatures to serve as Shepherds of the Trees to protect the forests from Dwarves and other perils. Although the Ents were sentient beings from the time of their awakening, they did not know how to speak until the Elves taught them.

Treebeard told of a time when apparently all of Eriador was one huge forest and part of his domain, but these immense forests were cut by the Nmenreans of the Second Age, or destroyed in the calamitous War of the Elves and Sauron of the 17th century of the Second Age.

There are almost no descriptions of Entings, but it can be presumed from descriptions of Quickbeam (a young and hasty Ent) and Treebeard's comments about younger Ents as being more "bendy" than older ones, that they are much like saplings and perhaps even seedlings at their youngest. It is not at all made clear if they are born similar to the trees they shepherd, or they become that way, or even how they are born at all.

They convene an Entmoot , a meeting of the Ents of Fangorn forest at Derndingle.

In the long passage of time, the domain of the Ents was gradually reduced to Fangorn forest, named for Treebeard's Sindarin name. In the film adaptation of The Two Towers , Treebeard states that he has never heard of hobbits.

His death angered the rest of the Ents. In Peter Jackson's film adaptation, an Ent presumed to be Beechbone is briefly seen extinguishing himself in the flood that engulfs Isengard and therefore is presumed to be alive.

At the Entmoot, Bregalad lived up to his reputation for hastiness; he was the first to decide to attack Isengard, since Saruman's Orcs had destroyed many of his rowan groves.

Similar creatures are also depicted in the MMORPGs RuneScape and Rubies of Eventide , as well as the real-time strategy game The Fallen Lords, among other games.

S. Lewis. In the movie adaption, these trees are depicted to be closer to Huorns than Ents.

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