Mirkwood
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title:
Mirkwood
text:
Mirkwood is any of several great dark forests in novels by Sir Walter Scott and William Morris in the 19th century, and by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 20th century. The critic Tom Shippey explains that the name evoked the excitement of the wildness of Europe's ancient North. At least two distinct Middle-earth forests are named Mirkwood in Tolkien's legendarium. One is in the First Age, when the highlands of Dorthonion north of Beleriand became known as Mirkwood after falling under Morgoth's control.
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description:
Fictional forest in 19th and 20th century novels, including Tolkien's Middle-earth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood
date created:
2002-09-28T20:16:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:48:48Z
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