J. R. R. Tolkien, a devout Roman Catholic, created what he came to feel was a moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly evil Middle-earth peoples like...

his name. Tolkien's will was proven on 20 December 1973, with his estate valued at £190,577 (equivalent to £2,911,000 in 2023). Tolkien's Catholicism...

The cosmology of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium combines aspects of Christian theology and metaphysics with pre-modern cosmological concepts in the flat...

of Middle-earth encompasses the physical, political, and moral geography of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, strictly a continent on...

author. See also Tolkien's sentience dilemma. Carpenter 2023, #29 to Stanley Unwin, #30 to Rütten & Loening, both 25 July 1938 Tolkien 1954, book 3, ch...

Tolkien's artwork was a key element of his creativity from the time when he began to write fiction. A professional philologist, J. R. R. Tolkien prepared...

doing, it created a moral dilemma, enabling people to commit injustices without fearing they would be caught. In contrast, Tolkien's Ring actively exerts...

human-inhabited world, or the central continent of Earth), in Tolkien's imagined mythological past. Tolkien's most widely read works, The Hobbit and The Lord of...

first appeared as a plot device, a magic ring in Tolkien's children's fantasy novel, The Hobbit; Tolkien later gave it a backstory and much greater power...

mythopoeia or myth-making), was a lifelong occupation for Tolkien, starting in his teens. Tolkien's glossopoeia has two temporal dimensions: the internal...

/ɔːrk/), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin". In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

European bi-yearly conference on research into Tolkien's invented languages. A large literature examines Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction from numerous...

Trolls are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and feature in films and games adapted from his novels. They are portrayed as monstrously...

pp. 117–122 "The Leaf Mold of Tolkien's Mind" Martinez, Michael (10 July 2015). "Tolkien's Dickensian Dreams". The Tolkien Society. Retrieved 31 March 2023...

however, is Tolkien's description of the enormous dragon firework at Bilbo's party which rushed overhead "like an express train". Tolkien's drawing of...

in Punch magazine. Tolkien and the classical world Tolkien and the Norse Tolkien's modern sources "The Elvish Lament", with Tolkien's Sindarin poem A Elbereth...

gave its owner the power of invisibility, as Tolkien's One Ring did. In so doing, it created a moral dilemma, enabling people to commit injustices without...

Mithril is a fictional metal found in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. It is described as resembling silver, but being stronger and lighter than...

distinguishing such "critics" from Tolkien scholarship, the study and analysis of Tolkien's themes, influences, and methods. Tolkien's fiction began to acquire...

psychological depth; the loss of Tolkien's emphasis on free will and individual responsibility; the flattening out of Tolkien's balanced treatment of evil to...

Rohan is a fictional kingdom of Men in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy setting of Middle-earth. Known for its horsemen, the Rohirrim, Rohan provides its ally...

hand-drawn feeling of Tolkien's maps. The Hobbit contains two simple maps and only around 50 placenames. In the view of the Tolkien critic Tom Shippey,...

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, Man and Men denote humans, whether male or female, in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other humanoid...

"Necromancer" of Tolkien's earlier novel The Hobbit. The Silmarillion describes him as the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth. Tolkien noted that...

state that Tolkien's letters demonstrate his dislike of socialism, and that in the chapter Tolkien deftly satirizes "socialism's pose of moral superiority"...

In J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy The Lord of the Rings, Harad is the immense land south of Gondor and Mordor. Its main port is Umbar, the base of the...

after the success of J. R. R. Tolkien's children's book The Hobbit until the novel's publication in 1954–1955. Tolkien began with no idea where the story...

Since the publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in 1937, artists including Tolkien himself have sought to capture aspects of Middle-earth fantasy...

Agøy describes Raffel as being "in two minds" on Tolkien's descriptive powers. Raffel wanted Tolkien's descriptions to be precise, with "particular objects...

blacksmithing and jewellery. Tolkien described them as tough, warlike, and lovers of stone and craftsmanship. The origins of Tolkien's Dwarves can be traced...