Posted: November 29, 1999 at 18:23:27: by Seanith
: : It's a long time since I read Narnia, but wasn't there
: : something called Ettenmoor there too?: Ettinsmoor was the territory north of the River Shribble and south of Harfang near the Ruined City. I don't know if that's where the White Witch's Ettins come from or not. : Ettin (etten) has a similar Anglo-Saxon origin to Ent. But I
think here Tolkien was using the word in it's original meaning: ie a man-like creature of giant size. So in this particular case I would imagine the "Ettins" in question were trolls. Stands to reason, English professers know word roots. Enttenmoors was a land inhabited by Giants. Seanith
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