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alatar · 09-20-2006, 11:42 AM

One would think that 'something' had to take place between the Ents and the Entwives - the fact that there are no Entings due to the lack of Entwives makes me believe that the male and female had to be together to start a new life. Could it be - hey, this is Middle Earth - that the two lay hands on a tree that both had chosen and instill a soul or new life into the tree? This idea springs from Treebeard's lighting his hall and empowering the ent draughts and that he says that some trees became entish and some Ents became treeish. On the other hand, that would be like a shepherd choosing a sheep to become a...well...kid.

Could it be simply that the Entwife plants an acorn in the earth and the Ent instills as above?

09-20-2006, 11:42 AM	#12
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	One would think that 'something' had to take place between the Ents and the Entwives - the fact that there are no Entings due to the lack of Entwives makes me believe that the male and female had to be together to start a new life. Could it be - hey, this is Middle Earth - that the two lay hands on a tree that both had chosen and instill a soul or new life into the tree? This idea springs from Treebeard's lighting his hall and empowering the ent draughts and that he says that some trees became entish and some Ents became treeish. On the other hand, that would be like a shepherd choosing a sheep to become a...well...kid. Could it be simply that the Entwife plants an acorn in the earth and the Ent instills as above? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.