Myrkviðr
Name of several European forests / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Germanic mythology, Myrkviðr (Old Norse "dark wood"[1] or "black forest"[2]) is the name of several European forests.
The direct derivatives of the name occur as a place name both in Sweden and Norway. Related forms of the name occur elsewhere in Europe, such as in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), and may thus be a general term for dark and dense forests of ancient Europe.[3][4]
The name was anglicised by Sir Walter Scott (in Waverley) and William Morris (in The House of the Wolfings) and later popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien as "Mirkwood".