WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Silmarillion title orig translator image ... PZ3.T576 Si PR6039.O32 oclc 3318634 The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien s Mythopoeia ... from Guy Gavriel Kay , ref name Silf Harv Silmarillion 1977 loc Foreword Ref Silmarillion ref who later became a noted fantasy writer. The Silmarillion , along with J. R. R. Tolkien s other ... , and Tolkien sent them an early draft of The Silmarillion . But through a misunderstanding ... ref The Silmarillion comprises five parts. The first part, Ainulindal , tells of the creation ... earth Valar and Maia Middle earth Maiar , the supernatural powers in E . The next section, Quenta Silmarillion ... in the narrative fact date July 2011 . Overview The Silmarillion , like Tolkien s other Middle earth ... 165, 211 ref In keeping with this idea, The Silmarillion is meant to have been translated from Bilbo ... of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in which these tales come to their end. Synopsis Silmarillion Ainulindal and Valaquenta Main Ainulindal Valaquenta The first section of The Silmarillion , Ainulindal The Music of the Ainu Middle earth Ainur ref name SilNameIndex Harv Silmarillion 1977 loc Index of Names Ref Silmarillion ref , takes the form of a primary creation narrative. Eru The One ref Silmarillion 1977, pp. 15, 329 ref , also called Eru Il vatar Il vatar Father of All , first created ... into his service. Quenta Silmarillion Main Quenta Silmarillion Quenta Silmarillion The History ... that would become The Silmarillion in 1914, ref Harv Carpenter 1981 loc 115 ref intending them ... version of The Silmarillion was the Sketch of the Mythology written in 1926 ref name LoB1 ME ref ... the Sketch Tolkien developed a fuller narrative version of The Silmarillion called Quenta Noldorinwa ... version of The Silmarillion that Tolkien completed. ref name SoMEP In 1937, encouraged by the success ... but more fully developed version of The Silmarillion called Quenta Silmarillion , ref name BoLTF ... more details
Silmarillion Portal Middle earth Quenta Silmarillion is a collection of fictional legends written by the high fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien . It was published after the author s death in The Silmarillion together with four shorter stories. As Tolkien did not finish it was completed by his son Christopher Tolkien Christopher with assistance of the young Guy Gavriel Kay , who would later go on to a successful career as a fantasy author. The title Quenta Silmarillion is translated as the Tale of the Silmarils . Summary Tolkien envisaged the Silmarillion as deriving from a manuscript written by an Eriol or lfwine of England, an imaginary dark age source for the material, which itself contains little or no reference to the people or events of the Second Age Second or Third Age s of his legendarium . Originated from Elvish legends, in some parts it presents Elves as long gone, which hints that its final form was edited during the Fourth Age by Hobbit s and or Edain Men . It tells about the history of Arda the Earth , after its creation by Eru Il vatar . The Vala Middle earth Valar , angel ic beings, enter into the world and try to shape it after a vision given to them by Eru. The initial shape of Arda , chosen by the Valar, was of a symmetrical continent lit by the Two Lamps . However, the lamps were destroyed by the vicious Morgoth Melkor Arda was darkened, and the lamps fall spoiled the symmetry of Arda s surface. Two main continents were created that are of concern to the story Aman in the west, and Middle earth in the east. Following this, Melkor hid himself from the Valar ... Silmarillion include two stories dealing with individuals and with the relations between ... Middle earth Category The Silmarillion 3 Category Fictional books bs Quenta Silmarilion ca Quenta Silmar l lion cs Quenta Silmarillion es Quenta Silmarillion fr Quenta Silmarillion it Il Silmarillion Quenta Silmarillion hu Quenta Silmarillion pl Quenta Silmarillion fi Quenta Silmarillion zh ... more details
Portal Middle earth The Round World version is one of the variants of J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium , published in the final volumes of The History of Middle earth . In this version, the Earth was always round, and Arda was the name for the whole solar system instead of just the Earth. In the Round World version the Sun Middle earth Sun and the Moon Middle earth Moon were not the fruit of the Two Trees , but actually preceded the creation of the Trees. Instead, the Trees preserved the light of the Sun before it was tainted by Morgoth Melkor when he ravished Arien . While this version emerged in the late stage of Tolkien s legendarium, he never entirely decided which version Flat or Round to choose as real , and while Tolkien was eventually more inclined to use the Round World version, it was never as complete as the Flat World version, and so the latter was chosen by Christopher Tolkien for the published Silmarillion . References ME ref MR Ainulindal Tolkien stub Middle earth DEFAULTSORT Round World Version Of The Silmarillion Category Middle earth astronomy Category The History of Middle earth ... more details
Summary Non free media rationale Description Cover of the first edition Allen & Unwin The Silmarillion Source Image downloaded from Books Tell You Why http www.bookstellyouwhy.com si 12752.html Portion Full cover image Purpose For visual identification for the common first edition cover of The Silmarillion Resolution Yes Less than 400 pixels If a lower resolution is desired, please compress Currently, I Sceptre have no software capable of compressing JPGs while retaining quality Replaceability None Article The Silmarillion Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
In J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium, Tumladen is a Sindarin place name meaning level vale , which can refer to Gondolin Tumladen Tumladen First Age , a valley in which Gondolin was built, in The Silmarillion Gondor Tumladen Tumladen Third Age , a valley in Gondor, in The Lord of the Rings disambig Category Fictional valleys ... more details
Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Salmar character alias Noldorin, Lirillo character title character race Ainur character culture Maiar character birth character death character departure character realm Book s The Silmarillion Portal Middle earth Salmar is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium . He appears in The Silmarillion . In the index of The Silmarillion Salmar is described as a Maia Middle earth Maia , an angel ic being. It is unknown whether that entry was written by Tolkien or his son Christopher Tolkien Christopher . While there is no other text describing Salmar as one of the Maiar, his status as a spirit who accompanied the Vala Middle earth Vala Ulmo to Valinor , but was not listed among the Valar, would make that the logical conclusion. In earlier conceptions of the legendarium see The History of Middle earth Salmar is often called by the title Noldorin , and sometimes Lirillo , and was envisioned as a Vala in the service of Aul . External links http web.archive.org web 20040504122634 http valarguild.org varda Tolkien encyc papers Salmar.htm Salmar at valarguild.org ainur Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 Category Middle earth Maiar cs Salmar it Salmar hu Salmar pt Salmar fi Salmar zh ... more details
The term Strongbow may refer to Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , a Norman earl also known by the nickname Strongbow Strongbow Cider Beleg C thalion meaning, literally, Strongbow , a character in JRR Tolkien s Quenta Silmarillion A character in the comic book Elfquest A Western character for DC Comics disambig de Strongbow ... more details
Haldir is the name of two characters in J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium Haldir of L rien , a Silvan Elf from The Lord of the Rings Haldir First Age , a Chieftain of the Men of Brethil in The Silmarillion disambig nl Haldir pl Haldir ... more details
The Silmaril s are three brilliant jewels in J. R. R. Tolkien s fantasy fiction. Silmaril may also refer to Silmarils company , a French computer game software company Silmaril horse , an American thoroughbred mare racehorse The Silmarillion , a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien s mythopoeic works disambig ... more details
Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Oss character alias Balar, Gaerys, Yssion character race Ainu Middle earth Ainur Book s The Silmarillion 1977 Portal Middle earth Oss from the Valarin O o ai , O ai is a fictional character in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien . She is introduced in The Silmarillion as an angelic being known as a Maia Middle earth Maia , associated with Ulmo , one of the Valar analogous to archangel s . A spirit of the sea in the service of Ulmo, Oss guarded the waters around Middle earth . He was married to Uinen , and he was a friend of C rdan the Shipwright. During the Years of the Trees , he briefly entered into the service of Morgoth Melkor and began causing wanton storms which made traveling by sea particularly unsafe. He was persuaded to stop by Uinen, but his taste for storms did not quite disappear. Oss was a friend of the Sindar , and was valued as high as the Valar by them. This relationship started before the coming of the Sindar to Valinor , while they dwelled on shores of Middle earth, waiting for their leader. It was against Oss s will that they ever go to Valinor. In older versions of The Silmarillion , Oss is a Vala in his own right, and often opposed a Maia of Ulmo. References ME ref Silm Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion Ainur DEFAULTSORT Osse Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 Category Middle earth Maiar Category Water spirits Tolkien stub bg ca Oss cs Oss es Oss eu Oss it Oss la Ainu Tolkien Maiar noti hu Oss ja pl Majar Oss pt Oss fi Oss tr Oss zh ... more details
L thien a gouache painting depicting a scene from The Silmarillion by artist Ted Nasmith . It was first published in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar . Source http www.tednasmith.com silmarillion TN Luthien.html Licensing Non free 2D art image has rationale yes Fair use in Ted Nasmith Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia s non free content policies, because It illustrates an educational article about the artist. The image is used as the primary means of illustrating the article topic. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the image. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. ru TN Luthien Web.jpg ... more details
align right Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Amrod character alias Pityafinw , Ambarussa character title Prince of the Noldor character race Elf Middle earth Elves character culture Noldor , House of Finw House of Feanor House of F anor character birth ME date YT ? character death ME date YS 538 Book s The Silmarillion br The Peoples of Middle earth Portal Middle earth In J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium , Amrod is a fictional character , a twin of Amras youngest sons of F anor . From their mother Nerdanel they inherited red hair, instead of F anor s black. Amrod s father name in Quenya is Pityafinw , Little Finw . His mother name is Ambarussa , Top russet , and this refers to his hair. His younger twin Amras was also called Ambarussa , and they both answered to the name. ref ME ref PoME The Shibboleth of F anor ref Amrod became a hunter, who held the southern lands of the March of Maedhros . Amrod survived most of the War of the Jewels , but eventually fell in the Kinslaying of River Sirion Sirion . Other versions of the legendarium In the published Silmarillion Amrod only appears together with his twin brother Amras, but in late writings which were left out of the edited Silmarillion by Christopher Tolkien the story of Amras death at Losgar appeared. For this reason wherever both Amrod and Amras appear in the published material it should be read as Amrod alone. F anor See also House of Finw Sons of F anor Sources ME ref Silm cite web url http www.glyphweb.com arda a amrod.html title Amrod publisher Encyclopedia of Arda References Reflist Middle earth Category High Elves Category Fictional princes Category Fictional twins Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Noldor Category WikiProject Middle earth to be merged Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 bs Amrod ca mrod es Amrod eu Amrod fr Fils de F anor Amrod et Amras it Amrod nl Amrod ja pl Amrod pt Amrod ru sl Amrod sv Amrod zh ... more details
In J. R. R. Tolkien s fiction al universe of Middle earth , two Kings of Gondor had the name E rnil E rnil I , who ruled from 913 936 of the Third Age , and E rnil II , who ruled from 1945 2043. Tolkien states in the appendix to The Silmarillion , Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names , that E rnil is a shortened form of E rendil . disambig fr E rnil it E rnil ... more details
Kinslayer can refer to several things Someone who commits parricide It is an epithet for Kenneth II of Scotland in the Prophecy of Berch n Lews Therin Telamon , a character in Robert Jordan s Wheel of Time novels who killed his entire family F anor , a major character in J.R.R. Tolkien s Silmarillion . Dragonlance timeline Age of Light The Kinslayer Wars are an event in the Dragonlance series of novels, leading to the division between the Silvanesti and the Qualinesti elves The Kinslayer , a song by symphonic metal band Nightwish disambig ... more details
Use British Oxford English date December 2010 Use dmy dates date December 2010 About the book the War itself Battles of Beleriand HoME navbox Portal Middle earth The War of the Jewels is the 11th volume of Christopher Tolkien Christopher Tolkien s series The History of Middle earth , analysing the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien . It is the second of two volumes Morgoth s Ring being the first to explore the later 1951 The Silmarillion Silmarillion drafts those written after the completion of The Lord of the Rings . This volume includes The second part of the 1951 Silmarillion drafts An expanded account of the Grey Annals , the history of Beleriand after the coming of the Elf Middle earth Elves . Additional narratives involving H rin and the tragedy of his children see Narn i Ch n H rin . The Wanderings of H rin is the conclusion to the Narn . It was not included in the final Silmarillion because Christopher Tolkien feared that the heavy compression which would have been necessary to make it a stylistic match with the rest of the book would have been too difficult and would have made the story overly complex and difficult to read. Christopher Tolkien s explanation of how he, with the collaboration of future fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay , constructed Chapter 22 of the Quenta Silmarillion , since none of his father s accounts of this episode were recent enough to fit the narrative in its final form. In particular, the old texts all portray Thingol as a miser who cheats the Dwarves out of their payment, and the portrayal of the Girdle of Melian in the older stories is much weaker than the impenetrable barrier of the post Lord of the Rings writings. Tolkien s exploration of the origins of the Ent s and the great Eagle Middle earth Eagles . Quendi and Eldar discusses the many names the Elves gave to themselves in Primitive Quendian and Common Eldarin and their evolution in Quenya , Telerin , and Sindarin it has many details about the history of th ... more details
Use British Oxford English date December 2010 Use dmy dates date December 2010 Unreferenced date December 2009 HoME navbox Portal Middle earth Italic title The Shaping of Middle earth is the fourth volume of Christopher Tolkien s 12 volume series The History of Middle earth in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien . In it the gradual transition from the primitive legendarium legendaria of The Book of Lost Tales to what would become The Silmarillion is described, and it contains a text which could be seen as the first Silmarillion the Sketch of the Mythology . Three very interesting other parts are the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World , a collection of maps and diagrams of the world described by Tolkien and the Annals of Valinor and Beleriand , chronological works which started out as timelines but gradually turned into full narrative. Book contents Prose fragments following the Lost Tales brief, uncompleted texts which continue on from The Book of Lost Tales The earliest Silmarillion also referred to as the Sketch of the Mythology , this is the start of the Silmarillion proper The Quenta a further developed version of the Sketch , the first full narrative since the Tales The first Silmarillion map a reproduction of the first map of Beleriand The Ambarkanta cosmological essays, maps, and diagrams The earliest Annals of Valinor The earliest Annals of Beleriand There is an inscription in the F anorian characters Tengwar , an alphabet Tolkien has devised for High Elves in the first pages of every History of Middle earth volume, written by Christopher Tolkien and describing the contents of the book. The inscription in Book IV reads Herein are the Quenta Noldorinwa , the History of the Gnomes, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World by R mil , the Annals of Valinor and the Annals of Beleriand by Pengolod , the Wise of Gondolin with maps of the world in the Elder Days and translations made by lfwine of England lfwine the Mariner of Eng ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Thuringwethil character alias Woman of Secret Shadow character title character race character culture Maiar? character birth character death character departure character realm Book s The Silmarillion Portal Middle earth Thuringwethil Woman of the Secret Shadow is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium . Her hide was used as L thien s disguise when she entered Angband Middle earth Angband on the Quest of the Silmaril . Thuringwethil was a Vampire Middle earth vampire messenger of Sauron , probably a Maia Middle earth Maia , who took the shape of a bat like creature. Her wings were barbed with an iron claw at each joint. ref ME ref Silm Of Beren and L thien ref References Reflist External links TolkienGateway Ainur Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 Category Fictional vampires Category Middle earth Maiar Tolkien stub cs Thuringwethil fr Thuringwethil nl Thuringwethil pl Lista zwierz t r dziemia Thuringwethil sv Thuringwethil ... more details
and the army, the Host of Valinor . The best known and most poetical account is in The Silmarillion ..., Christopher Tolkien . ref itself closely drawn from the earlier Quenta Silmarillion . ref J.R.R. ... Silmarillion account is derived almost word for word from Quenta Silmarillion of the mid 1930 ... to the Quenta Silmarillion , not an alternative draft of these events, but the Sindarin view as differentiated ... came to light very recently p.125 , perhaps 10 years after he published The Silmarillion . ref Other ... , drawing nearer to it in The Silmarillion , closer still in the Annals and Quentas of the History of Middle earth and closest, in aspects, in The Book of Lost Tales The Lost Tales . The Silmarillion account As it is told in The Silmarillion , five centuries after the rising of the sun, Morgoth has ... s to trouble the Men and Elves through later ages. The History of Middle earth accounts The Silmarillion account closely follows the Quenta Silmarillion and is in agreement with it on the events of the war varying mostly in nomenclature. Nearly contemporary to the Quenta Silmarillion are the Annals ... parallel versions of the Silmarillion. The Later Annals are the final version of the War of Wrath ... with those in Quenta Silmarillion beyond minor inconsistencies in nomenclature and dates. Most notably, the Annals , in contrast to the Silmarillion ref In what Christopher Tolkien, History of Middle earth , Vol. IV, calls the earliest Silmarillion and the early Quenta, where in a most powerful image ... do not conflict with the Silmarillion , because of the difference in mode between Annal and Quenta ..., of the Host of the West and that Ingwion is captain of the Vanyar. In The Silmarillion , E nw is called ... is the leader... . Prior to the Post War Later Quenta Silmarillion the name of this character ... plays in the War of Wrath. ref As captains, The Silmarillion mentions Finarfin leading the Noldor ..., Willow vale or Land of Willows The Silmarillion , index, p.342. ref There a camp is made in Tasarinan ... more details
Magor may refer to the following Ivan Martin Jirous &ndash a Czech underground poet Magor Middle earth , a character from J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium of Middle earth Magor is a legendary ancestor of the Hungarian people, see Hunor and Magor Magor, Monmouthshire &ndash a place in Wales, United Kingdom Magor, an Italian Cheese Illogan Magor Farm , a Romano British villa of local design to the north of Camborne, Cornwall Other languages Magor is Breton name for Magoar Cornish name for Maker disambig br Magor lec hanvadurezh cs Magor de Magor es Anexo Personajes de El Silmarillion Magor hu Magor egy rtelm s t lap nl Magor ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 Notability date February 2011 Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Tilion character alias Steersman of the Moon character title character race Ainur Middle earth Ainur character culture Maiar character birth character death character departure character realm Book s The Silmarillion Portal Middle earth In the high fantasy world of famous English author J. R. R. Tolkien , there was a youth in the world of Middle earth named Tilion whom the Vala Middle earth Valar chose from among the Maia Middle earth Maiar to steer the island of the Moon Middle earth Moon . In the days of the trees in Valinor , the young Tilion had been a hunter from the company of Orom . In terms of power, he is said to be less mighty than Arien , a female. Arien was chosen to guide the Sun Middle earth Sun , while Tilion was chosen to guide the Moon. Tolkien portrays Tilion as reckless at times, and as one who does not always follow the correct path. This causes the Moon to not always be in the sky at the same time as the Sun or to not appear at all. In writings by Tolkien alluded to in the published Silmarillion , Tilion is said to have been in love with Arien , and because he sought her out he came too close to the immense heat of the Sun, and the Moon was scarred. Tilion has many similarities to a lunar deity like the Norse M ni , who also carried the moon across the sky. See also Two Trees of Valinor ainur Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 Category Lunar gods Category Middle earth Maiar Category Moon in fiction cs Tilion es Tilion eu Tilion it Tilion hu Tilion pl Majar Tilion pt Tilion ru zh ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Tolkienchar image character image caption character name Ilmar character alias Handmaid of Varda , br Erinti character title Chief of the Maiar character race Ainur character culture Maiar character birth character death character departure character realm Book s The Silmarillion , br The Book of Lost Tales Portal Middle earth Ilmar is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium . Her name may come from the Elvish languages Middle earth Elvish word for starlight . It has been noted that her name closely resembles that of Ilmarinen which is a name shared by both an ancient Finnic peoples Finnic sky god and a character in the Kalevala . Along with E nw , Ilmar is chief among the Maia Middle earth Maiar , and also the handmaiden to Varda . She is only mentioned briefly in the Valaquenta , where she is described as one of the chiefs of the Maiar. In The Book of Lost Tales she was named Erinti , and was said to be the Lady of Tol Eress a before she became the daughter of Manw and Varda. In The Silmarillion , though, she is made by Il vatar for the Music of the Ainur . Ainur DEFAULTSORT Ilmare Category Characters in The Silmarillion Category Fictional characters introduced in 1977 Category Middle earth Maiar Tolkien stub ca Ilmar fr Ilmar it Ilmar la Ainu Tolkien Maiar noti hu Ilmar ja no Ilmar pl Majar Ilmar pt Ilmar fi Ilmar zh ... more details
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