![]() But it includes the creation of tolkien's invented pantheons of angelic beings under Eru Iluvatar, also known as God how they sang the world into being the creation of Elves, Men, and Dwarves the legendary love story of Beren and Luthien, a mortal Man and an Elf maiden who gives up her immortality for the man she loves the demonic Morgoth and Sauron Elves of just about any kind - bad, mad, dangerous, good, sweet, brave, and so forth the creation of the many Rings of Power - and the One Ring of Sauron the Two Trees that made the sun and moon and finally the quest of the Ringbearer, Frodo Baggins. The "Bible" of Middle-Earth, the "Silmarillion" stretches from the beginning of time to the departure of the Elves from Middle-earth.Ī complete summary is impossible, because the book spans millennia and has one earth-shattering event after another. It's more than slightly staggering to consider the epic fantasy "Lord of the Rings" to be the tail end of tolkien's invented history. " The Fall of Gondolin" - which is my all time favourite " The Narn i Chîn Húrin" - The Tale of the Children of Húrin ![]() These five parts, in origin separate works, were put together as this is how J.R.R.Tolkien would hav liked it. The Akallabêth - the history of the Second Ageĥ. The Quenta Silmarillion - the history of the events before and during the First AgeĤ. The Valaquenta - a description of the Valar and Maiarģ. ![]() The Ainulindalë - the creation of Eä, tolkien's universe.Ģ. ![]()
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