The Nature of Middle-earth

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J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958) Evans, Jonathan (2013) [2007]. "Dwarves". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp.134–135. ISBN 978-0-415-86511-1. Another new book of previously unpublished writings by Tolkien. Edited by Carl F. Hostetter. Published in 2021. This is the ‘deluxe’ editon.

Kingdom of Dale • Harad • Núrn • Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor • Rohan • Rhûn • Khand • Eriador • Rhovanion • Vales of Anduin First rumoured earlier this year, the book will cover the some previous unpublished writings by J.R.R. Tolkien, who continued to be produce materials on Middle-earth right up until the year he died in 1973. Much of these materials have been published in Unfinished Tales, The History of Middle-earth, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin, which were all edited by Christopher Tolkien during his lifetime. Kriticos, Christian (3 September 2021). "Book review: "The Nature of Middle-earth" enhances Tolkien's world". winteriscoming.net . Retrieved 9 September 2021. As Hobbits and Éothéod once lived close together, some names appear to have been passed between the two cultures before they departed to new lands. Known are Fastred, the name of a man of Rohan that fell at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and Fastred of Greenholm who wed Elanor Gardner, and Harding, the name of a man of Rohan who fell at the Pelennor Fields and of Harding of the Hill living in Bag End, grandson of Frodo Gardner.Shippey, Tom (2001). J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. HarperCollins. pp.36–37. ISBN 978-0261-10401-3. ; summarized in Lee, Stuart D.; Solopova, Elizabeth (2005). The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien. Palgrave. pp.109–111. ISBN 978-1403946713. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Some Dwarf women can be seen briefly in the beginning of the film, when the story of the destruction of Erebor is told. Some women have beards, whilst some have sideburns of varying length. The Quendi were sundered after the awakening and many sub-groups appeared. The First Sundering occurred when some left Middle-earth to live in the blessed realm of Valinor, while others stayed behind. This produced the Eldar, who accepted the call to come to Valinor, and the Avari who refused the great journey.

Tom Bombadil does not belong to any of the peoples of Middle-earth; Tolkien calls him the spirit of the countryside. [T 27] Unlike the other races, he is seemingly unaffected by the One Ring and appears to predate the Children of Ilúvatar (Elves and Men). As to the nature of Bombadil, Tolkien himself said that some things should remain mysterious in any mythology, "especially if an explanation actually exists." [T 28] [T 29] [T 30] The book's editor, Carl F. Hostetter, said in an interview before the book appeared that he "started work on what would become The Nature of Middle-earth nearly 25 years ago, when I received a bundle of photocopies that Christopher Tolkien referred to as 'late philological essays'." [3] Contents [ edit ] Lord of the Rings fans who want to know more about famed fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary world will find much of interest in his final writings on Middle-earth. The collection is being published for the first time, and covers topics like Elvish immortality and reincarnation.”— Entertainment Weekly, “Must List”Casagrande, Cristina (16 July 2021). "From Linguistics to Metaphysics: interview with Carl F. Hostetter, editor of the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien". tolkienista.com. The Nature of Middle-earth will be published by HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on 24 June 2021. Their task was to circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few tribes of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion ... and after his first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause [?dissension and disarray] among the dark East ... They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of East ... who would both in the Second Age and Third Age otherwise have ... outnumbered the West.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954a). The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 9552942. Join Dr. Corey Olsen for a free online discussion of Carl F. Hostetter’s beautiful edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Nature of Middle-earth.” Tolkien’s later writings, previously unpublished notes, are presented for the first time as of publication just this past summer in the tradition of The History of Middle-earth. Hobbits, particularly those of the Shire are very insular and suspicious of other people from other places and anything that disturbs the peace. Hobbits refer to people outside the Shire as Outsiders, being a very broad term, were simply those foreign to any region. Griping about someone trying to make money off Tolkien's popularity. Nobody is forcing them to buy the book. If they are disappointed in the book and capable of rationally talking about why, fine. But they can keep their petty little junior high school-level gripes about people who supposedly just want to make money to themselves, as far as I'm concerned. Tolkien, J. R. R. (1980). Christopher Tolkien (ed.). Unfinished Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-29917-3.

Irmo ( Lórien) the Lord and Master of Dreams, Visions, and Desires, and Creator of the Oloré Mallé, or Path of Dreams, and husband of Estë

In the legendarium, the term Hobbit is derived from the Rohanese word Holbytla, a word which means "Hole-builder". In the original Common Speech, the name was Kuduk (Hobbit), derived from the actual Rohanese Kûd-dûkan (hole-dweller). Núrn is heavily featured in the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, where it is portrayed as a lush but ailing land. Before the War of the Ring, the land was the domain of tribesman under the rule of Lady Marwen, Queen of the Shore. At the time the game takes places, the tribesmen were in the process of being conquered and enslaved by Sauron's forces. It was home to the settlements of Barad Núrn, Fort Morn, and the Núrnen Fishery which were overrun and used to supply Sauron's forces at the time of the War of the Ring. Many of Mordor's beasts reside there: Graugs, Trolls, Wargs, Caragors, Caragaths, Ghûls, Hell-hawks, Nazgûl-birds, and other nameless horrors. This is fantastic news. Many people wrongly assume that all Tolkien’s works have been fully published: this proves they couldn’t be more wrong. Although we have a significant number of works published by Tolkien and his son Christopher, there are a huge number of unanswered questions about MIddle-earth: this will answer some of those questions. Tolkien has been gone for nearly 50 years, but he is still able to delight, intrigue and excite fans through his works.

The Free Peoples of Middle-earth were the four races that had never fallen under the sway of the evil spirits Morgoth or Sauron: Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ents. Strictly speaking, among Men it was only the Men of the West who were Free People, particularly the descendants of the Dúnedain of the Isle of Númenor, as most Men of the East and South of Middle-earth became servants of Morgoth and Sauron over the ages. The Ent Treebeard quotes lines from a traditional lay listing them: [T 8] First name the four, the free peoples Eldest of all, the elf-children Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses Ent the earthborn, old as mountains Man the mortal, master of horses Later! Yes, when you [Gandalf] also have the Keys of Barad-dûr itself, I suppose; and the crowns of seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards