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Dates
The ancient name 'Greenwood the Great' fell out of use around III 1050, when the Shadow began to fall on the Forest, and it became known as 'Mirkwood'
Location
Rhovanion, to the east of the Vales of Anduin
Settlements
Home to a division of the Silvan Elves; at the time the Forest was known as the Greenwood, they dwelt in its southern reaches
Other names
Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, The Forest, Forest of the Great Fear, The Great Wood, Mirkwood, Taur-e-Ndaedelos, Wood of Greenleaves, The Wood

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Greenwood the Great

The former name of Mirkwood

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The ancient name for the mighty forest known as Mirkwood throughout most of the Third Age.


See also...

Amon Lanc, Dark Mountains, Elvenking’s Halls, Elves of the Wood, Emyn Duir, Eryn Galen, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest Road, Forest under Nightshade, Great Wood, King of Rhovanion, King of the Silvan Elves, Mallor, Mirkwood, Mountains of Mirkwood, [See the full list...]

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