Old Forest

The Old Forest was a large woodland on the eastern border of Buckland, located close to the Shire.
It was bordered in the east by the Barrow-downs and in the west by the High Hay, a large hedge which the hobbits of Buckland grew to protect their eastern border.
== Description ==
The Old Forest, like Fangorn, was described to be dark and tangled, though both were less so than the Taur-im-Duinath of Beleriand.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Thematic Maps, "Vegetation"
Aside from the trees, a valley lay at its center and the Withywindle river flowed through it. The Withywindle, as told in hobbit folklore, was the center of queerness in the vast queerness of the forest. At the south-eastern edge of the forest, on the bank of the river Withywindle, stood the house of Tom Bombadil - the only constructed dwelling in the forest. The home of Bombadil rested in a glade near the Withywindle—a sunny spot with green grass and bright trees. The pathway through the Old Forest known by the hobbits was near the bonfire grove, although when the company arrived there, it appeared to have shifted.
The southern edge of the forest consisted primarily of oak and ash, being much more dense than the pine and fir-filled north.
== History ==
=== Before the Third Age ===
The Old Forest, along with Fangorn Forest, was all that remained of a vast and ancient primordial forest that once spanned nearly all of Eriador before the Second Age, and is one of the few forests that the Elves decided to wake and teach to speak. Beginning in the middle of the Second Age, the forest came under threat by the felling of trees by the Men of Middle-earth and of Númenor. Later, when Sauron declared war on the Elves, the havoc and destruction he and his troops created resulted in the near destruction of Eriador and the burning of much of the forest.
=== Third Age ===
By the Third Age, the forest had become wild and dangerous and those that lived near it had to take precautions, particularly the Bucklanders, who built the High Hay to keep out wild creatures. Before the War of the Ring, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin passed through the Old Forest on their way to Bree and were rescued by Tom Bombadil, after being trapped by Old Man Willow.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter VI: "The Old Forest"
== Lore ==
The Hobbits believed the trees of the Old Forest were in some manner "awake". They sway when there is no wind, whisper at night, and mislead and waylay travelers. In a notable incident, trees from the Old Forest moved right next to the protective hedge; the Hobbits in turn cut down and burned them in an enormous bonfire. Ever since then, the trees were more hostile—the Huorns. In any event, despite being an ancient and "awake" forest, no Ents tend to this woodland, and it seems to be avoided by Elves as well.
== In adaptations ==
=== Video games ===
*The Old Forest is depicted in the video games The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) and The Lord of the Rings Online.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ou Bos
Albanian 	Vjetër e Pyll
Amharic 	የድሮ ደን
Arabic 	الغابة القديمة
Armenian 	հին անտառային
Azerbaijani 	Qoca Meşə
Basque 	Oihan Zaharre
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Стары лес
Bengali 	প্রাচীন বন
Bosnian 	Stara Šuma
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Старата гора
Burmese 	သစ်တောအိုကြီး
Cambodian 	ព្រៃឈើចាស់
Catalan 	Bosc Vell
Cebuano 	Daang lasang
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	老林
Corsican 	Anticu Foresta
Croatian 	Stara šuma
Czech 	Starý Les
Danish 	Den Gamle Skov
Dutch 	Oude Bos
Estonian 	Vana mets
Faroese 	Gamla Skógur
French 	Vieille Forêt
Filipino 	Lumang Gubat
Finnish 	Vanha Metsä
Galician 	Bosque Vella
Georgian 	ძველი ტყე
German 	Der alte Wald
Greek 	Παλιό δάσος
Gujarati 	જૂના જંગલોમાં
Haitian Creole 	Vye Forè
Hausa 	Tsohon Gandun daji
Hawaiian 	Kahiko Nahele
Hebrew 	ה יער העתיק
Hindi 	पुराने जंगल
Hungarian 	Öregerdő
Icelandic 	Gamall Skógur
Indonesian 	Hutan Lama
Irish Gaelic 	Sean-Foraoise
Italian 	Vecchia Foresta
Japanese 	オールドフォレスト
Javanese 	Alas Lawas
Kannada 	ಹಳೆಯ ಅರಣ್ಯ
Kazakh 	Көне Орман (Cyrillic) Köne Orman (Latin)
Korean 	오래된 숲
Kurdish 	دارستان کۆن (Sorani) Daristanê Kevn (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	эски токой
Laotian 	ປ່າໄມ້ເກົ່າ
Latin 	Vetus Silva
Latvian 	Vecs Mežs
Lithuanian 	Senas miškas
Luxembourgish 	Ale Bësch
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Cтара шума
Malagasy 	Ala Taloha
Malaysian 	Tua Hutan
Malayalam 	പഴയ ഫോറസ്റ്റ്
Maltese 	Foresti ta ' l-Qadima
Maori 	Ngahere Tawhito
Marathi 	जुन्या वन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хуучин ой
Nahuatl 	Huehcāuh Cuauhtlah
Nepalese 	पुरानो वन
Northern Sami 	Boares vuovdi
Norwegian 	GamleskogenGammelskogen
Old English 	Weald gereord
Pashto 	زاړه د ځنګل
Persian 	جنگل قدیمی
Polish 	Stary Las
Portuguese 	Floresta Velha (Brazil)
Velha Floresta or Floresta Velha (Portugal)
Punjabi 	ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਜੰਗਲਾਤ
Romanian 	Vechiul Pădure
Romansh 	Vegl Guaud
Russian 	Старый лес
Scottish Gaelic 	Seann Coille
Sesotho 	Meru ea khale
Shona 	Yekare Dondo
Sindhi 	قديم ٻيلو
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Bosque Viejo
Swedish 	Gammal Skog
Gamla Skogen
Samoan 	Vaomatua Tuai
Serbian 	Стара Шума (Cyrillic) Stari Šuma (Latin)
Sicilian 	Anticu Guddefi
Sinhalese 	පරණ වන
Slovak 	Starý les
Slovenian 	Stara gozd
Somali 	Duq ah Duur
Swahili 	Msitu cha Kale
Swedish 	Gamla Skogen
Tagalog 	Lumang Gubat
Tajik Cyrillic 	сола ҷангал
Tamil 	பழைய வன
Thai 	ป่าดึกดำบรรพ์
Turkish 	Yaşlı Orman
Turkmen 	Köne Tokaý
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Праліс
Urdu 	پرانے جنگل
Uzbek 	Ески Ўрмон (Cyrillic) Eski O'rmon (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Rừng Cũ
Welsh 	Hen Goedwig
Xhosa 	Ihlathi Elidala
Yiddish 	אַלט וואַלד
Yoruba 	Atijọ Aginju
Zazaki 	Ehdo Mêşe
== References ==
Category:Forests and woods
Category:Eriador
ca:Bosc Vell
de:Alter Wald
es:Bosque Viejo
fr:Vieille Forêt
it:Vecchia Foresta
nl:Oude Woud
pl:Stary Las
ru:Старый лес
uk:Праліс