Old Man Willow

Old Man Willow was a great willow tree of the Old Forest; he was the root cause of much of the Forest's anger and hatred towards trespassers. He was possibly a Huorn, as the Old Forest was originally part of the same primordial forest as Fangorn. He had great power within the Old Forest, and was able to direct all paths in the woodland to him.
Tom Bombadil displayed power over Old Man Willow, and checked the evil in him as much as he could, or was willing to.
== History ==
In the year TA 3018, Old Man Willow cast a spell on the Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin when they passed near him, causing them to feel sleepy. Merry and Pippin leaned against his trunk and fell asleep, while Frodo sat on a root to dangle his feet in the water, before also falling asleep. Willow then trapped Merry and Pippin in the folds of its trunk. Sam and Frodo attempted to burn Old Man Willow in order to release their friends, but Old Man Willow communicated to Merry, still inside his roots, that if the burning did not cease, the Hobbits would be squeezed to death. They were saved by the timely arrival of Tom Bombadil, who 'sang' the ancient tree to sleep.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. VI: "The Old Forest"
thumb|Old Man Willow in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Old Forest Standalone Scenario
== In adaptations ==
Although this scene did not appear in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a very similar episode was included in the extended DVD edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers where Merry and Pippin are attacked by a Huorn in Fangorn Forest. In this interpretation Treebeard speaks Tom Bombadil's lines. He also appears in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Volume 1, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) and The Lord of the Rings Online.
Walking close to him in The Lord of the Rings Online will grant multiple debuffs to the player, including slowness.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ou Man Wilgerboom
Albanian 	Plaku i Vjetër Shelg
Arabic 	الرجل العجوز صفصاف
Armenian 	Ծեր Մարդ Ուռենի
Azerbaijani 	Yaşlı Adam Söyüd
Basque 	Zahar Gizon Sahats
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Стары чалавек вярба
Bengali 	ওল্ড ম্যান উইলো
Bosnian 	Stari Covjek Vrba
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Стар човек върба
Catalan 	Home vell salze
Chinese 	老柳頭
Croatian 	Stari Čovjek Vrbe
Czech 	Dědek Vrbák
Danish 	Den gamle Pilemand
Dutch 	Oude Wilgeman
Esperanto 	Maljunulo Saliko
Estonian 	Vana Mees paju
Finnish 	Vanha Halavaukko
French 	Vieil Homme-Saule
Galician 	Vello Home Salgueiro
Georgian 	ძველი კაცი ტირიფი
German 	Alter Weidenmann
Greek 	Γέροντας Ιτιά
Gujarati 	ઓલ્ડ મેન વિલો
Hebrew 	עץ הערבה הזקן
Hindi 	ओल्ड मैन विलो
Hungarian 	Az Öregember fűz
Irish Gaelic 	Seanfhear Saileach
Italian 	Vecchio Uomo Salice
Japanese 	オールドマン柳
Kannada 	ಓಲ್ಡ್ ಮ್ಯಾನ್ ವಿಲ್ಲೋ
Kazakh 	Ескі Адам Тал (Cyrillic) Eski Adam Tal (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эски адам талдар
Laotian 	ຊາຍ​ເຖົ້າຕົ້ນໄມ້ຕົ້ນໄມ້
Latvian 	Vecais Vīrs Vītoli
Lithuanian 	Senosios Vyras Gluosnis
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Стар Човек Врба
Marathi 	ओल्ड मॅन विलो
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хөгшин хүн Виллоу
Nepalese 	बूढो मानिसको विलो
Norwegian 	Gamle Pilemann
Pashto 	زوړ سړی وله
Persian 	پیرمرد بید
Polish 	Stara Wierzba
Portuguese (Brazil) 	Velho Salgueiro-homem
Portuguese (Portugal) 	Velho Salgueiro-Homem
Romanian 	Bătrân Omul Salcie
Russian 	Старый Вяз
Serbian 	Старац врба (Cyrillic) Starac vrba (Latin)
Sinhalese 	පැරණි මිනිසා විලෝ
Slovak 	Starý Muž Vŕba
Slovenian 	Stari Človek Vrba
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Viejo Hombre-Sauce
Swahili 	Msafsafi ya Mzee Mtu
Swedish 	Gamla Pilträdsgubben
Tajik Cyrillic 	Одам кӯҳна Бовар кунед
Tamil 	பழைய மேன் வில்லோ
Telugu 	ఓల్డ్ మాన్ విల్లో
Turkish 	Yaşlı Söğüt Adam
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Старий Вербочоловік
Uzbek 	Кекса Киши Тол (Cyrillic) Keksa Kishi Tol (Latin)
Urdu 	بوڑھے آدمی بید مجنوں
Vietnamese 	Ông già Chi Liễu
Welsh 	Hen Ddyn Helygen
Yiddish 	אלטע מאן װערבע
== References ==
Category:Characters in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Category:Forest-folk
Category:Trees
Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)
de:Alter Weidenmann
es:Viejo Hombre-Sauce
fr:Vieil Homme-Saule
it:Vecchio Uomo Salice
nl:Oude Wilgeman
pl:Stara Wierzba
ru:Старый Вяз
uk:Старий Вербочоловік
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