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Nov 15, 2004 · The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.
Mar 24, 2021 · The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy. Novel. Includes index. Jacket drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Apr 1, 2017 · LolLOTR: the Silmarillion: With Rocco Ambrosio, Sarah Ambrosio, Brian Archer, Tom Assam-Miller.
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This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-Earth.
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ForewordPreface to the Second EditionThere is an inscription in the Tengwarcharacters in the title page, it reads: 1. "The tales of the First Age when Morgoth dwelt in Middle-earth and the Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils to which are appended the downfall of Númenor and the history of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in which these tales come to their end...
The Silmarillion is supposedly (by some readers) translated from Bilbo's three-volume Translations from the Elvish, which he wrote while at Rivendell. It consists of five parts. The first, Ainulindalë, tells of the creation of Eä, the World that Is. The second part, Valaquenta, gives a description of the Valar and Maiar, powerful beings of Eä. The ...
Silmarillion is Quenyaplural genitive of the word "Silmaril", therefore it means "of the Silmarils". It could be either a contraction of the full title Quenta Silmarillion ("Tale of the Silmarils") or also a plain Genitive which (as in Ancient Greek) signifies reference. This genitive is translated in English with "about" or "of" constructions; the...
The earliest drafts of The Silmarillion date back to as early as 1925, when Tolkien wrote a 'Sketch of the Mythology'. However, the concepts for characters, themes, and specific stories were developed starting in 1917 when Tolkien, then a British officer stationed in France during World War I was laid up in a military field hospital with trench fev...
Images from The Silmarillion, illustrated by Ted NasmithSilmarillionchapter summariesIs There a Definitive Edition or Printing of The Silmarillion? by Michael MartinezSilmarillion Textual Variants in Print by James TauberThe Silmarillion - Ainulindalë Lyrics. AINULINDALË. The Music of the Ainur. There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the...
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The Silmarillion JRRT “The Silmarillion” FOREWORD The Silmarillion, now published four years after the death of its author, is an account of the Elder Days, or the First Age of the World. In The Lord of the Rings were narrated the great events at the end of the Third Age; but the tales of The Silmarillion are legends deriving from a much deeper
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