Outline of Middle-earth

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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 It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.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

Authors

Published works

By J. R. R. Tolkien

Posthumously published

Edited by Douglas A. Anderson

Edited by Humphrey Carpenter

Edited by Carl F. Hostetter

Edited by John D. Rateliff

Edited by Christopher Tolkien

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
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

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

Audio recordings

  • Poems and Songs of Middle Earth (1967) – 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)

Graphical works

Translations

Adaptations and developments

Maps

Spoken word

Radio

Films

Stage

  • 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

Television

Games

Tabletop games

Video games

Parodies

Geography

Cosmology of Eä

Continents of Arda

Nations and regions

Natural features

Cities and other populated places

History

Artefacts

Events

First Age
Third Age

Characters

First Age

House of Finwë

House of Elwë and Olwë

House of Marach

Others

Second Age

Third Age

Thorin and Company

The Fellowship of the Ring

Wizards:

Elves

Men

Other characters

Culture

Races

Ainur

Men

Monsters

Other

Languages

Elvish languages

Other

Folklore and poetry

Analysis

Influences

Components

Literary devices

Sources

Themes

Music

Scholarship

Institutions

Journals

Scholars

Biographical works

Works

See also

External links