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But looking back analytically I should say that Ents are composed of philology, literature, and life. They owe their name to the eald enta geweorc of Anglo-Saxon, and their connexion with stone. Their pan in the story is due, I think, to my bitter disappointment and disgust from schooldays with the shabby use made in Shakespeare of the coming of 'Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill': I longed to devise a setting in which the trees might really march to war.
What make are the treemen in the second picture btw?
The tree herder is from mantic. Quite a big fellow! In resin a multi part kit. I was a little daunted at first but he went together very easily . He is more 3D than most treemen branches everywhere!