Outline of Middle-earth

Overview of the history of Middle-earth

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the real-world history and notable fictional elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe. It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.

Middle-earth – fantasy setting created by Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.

## Primary sources

[edit]

### Authors

[edit]

* J. R. R. Tolkien
* Christopher Tolkien

### Published works

[edit]

Further information: J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography

#### By J. R. R. Tolkien

[edit]

* The Hobbit (1937)
* 2nd Edition (1951) revised to align with The Lord of the Rings
* 3rd Edition (1966) revised to assert copyright in US
* The Lord of the Rings
* The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
* The Shadow of the Past
* The Council of Elrond
* The Two Towers (1954)
* The Return of the King (1955)
* The Scouring of the Shire \- a "novelistic" chapter
* The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
* The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)
* Revised edition (2014) with addition of original poems, sources and images, and commentary by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond
* The Road Goes Ever On (1967) – music by Donald Swann, penmanship by Tolkien. See also Audio recordings
* Revised edition (1978) – including a setting for Bilbo's Last Song

Posthumously published

* Bilbo's Last Song (1974) – Dutch translation published 1973
* "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings" (1975) – also known as "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings"
* The Silmarillion (1977)
* Ainulindalë
* Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien (1979) – text by Christopher Tolkien. Most of these pictures had been previously published in calendars by Ballantine Books (1973) and George Allen & Unwin (1974, 1976–1979), some of them coloured by H. E. Riddett.
* Unfinished Tales (1980)
* J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (1995) – text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* The Art of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (2011) – text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (2015) – text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull

#### Edited by Christopher Tolkien

[edit]

These works present extended selections of Tolkien's legendarium (the large body of documents relating to The Silmarillion), with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son Christopher. The separate 4-volume body of his comments on the drafts of The Lord of the Rings is included as volumes 6–9.

##### The History of Middle-earth

[edit]

Early legendarium
1 The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
2 The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
3 The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
4 The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
5 The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)

The History of The Lord of the Rings
6 [1] The Return of the Shadow (1988)
7 [2] The Treason of Isengard (1989)
8 [3] The War of the Ring (1990)
9 [4] Sauron Defeated (1992)

The later Silmarillion
10 [1] Morgoth's Ring (1993)
11 [2] The War of the Jewels (1994)

Further details
12 The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)

##### Other stories

[edit]

* The Tolkien Reader and Tales from the Perilous Realm both reprint The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary.

* The Children of Húrin (2007)
* Beren and Lúthien (2017)
* The Fall of Gondolin (2018)

#### Edited by other scholars

[edit]

* The Annotated Hobbit (1988) – text of The Hobbit, with many related texts by Tolkien, edited and with commentary by Douglas A. Anderson (revised edition 2002)

* The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981) – selected, introduced and edited by Humphrey Carpenter

* The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) – essays and fragments, including on Elvish linguistics, with commentary by the scholar Carl F. Hostetter

* The History of The Hobbit (2007) – 2 volumes on the construction of The Hobbit with commentary by the scholar John D. Rateliff

### Audio recordings

[edit]

* Poems and Songs of Middle Earth (1967), Caedmon TC 1231 – poems read by Tolkien; songs sung by William Elvin, accompanied by composer Donald Swann (as published in The Road Goes Ever On)
* J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings (1975), Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August, 1952 recording by George Sayer)
* J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion Of Beren And Lúthien (1977), Caedmon TC 1564 – Christopher Tolkien reads chapter 19 of The Silmarillion, slightly abridged

### Graphical works

[edit]

* Tolkien's artwork
* Tolkien's maps
* Tolkien's scripts
* Cirth
* Sarati
* Tengwar

## Translation

[edit]

* Translations of The Hobbit
* Translating The Lord of the Rings (issues, challenges, approaches)
* Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish
* List of translations of The Lord of the Rings

## Adaptations and developments

[edit]

See also: Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Adaptations of The Hobbit, and Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings

### Maps

[edit]

Main article: Tolkien's maps

* A Map of Middle-earth, meaning either of two posters:
* by Barbara Remington (1965)
* by Pauline Baynes (1970)
* The Atlas of Middle-earth (1981, revised ed 1991) by Karen Wynn Fonstad
* Journeys of Frodo: An Atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1981) by Barbara Strachey

### Spoken word

[edit]

* The Hobbit (1974) – Nicol Williamson recorded an abridged, dramatic version for Decca Records on the Argo label
* The Lord of the Rings (1990) – unabridged recording by Rob Inglis for Recorded Books
* The Hobbit (1991) – unabridged recording by Rob Inglis for Recorded Books
* The Children of Húrin (2007) – Christopher Lee recorded an unabridged audiobook
* The Hobbit (2020) – Andy Serkis live-streamed an unabridged reading to raise money for NHS Charities Together
* The Hobbit (2020) – unabridged recording by Andy Serkis for HarperCollinsUK and Recorded Books
* The Lord of the Rings (2021) – unabridged recording by Andy Serkis for HarperCollinsUK and Recorded Books

### Radio

[edit]

* The Lord of the Rings (1955) – BBC: six 45-minute episodes for The Fellowship of the Ring, then six 30-minute episodes for all of The Two Towers and The Return of the King, adapted by Terence Tiller
* The Hobbit (1968) – BBC: eight half-hour episodes, adapted by Michael Kilgarriff
* The Lord of the Rings (1979) – National Public Radio: totalling over 11 hours, adapted by Bernard Mayes
* The Lord of the Rings (1981) – BBC: 26 half-hour instalments, later re-cut to 13 hour-long instalments, adapted by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell
* Der Herr der Ringe (1991) – Südwestrundfunk and Westdeutscher Rundfunk: German adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 30 half-hour episodes, by Peter F. Steinbach [de]

### Motion pictures

[edit]

Main article: Middle-earth in motion pictures

* The Hobbit (1967) – Gene Deitch's short animated adaptation
* The Hobbit (1977) – an animated musical television special by Rankin/Bass
* The Lord of the Rings (1978) – an animated film of the first half of the book by Ralph Bakshi
* The Hobbit (1979) – children's program Jackanory broadcast ten 15-minute episodes
* The Return of the King (1980) – the animated sequel to 1977's The Hobbit
* Khraniteli (1991) - a "lost" Russian television play, now recovered
* Hobitit (1993) - a Finnish rendering of the Hobbits' journey in The Lord of the Rings
* The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) – prequel series by Amazon Studios

#### Peter Jackson

[edit]

* The Lord of the Rings film series – the live-action trilogy by Peter Jackson
* Films
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Production
* Wētā Workshop
* Music
* Recordings
* Peter Jackson's interpretation

* The Hobbit film series – Jackson's three-part prequel to his The Lord of the Rings series
* Films
* The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
* The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
* Music

### Stage

[edit]

* Rob Inglis wrote and performed one-man adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings starting in the 1970s
* Lord of the Rings (2006) – Musical staged in Toronto, re-written for London in 2007

### Games

[edit]

#### Tabletop games

[edit]

Main article: List of Middle-earth role-playing games

* Middle-earth Role Playing (1984) – Iron Crown Enterprises
* Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (1991) – Iron Crown Enterprises
* The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (2002) –Decipher, Inc.
* The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild (2011) – Cubicle 7
* Adventures in Middle-earth (2016) – OGL supplement by Cubicle 7

#### Video games

[edit]

Main article: Middle-earth in video games

* The Hobbit (1982)
* Elendor (1991)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* The Hobbit (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) (2004)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006)
* The Lord of the Rings: The White Council (2007; cancelled)
* The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007)
* The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
* The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2009)
* The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
* The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
* Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
* Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
* Lego The Hobbit (2014)
* Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
* Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)

### Parodies

[edit]

* Bored of the Rings (1969) – Harvard Lampoon novel
* Hordes of the Things (1980) – BBC radio series
* Bored of the Rings (1985) – Delta 4 video game
* The Boggit: Bored Too (1986) – Delta 4 video game
* Muddle Earth (2003) – children's novel by Paul Stewart
* Fellowship! (2004) – musical

## Geography

[edit]

### Cosmology of Eä

[edit]

Main article: Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium

* Two Trees of Valinor

### Continents of Arda

[edit]

* Middle-earth
* Númenor
* Valinor (on Aman)

### Nations and regions

[edit]

Main article: Geography of Middle-earth

* Beleriand
* Gondor
* Harad
* Lothlórien
* Mordor
* Rohan
* The Shire

### Natural features

[edit]

* The Lonely Mountain
* Mirkwood
* The Old Forest

### Cities and other populated places

[edit]

* Bag End
* Bree
* Esgaroth
* Isengard
* Moria
* Rivendell

## History

[edit]

See also: History of Arda

### Artefacts

[edit]

* Mithril
* The Palantíri
* Phial of Galadriel
* Rings of Power
* The One Ring
* The Silmarils
* Weapons and armour

### Events

[edit]

First Age

* Sundering of the Elves

Third Age

* Battle of Helm's Deep
* Battle of the Pelennor Fields
* Battle of the Morannon
* The Scouring of the Shire

### Characters

[edit]

Main article: List of Middle-earth characters

#### First Age

[edit]

House of Finwë

* Finwë
* Fëanor
* Maedhros
* Finrod Felagund
* Galadriel
* Glorfindel

House of Elwë and Olwë

* Thingol
* Lúthien

House of Marach

* Húrin
* Túrin Turambar
* Tuor
* Eärendil and Elwing
* Elrond
* Arwen

Others

* Beren
* Sauron
* Ungoliant

#### Second Age

[edit]

* Elendil
* Gil-galad
* Isildur

#### Third Age

[edit]

Thorin and Company

* Thorin Oakenshield
* Balin
* Bilbo Baggins
* Gandalf

The Company of the Ring

* Frodo Baggins
* Samwise Gamgee
* Merry Brandybuck
* Pippin Took
* Aragorn
* Boromir
* Gandalf
* Legolas
* Gimli

Wizards:

* Gandalf
* Radagast
* Saruman

Elves

* Arwen
* Galadriel
* Glorfindel
* Legolas
* Thranduil

Men

* Aragorn
* Bard
* Boromir
* Denethor
* Éomer
* Éowyn
* Faramir
* Gríma Wormtongue
* Théoden

Other characters

* Barrow-wight
* Beorn
* Goldberry
* Gollum
* Old Man Willow
* Shelob
* Treebeard
* Tom Bombadil
* Watcher in the Water

## Culture

[edit]

### Races

[edit]

Main article: Middle-earth peoples

Ainur

* Valar
* Maiar
* Balrogs
* Wizards

Men

* Drúedain
* Dúnedain

Monsters

* Dragons
* Nazgûl
* Orcs
* Trolls
* Wargs

Other

* Dwarves
* Eagles
* Elves
* Ents
* Hobbits

### Languages

[edit]

Main article: Languages of Middle-earth

Elvish languages

* Quenya
* Grammar of late Quenya
* Sindarin

Other

* Adûnaic
* Khuzdul
* Black Speech

### Folklore and poetry

[edit]

* A Elbereth Gilthoniel
* A Walking Song
* Namárië
* Song of Eärendil
* Errantry
* Fastitocalon
* The Lay of Leithian
* The Lay of the Children of Húrin
* The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late
* The Road Goes Ever On
* The Sea-Bell
* The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
* Beren and Lúthien

## Analysis

[edit]

### Influences

[edit]

* J. R. R. Tolkien's influences
* Nodens
* Ring of Silvianus
* Sigelwara Land
* Tolkien's impact on fantasy

### Components

[edit]

* Artwork
* Family trees
* Heraldry
* for Tolkien's invented Languages, see above
* Maps
* Non-narrative elements
* Tolkien's poetry
* Poetry in The Lord of the Rings
* see above for individual poems

### Literary devices

[edit]

* Anachronism
* Character pairing
* Editorial framing
* Frame stories
* Ælfwine
* (see also The Lost Road)
* The Notion Club Papers
* Red Book of Westmarch
* Impression of depth
* Interlacing
* Narrative structure
* Prose style
* Ambiguity

### Sources

[edit]

* Antiquarianism
* Beowulf
* Celtic
* Classical world
* Finnish influences
* First World War
* Modern
* Norse
* Philology
* Shakespeare

### Themes

[edit]

Main article: Themes of The Lord of the Rings

* Addiction to power
* Ancestry as guide to character
* Architecture
* Christianity
* Decline and fall
* England
* Environmentalism
* Heroism
* Languages
* Light
* Luck and fate
* Magic
* Medieval
* Moral dilemma
* Music
* Naming of weapons
* Northern courage
* Old Straight Road
* Paganism
* Plants
* Psychological journeys
* Quests
* Race
* Sexuality
* Sound and language
* Time
* Trees and forests
* Women

### Music

[edit]

* Music of The Lord of the Rings film series
* The Tolkien Ensemble

### Scholarship

[edit]

Main pages: Tolkien research and Category:Tolkien studies

#### Institutions

[edit]

* Tolkien Gateway
* The Tolkien Society
* The Mythopoeic Society

* Elvish Linguistic Fellowship

* Marion E. Wade Center
* Signum University

#### Journals

[edit]

* Journal of Tolkien Research
* Mallorn
* Mythlore
* Tolkien Studies
* Vinyar Tengwar

#### Scholars

[edit]

* Douglas A. Anderson
* Nicholas Birns
* Stratford Caldecott
* Jane Chance
* Patrick Curry
* Michael D. C. Drout
* Jonathan Evans
* Jason Fisher
* Verlyn Flieger
* John Garth
* Glen GoodKnight
* Wayne G. Hammond
* Stuart D. Lee
* Jared Lobdell
* Catherine McIlwaine
* Gergely Nagy
* Corey Olsen
* John D. Rateliff
* Fleming Rutledge
* Christina Scull
* Elizabeth Solopova
* Sandra Ballif Straubhaar
* Richard C. West
* Ralph C. Wood

#### Biographical works

[edit]

* J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography (1977) – by Humphrey Carpenter
* Tolkien and the Great War (2003) – by John Garth
* The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (2006) – by Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall and Edmund Weiner

#### Works

[edit]

See also: Category:Tolkien studies

* Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (1969) – by Lin Carter (revised 2003 by Adam Roberts)
* The Complete Guide to Middle-earth (1971) – ed. Robert Foster (revised 1978, 2001)
* Master of Middle-Earth (1972) – by Paul H. Kocher
* Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England' (1979) – by Jane Chance
* The Road to Middle-Earth (1982) – by Tom Shippey (revised 1993, 2005)
* Splintered Light (1983) – by Verlyn Flieger
* J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2000) – by Tom Shippey
* Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth (2000) – eds Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter
* Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon (2003) – by Brian Rosebury
* The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) – by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) – by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia (2006) – ed. Michael D. C. Drout
* A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien (2014) – ed. Stuart D. Lee
* Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (2018) – by Catherine McIlwaine
* The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien (2020) – by John Garth

## See also

[edit]

* List of The Hobbit characters
* List of original characters in The Lord of the Rings film series

## External links

[edit]

"Middle-earth" at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Definitions from Wiktionary
* Media from Commons
* News from Wikinews
* Quotations from Wikiquote
* Texts from Wikisource
* Textbooks from Wikibooks
* Resources from Wikiversity

* The Tolkien Meta-FAQ – answers to commonly asked questions about Tolkien and Middle-earth.
* J. R. R. Tolkien Collection at Marquette University – manuscripts of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and related documents

* v
* t
* e

Middle-earth

* J. R. R. Tolkien
* Bibliography
* Canon
* Legendarium
* Outline

Works|

| In Tolkien's
lifetime|

* The Hobbit (1937)
* The Lord of the Rings (1954-55)
* The Fellowship of the Ring
* "The Shadow of the Past"
* "The Council of Elrond"
* The Two Towers
* The Return of the King
* "The Scouring of the Shire"
* "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
* The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)

|

Posthumous|

* The Silmarillion (1977)
* "Ainulindalë"
* Unfinished Tales (1980)
* The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
* Bilbo's Last Song (1990)
* The three "Great Tales"
* The Children of Húrin (2007)
* Beren and Lúthien (2017)
* The Fall of Gondolin (2018)
* The Fall of Númenor (2022)

History of
composition|

| History of
Middle-earth|

* [1–2] The Book of Lost Tales (1983–84)
* Ælfwine
* [3] The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
* [4] The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
* [5] The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
* The Etymologies
* Lhammas
* [6–9] The History of The Lord of the Rings (1988–92)
* The Notion Club Papers
* [10] Morgoth's Ring (1993)
* [11] The War of the Jewels (1994)
* [12] The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)

|

Others|

* John D. Rateliff
* The History of The Hobbit (2007)
* Carl F. Hostetter
* The Nature of Middle-earth (2021)

Fictional
universe|

| Peoples,
monsters|

* Ainur
* Maiar
* Balrogs
* Wizards
* Valar
* Dragons
* Ancalagon
* Smaug
* Dwarves
* Eagles
* Elves
* Half-elven
* Noldor
* Sundering
* Ents
* Hobbits
* Men
* Beornings
* Drúedain
* Dúnedain
* Orcs
* Trolls

|

Characters|

* First and Second Ages
* Celebrimbor
* Eärendil and Elwing
* Elendil
* Fëanor
* Fingolfin
* Finwë and Míriel
* Gil-galad
* Húrin
* Isildur
* Lúthien and Beren
* Melian
* Morgoth
* Thingol
* Tuor and Idril
* Túrin Turambar
* Ungoliant
* Third Age
* Elrond
* Galadriel
* Gandalf
* Glorfindel
* Goldberry
* Gollum
* Saruman
* Sauron
* Tom Bombadil

Places|

* First and Second Ages
* Beleriand
* Númenor
* Valinor
* Third Age
* Bree
* Esgaroth
* Gondor
* Harad
* Isengard
* Lonely Mountain
* Lothlórien
* Mirkwood
* Mordor
* Moria
* Rivendell
* Rohan
* The Shire
* Bag End

Objects|

* Mithril
* Palantír
* Red Book of Westmarch
* Rings of Power
* One Ring
* Silmarils
* Two Trees of Valinor
* List of weapons and armour

Analysis|

| Elements|

* Artwork
* Family trees
* Heraldry
* Languages
* Adûnaic
* Black Speech
* Elvish
* Quenya
* Sindarin
* Khuzdul
* Valarin
* Westron
* Maps
* Tolkien's poetry
* Scripts
* Cirth
* Sarati
* Tengwar

|

Themes|

* Anachronism
* Ancestry as guide to character
* Architecture
* Christianity
* Cosmology
* Round World dilemma
* Death and immortality
* Decline and fall
* Dreams and visions
* Economy
* England
* Environmentalism
* Evil
* First World War
* Forests
* Frame stories
* Hell
* Heroism
* Light
* Luck and fate
* Magic
* Mental illness
* Modernism
* Moral dilemma
* Music
* Naming of weapons
* Northern courage
* Old Straight Road
* Paganism
* Plants
* Psychological journeys
* Quests
* Sound and language
* Time
* Trees

Literary|

* Tolkien's impact on fantasy
* Influences
* Beowulf
* Celtic
* Classical world
* Finnish language and literature
* Medieval
* Modern
* William Morris
* Norse
* Philology
* Shakespeare
* Prose style
* Ambiguity
* A mythology for England

Geographic|

* The Atlas of Middle-earth
* Journeys of Frodo
* A Map of Middle-earth

Adaptations,
legacy|

| Artists|

* Pauline Baynes
* Cor Blok
* Anke Eißmann
* Brothers Hildebrandt
* Jenny Dolfen
* Mary Fairburn
* Donato Giancola
* John Howe
* Tove Jansson
* Alexander Korotich
* Alan Lee
* Tom Loback
* Margrethe II of Denmark
* Ted Nasmith

|

Composers|

* Bo Hansson
* Johan de Meij
* Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings
* Howard Shore
* Music of The Lord of the Rings film series
* Music of The Hobbit film series
* Music of The Rings of Power TV series
* Blind Guardian
* Nightfall in Middle-Earth

Settings|

* Donald Swann
* The Road Goes Ever On
* Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
* The Tolkien Ensemble
* An Evening in Rivendell
* A Night in Rivendell
* At Dawn in Rivendell
* Leaving Rivendell

Other media|

* Impact
* Middle-earth Enterprises
* Works inspired by Tolkien
* Fan fiction
* Film
* Calendars
* Video games
* Things named after Tolkien and his works

Literary
criticism|

* The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
* A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
* Interrupted Music
* Master of Middle-Earth
* Picturing Tolkien
* A Question of Time
* J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
* The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
* J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
* The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
* Perilous Realms
* The Road to Middle-Earth
* Splintered Light
* Tolkien and the Invention of Myth
* Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England'
* Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings
* A Tolkien Compass
* Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
* Tolkien, Race and Cultural History
* Tolkien's Legendarium
* Tolkien and the Great War
* The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien
* The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

* v
* t
* e

The Lord of the Rings

* J. R. R. Tolkien
* Constructing The Lord of the Rings

About|

* Volumes
* The Fellowship of the Ring
* The Two Towers
* The Return of the King
* Stories
* "The Shadow of the Past"
* "The Council of Elrond"
* "The Scouring of the Shire"
* "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
* Translating
* list
* Swedish
* Reception
* Impact
* Literary
* Fandom
* Fan fiction
* Oxonmoot
* Tolkienmoot
* Works inspired
* Tolkien's impact on fantasy

Elements|

| Languages|

* Black Speech
* Elvish
* Quenya
* Sindarin
* Khuzdul
* Westron

|

Poetry|

* A Elbereth Gilthoniel
* Namárië
* Song of Eärendil
* The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late
* The Road Goes Ever On
* A Walking Song

Other|

* Artwork
* Family trees
* Heraldry
* Maps
* Proverbs
* Scripts
* Cirth
* Tengwar

Analysis|

| Themes|

* Addiction to power
* Ancestry as guide to character
* Architecture
* Company of the Ring
* Death and immortality
* Decline and fall
* Divination
* Dreams and visions
* Economy
* England
* Environmentalism
* Evil
* Feudal allegiance
* Forests
* Hell
* Heroism
* Luck and fate
* Magic
* Mental illness
* Moral dilemma
* Music
* Naming of weapons
* Northern courage
* Paganism
* Plants
* Prophecy
* Psychological journeys
* Quests
* Race
* Sexuality
* Sound and language
* Time
* Trees
* Women

|

Influences|

* Antiquarianism
* Beowulf
* Celtic
* Christianity
* Classical world
* Edwardian adventure stories
* First World War
* Norse
* Medieval
* Modern sources
* Modernism
* William Morris
* A mythology for England
* Philology
* Shakespeare

Techniques|

* Anachronism
* Character pairing
* Editorial framing
* Frame stories
* Pseudotranslation
* Impression of depth
* Narrative structure
* Interlacing
* Storytelling
* Prose style
* Ambiguity
* Epic Pooh

Peoples|

| Maiar|

* Balrogs
* Sauron
* Wizards
* Gandalf
* Radagast
* Saruman

|

Free
peoples|

* Dwarves
* Balin
* Gimli
* Elves
* Galadriel
* Glorfindel
* Half-elven
* Arwen
* Elrond
* Legolas
* Thranduil
* Ents
* Treebeard
* Hobbits
* Bilbo
* Frodo
* Merry
* Pippin
* Sam
* Men
* Beornings
* Drúedain
* Dúnedain
* Aragorn
* of Gondor
* Boromir
* Denethor
* Faramir
* of Rohan
* Éomer
* Éowyn
* Théoden
* Wormtongue

Monsters|

* Barrow-wight
* Gollum
* Nazgûl
* Witch-king of Angmar
* Old Man Willow
* Orcs
* Shelob
* Trolls
* Wargs
* Watcher in the Water

Other|

* Eagles
* Goldberry
* Tom Bombadil

World|

| Geography|

* Middle-earth
* Eriador
* Bree
* Old Forest
* Rivendell
* The Shire
* Bag End
* Gondor
* Harad
* Lothlórien
* Mirkwood
* Moria
* Mordor
* Rohan
* Isengard
* Undying Lands

|

Battles|

* Helm's Deep
* Pelennor Fields
* Morannon

Things|

* Mithril
* Oliphaunts
* Palantírs
* Phial of Galadriel
* Rings of Power
* One Ring
* List of weapons and armour

Related
works|

* The Hobbit
* The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
* Errantry
* Fastitocalon
* The Sea-Bell
* Donald Swann
* The Road Goes Ever On
* Bilbo's Last Song
* The Silmarillion
* Unfinished Tales
* The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
* The History of Middle-earth
* The Children of Húrin
* The History of The Hobbit
* Beren and Lúthien
* The Fall of Gondolin
* The Nature of Middle-earth

Adaptations and derivative works

Books|

* Bored of the Rings (1969)
* The Last Ringbearer (1999)
* Muddle Earth (2003)

Illustrations|

* A Map of Middle-earth
* Pauline Baynes
* Barbara Remington
* John Howe
* Alan Lee
* Margrethe II of Denmark
* Ted Nasmith

Theatre|

* Fellowship! (2005)
* The Lord of the Rings (2006)

Music|

* Bo Hansson
* Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (1972)
* Johan de Meij
* Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings (1988)
* Led Zeppelin
* "Ramble On" (1969)
* "Misty Mountain Hop" (1971)
* "The Battle of Evermore" (1971)

Radio|

* The Lord of the Rings (BBC, 1955)
* The Lord of the Rings (NPR, 1979)
* Hordes of the Things (1980)
* The Lord of the Rings (BBC, 1981)
* Der Herr der Ringe (1992)

Film|

| Animated|

* The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi, 1978)
* The Return of the King (Rankin/Bass, 1980)
* The War of the Rohirrim (Kamiyama, 2024)

|

Peter Jackson
series|

* The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
* The Two Towers (2002)
* The Return of the King (2003)

Music|

* "Concerning Hobbits"
* "Into the West"
* "May It Be"

Approach|

* Production
* Hobbiton Movie Set
* Peter Jackson's interpretation
* Picturing Tolkien
* Tolkien on Film

Other|

* Sagan om ringen (1971)
* Khraniteli (1991)
* Hobitit (1993)
* The Rings of Power (2022)
* music

Fan-made|

* The Hunt for Gollum (2009)
* Born of Hope (2009)

Video games|

* Journey to Rivendell
* Game One
* Game Two: Shadows of Mordor
* War in Middle Earth
* Vol. I (1990)
* Vol. I (SNES)
* Riders of Rohan
* Elendor
* Vol. II: The Two Towers
* The Fellowship of the Ring
* The Two Towers
* The Return of the King
* War of the Ring
* The Third Age
* Game Boy Advance
* The Battle for Middle-earth
* Tactics
* The Battle for Middle-earth II
* The Rise of the Witch-king
* Conquest
* Aragorn's Quest
* War in the North
* Lego The Lord of the Rings
* Guardians of Middle-earth
* Shadow of Mordor
* Shadow of War
* Gollum
* Return to Moria

| The Lord of the Rings Online|

* Mines of Moria
* Siege of Mirkwood
* Rise of Isengard
* Riders of Rohan
* Helm's Deep
* Mordor
* Minas Morgul
* War of Three Peaks
* Fate of Gundabad
* Before the Shadow

|

Tabletop role-
playing games|

* Middle-earth Role Playing
* The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
* The One Ring Roleplaying Game
* Adventures in Middle-earth

Board games|

* Middle Earth
* War of the Ring
* Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith
* Sauron
* Lord of the Rings
* War of the Ring

Card games|

* Middle-earth Collectible Card Game
* The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game
* The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game

Other games|

* Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game
* Lego The Lord of the Rings

* v
* t
* e

The Hobbit

* J. R. R. Tolkien
* Hobbit (word)
* Legendarium
* frame stories
* Middle-earth
* artwork
* Beowulf
* maps
* naming of weapons
* psychological journeys
* runes

Editions|

* English-language editions
* The Annotated Hobbit
* Translations

Characters|

* Bilbo Baggins
* Wizards
* Gandalf
* Radagast
* Dwarves
* Thorin Oakenshield
* Balin
* Goblins
* Trolls
* Gollum
* Eagles
* Beorn
* Elves
* Elrond
* the Elvenking
* Smaug
* Bard the Bowman
* The Necromancer
* Wargs

Places|

* Eriador
* The Shire
* Rivendell
* Rhovanion
* Mirkwood
* Esgaroth
* Lonely Mountain

Related works|

* The History of The Hobbit
* Bilbo's Last Song
* There and Back Again (novel)
* The Hobbit pinball machine
* The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game
* "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"

Adaptations|

| Radio|

* The Hobbit (1968)

|

Film|

* Gene Deitch's The Hobbit (1967)
* Rankin/Bass's The Hobbit (1977)
* Soviet The Hobbit (1985)
* Peter Jackson's series
* An Unexpected Journey (2012)
* The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
* The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
* original characters

Music|

* An Unexpected Journey (soundtrack) (2012)
* The Desolation of Smaug (soundtrack) (2013)
* The Battle of the Five Armies (soundtrack) (2014)

Video games|

* The Hobbit (1982)
* The Hobbit (2003)
* Lego The Hobbit (2014)

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Wikipedia outlines

* General reference

* Culture and the arts
* Geography and places
* Health and fitness
* History and events
* Mathematics and logic
* Natural and physical sciences
* People and self
* Philosophy and thinking
* Religion and belief systems
* Society and social sciences
* Technology and applied sciences

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template