Dates

Sauron settled in the south of Greenwood the Great in about III 1050, after which the Wood was renamed Mirkwood; after Sauron's defeat at the end of the Third Age, the name was changed again to Eryn Lasgalen, 'Wood of Greenleaves'

Location

Rhovanion, to the east of the Vales of Anduin

Races

Home to Elves, Men and creatures of Sauron

Divisions

The Wood-elves were of the Silvan folk, while the Woodmen descended from the Northmen

Settlements

Dol Guldur, Elvenking's Halls, the Woodland Realm; various settlements of Woodmen especially along the forest's western edge

Source

The Enchanted River rose in the Mountains of Mirkwood

Outflow

The Enchanted River emptied into the Forest River that flowed on into the Long Lake

Important peaks

Amon Lanc, The Mountains of Mirkwood

Other names

Eryn Galen, Eryn Lasgalen, The Forest, Forest of the Great Fear, Forest under Nightshade, The Great Wood, Greenwood the Great, Mirkwood, Taur e-Ndaedelos, Taur-nu-Fuin, Wood of Greenleaves

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The Wood

The greatest of Middle-earth’s forests

Map of the Wood

An occasional name for the great forest of Mirkwood, home to the Beornings in the west and the Wood-elves of Thranduil.

See also...

Dark Mountains, Elves of the Wood, Elves of Thranduil, Emyn Duir, Emyn-nu-Fuin, Folk of the Wood, Silvan Elves

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