Woses
Quick Facts
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| Dates: | The ancestors of the Woses were Men, and awoke as the Sun first rose | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Originally widespread, with populations in Beleriand and Númenor By the end of the Third Age, they were apparently restricted to the Drúadan Forest (and possibly Drúwaith Iaur) |
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| Race: | Men | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | From the second element of Old English wuduwása, 'woodwose', a strange woodland creature | ||||||||||||||
| Other names: | Púkel-men, Wild Men of the Woods | ||||||||||||||
Denizens of the Drúadan Forest
A name among the Rohirrim for the shy, secretive people that dwelt in the woodlands on their borders. Though never populous, the end of the Third Age saw these people reduced to a few populations in the southern parts of Middle-earth, especially in the Drúwaith Iaur and Drúadan Forest of Rohan, where the Rohirrim came into contact with them.
In fact, the word 'wose' is a name from British folklore, referring to a hairy, troll-like being supposed to inhabit woods and forests.
