This is "Faerie Origins, Part VI"

I'm REALLY hoping no one is getting bored with this series yet, 'cause I've got a LONG way to go... I'm working on a much larger piece that depicts the origins of Faerie creatures of many different species, but in order to do so I'm having to create them all first, of course - lol!

So, rather than deal with the frustration that comes with posting anything new SO infrequently, I thought perhaps it might be fun to post the individual creatures as I go along, as sort of a "sneak preview" of the larger work t come. Either this will be a great idea or a really stupid one... I tend to be a person of extremes - lol!

This particular piece I'm submitting to 's "Gods, Goddesses and Mythology" contest [link] (in the "Myth" category, of course, though there are those of us that might argue whether or not Ents are truly mythical or actually quite real - but that's a matter of personal ethos for another discussion, perhaps - lol!)

About Ents/Entwives:
Ents are a very old race that appeared in Tolkien's Middle-earth when the Elves did... Ents are tree-like creatures, having become somewhat like the trees that they shepherd. They vary in traits, in everything from height (standing about fifteen feet high) to their size, colouring, and the number of fingers and toes. They had the same mortal weakness as well, fire, and anything larger than them that could crush them. An individual Ent more or less resembles the specific species of tree that he typically guards... they were much more powerful than Trolls, which Morgoth (in the Elder Days or First Age) supposedly made as mockeries of the Ents but did not come near to their power. He compares this with how Orcs were Morgoth's imitation of Elves. Ents are tall and very strong, capable of tearing apart rock and stone... There used to be Entwives (literally "Ent-women"), but they started to move farther away from the Ents because they liked to plant and control things, so they moved away to the region that would later become the Brown Lands across the Great River Anduin, though the male Ents still visited them.

The Entwives taught the race of Men much about the art of agriculture. However, this entire area was destroyed by Sauron (most likely during the War of the Last Alliance), and the Entwives disappeared. The Ents looked for them but never found them. It is sung by the Ents that one day they will find each other. (Wikipedia [link] )

[link] ~ Background

[link] Model : This is a NON-stock image used with gracious permission...Thank you, SO much, Markus!

[link] ~ Shelf Mushrooms

[link] & [link] ~ Mushrooms

[link] ~ Rock

[link] ~ Entwife Base/Roots

[link] ~ Entwife Trunk

[link] ~ Entwife Branches/Foliage

Other elements from personal stock or just me, CS3, and Wacom.

Stay tuned for additional creatures and (eventually) the finished piece of which they are all SUPPOSED to be a part!