people. Tolkien intended Númenor to allude to the legendary Atlantis. Commentators have noted that the destruction of Númenor echoes the Biblical stories...

land of Númenor; the forging of the Rings of Power; and the Last Alliance against Sauron that ended the Second Age. The chapters concerning Númenor from...

beyond that of other Men. Indeed, the isle of Númenor lay closer to Aman than to Middle-earth. The fall of Númenor came about through the influence of the corrupted...

stolen fruit. When Númenor was destroyed by the creator, Ilúvatar, Elendil's family escaped in nine ships. The refugees from Númenor fled east to the continent...

father Tar-Meneldur. "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", a chronicle listing all the Kings of Númenor from its foundation to its destruction "The History...

that drowned Númenor, itself an echo of the myth of Atlantis, founding new Númenórean kingdoms in Middle-earth. Elendil was born in Númenor, son of Amandil...

powerful of the Kings of Númenor, humbled Sauron – his armies deserting in the face of Númenor's might – and brought him to Númenor as a hostage, although...

create the island of Númenor as a reward to the Edain, Men who had fought alongside the Noldor. Centuries later the kingdom of Númenor grows so powerful...

introduced the "biggest world yet" in the island kingdom of Númenor. They said visiting Númenor was one of the key reasons for making a series set in the...

of a family of the Faithful from Númenor who had ruled over the land of Belfalas since the Second Age, before Númenor was destroyed. This family of Númenóreans...

Age, Númenor sought to colonize Middle-earth. Led by Ar-Pharazôn, a massive army sailed to Middle-earth to battle Sauron. Dismayed by Númenor's might...

At the beginning of the Second Age, the Valar gave the Edain Númenor to live on. Númenor was an island-continent located far to the west of Middle-earth...

the isle of Númenor lay closer to the Valar's earthly paradise of Valinor, on the continent of Aman, than to Middle-earth. The fall of Númenor came about...

correspondence with C. S. Lewis led to the writing of The Lost Road. The Fall of Númenor — an early draft of what would become the Akallabêth. The Lost Road — an...

"unambiguously and intimately" linked to Tolkien's Númenor, since Tolkien actually wrote of "Númenor-Atlantis" in his letters. The Tolkien scholar Verlyn...

form. He convinces her that she actually saw Celebrimbor. The new king of Númenor, Ar-Pharazôn, tasks his son Kemen with cracking down on members of the...

descendants" Tolkien 1987 Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (iii) "The second version of The Fall of Númenor" Tolkien 1994 Part Two: "The Later Quenta Silmarillion:...

Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. The series was originally...

brought as a gift to the Men who live on the island of Númenor. It is Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor. When the dark lord Sauron takes control of the island...

as Kilta, Peter Landi as Marmadas, William Chubb as the High Priest of Númenor, Robert Strange as Glûg, and Kai Martin as Zhor. Josh Dyer, John Macdonald...

throughout Tolkien's writings, from The Silmarillion and the accounts of Númenor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Where Elves are good, and fully...

about Númenor, a lost civilisation connected with Atlantis and with Tolkien's Middle-earth. Through these dreams, he "discovers" much about the Númenor story...

Britanniae Plato Augustus Le Plongeon Zecharia Sitchin J. R. R. Tolkien (his Númenor legend is partly based on Atlantis. Beleriand, the main theatre of action...

Horn. It also featured in the writings of Tolkien as a translation of Númenor, a realm in Middle-earth. In King Horn, Westernesse can be reached by sea...

influenced the Ainulindalë, the fighting amongst the Elves, and the fall of Númenor. Tom Shippey writes that The Lord of the Rings embodies the ancient debate...

a three-stage process, like that of Númenor. Hamish Williams regards the narrative of decline and fall in Númenor as a thought-experiment exercise recalling...

of Númenor and Middle-earth that left wounds like "both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword". It was later held by the Kings of Numenor, until...

most powerful king of Númenor, landed at Umbar with an immense army, forcing Sauron's armies to flee. Sauron was taken to Númenor as a prisoner. Tolkien...

continent of Númenor as a gift to the now homeless Men of Beleriand, thenceforth called Númenóreans. After Eru Ilúvatar destroyed Númenor near the end...

Age. The episode primarily follows characters from the island kingdom of Númenor. It was written by Helen Shang and directed by Louise Hooper and Charlotte...