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Fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium

Valinor Tolkien's legendarium location First appearance The Lord of the Rings Created by J. R. R. Tolkien In-universe information Other names The Undying Lands, The Blessed Realm, The Uttermost West, Faerie, Aman Type Continent Ruled by Manwë Characters Valar, Maiar, Elves Location On the west of The Great Sea, far to the West of Middle-earth

**Valinor** ([Quenya](/source/Quenya)*: Land of the Valar*), the **Blessed Realm**, or the **Undying Lands** is a [fictional location](/source/Fictional_location) in [J. R. R. Tolkien](/source/J._R._R._Tolkien)'s [legendarium](/source/Legendarium), the home of the immortal [Valar](/source/Vala_(Middle-earth)) and [Maiar](/source/Maia_(Middle-earth)) on the continent of **Aman**, far to the west of [Middle-earth](/source/Middle-earth); he used the name Aman mainly to mean Valinor. It includes **Eldamar**, the land of the [Elves](/source/Elves_(Middle-Earth)), who as immortals are permitted to live in Valinor.

The name "the Undying Lands" does not mean that the land itself causes mortals to live forever.[T 1] Generally, only immortal beings are allowed to reside there. Exceptions are made for the surviving bearers of the [One Ring](/source/One_Ring): [Bilbo](/source/Bilbo_Baggins) and [Frodo Baggins](/source/Frodo_Baggins) and [Sam Gamgee](/source/Sam_Gamgee), who dwell there for a time, and the dwarf [Gimli](/source/Gimli_(Middle-earth)).[T 2][T 3]

Tolkien's myth of the attempt of [Númenor](/source/N%C3%BAmenor) to capture Aman has been likened to the biblical [Tower of Babel](/source/Tower_of_Babel) and the [ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greece) [Atlantis](/source/Atlantis), and the resulting destruction in both cases. They note, too, that a mortal's stay in Valinor is only temporary, not conferring immortality, just as, in medieval Christian theology, the [Earthly Paradise](/source/Earthly_Paradise) is only a preparation for the [Celestial Paradise](/source/Paradise) that is above.

Others have compared the account of the beautiful Elvish part of the Undying Lands to the place dreamed of in the [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) poem *[Pearl](/source/Pearl_(poem))*, and stated that the closest literary equivalents of Tolkien's descriptions of these lands are the *[imrama](/source/Immram)* Celtic tales such as those about [Saint Brendan](/source/Saint_Brendan) from the early [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages). The [Christian](/source/Christianity) theme of good and light (from Valinor) opposing [evil](/source/Evil_in_Middle-earth) and dark (from [Mordor](/source/Mordor)) has also been discussed.

## Geography

Map of Valinor, the Blessed Realm, in the continent of Aman, on [Arda](/source/Arda_(Middle-earth))

### Physical

Valinor lies in Aman ("Unmarred"[1]), a continent on the west of [Belegaer](/source/Belegaer), the ocean to the west of [Middle-earth](/source/Middle-earth).[2] [Ekkaia](/source/Ekkaia), the encircling sea, surrounds both Aman and Middle-earth. Tolkien wrote that the name "Aman" was "chiefly used as the name of the land in which the Valar dwelt".[T 4] The Pelóri mountains run along the east coast; their highest peak is Taniquetil.[T 5] Tolkien created no detailed maps of Aman; those drawn by [Karen Wynn Fonstad](/source/Karen_Wynn_Fonstad), based on Tolkien's rough sketch of [Arda](/source/Arda_(Tolkien))'s landmasses and seas, show Valinor about 700 miles (1,100 km) wide, west to east (from the Great Sea to the Outer Sea), and about 3,000 miles (4,800 km) long north to south. The continent of Aman extends from the Arctic latitudes of the Helcaraxë to the subpolar southern region of Arda – about 7,000 miles (11,000 km).[3]

*Eldamar* is "Elvenhome", the "coastal region of Aman, settled by the Elves", wrote Tolkien.[T 6][4] Eldamar was the true Eldarin name of Aman.[T 7] In *[The Hobbit](/source/The_Hobbit)* it is named "Faerie". The land is well-wooded, as [Finrod](/source/Finrod) "walk[ed] with his father under the trees in Eldamar" and the [Teleri](/source/Teleri) Elves have timber to build their ships. The city of the Teleri, on the north shore of the Bay, is Alqualondë, the Haven of the Swans, whose halls and mansions are made of pearl. The harbour is entered through a natural arch of rock, and the beaches are strewn with gems given by the [Noldor](/source/Noldor) Elves.[T 8] In the bay is the island of Tol Eressëa.[T 5]

*Calacirya* ([Quenya](/source/Quenya): "Light Cleft", for the light of the [Two Trees](/source/Two_Trees) that streams through the pass into the world beyond) is the pass in the Pelóri mountains where the Elven city Tirion is set. It is close to the Girdle of Arda (the [Equator](/source/Equator)).[3] After the hiding of Valinor, this is the only gap through the mountains of Aman.[T 5]

In the extreme north-east, beyond the Pelóri, is the Helcaraxë, a vast ice sheet that joins the two continents of Aman and Middle-earth before the War of Wrath.[T 9] To prevent anyone from reaching the main part of Valinor's east coast by sea, the Valar create the Shadowy Seas, and within these seas they set a long chain of islands called the Enchanted Isles.[T 10][5]

### Political

Main article: [Valar](/source/Valar)

Valinor is the home of the [Valar](/source/Valar) (singular Vala), spirits that often take humanoid form, sometimes called "gods" by the [Men](/source/Man_(Middle-earth)) of Middle-earth.[T 11] Other residents of Valinor include the related but less powerful spirits, the [Maiar](/source/Maia_(Middle-earth)), and most of the Elves.[T 12]

Each Vala has his or her own region of the land. The Mansions of Manwë and Varda, two of the most powerful spirits, stand upon the top of Taniquetil.[T 11] Yavanna, the Vala of Earth, Growth, and Harvest, resides in the Pastures of Yavanna in the south of the land, west of the Pelóri. Nearby are the mansions of Yavanna's spouse, Aulë the Smith. Oromë, the Vala of the Hunt, lives in the Woods of Oromë to the north-east of the pastures. Nienna lives in the far west of the island. Just south of Nienna's home, and to the north of the pastures, are the Halls of Mandos; he lives with his spouse Vairë the weaver. To the east of the Halls of Mandos is the Isle of Estë, in the lake of Lórellin[T 11] within the Gardens of Lórien.[3]

In east-central Valinor, at the Girdle of Arda, is Valmar, the capital of Valinor (also called Valimar, the City of Bells), the residence of the Valar and the Maiar in Valinor. The first house of the Elves, the [Vanyar](/source/Vanyar), settles there as well. The mound of Ezellohar, on which stand the [Two Trees](/source/Two_Trees_of_Valinor), and Máhanaxar, the Ring of Doom, are outside Valmar.[T 12] Farther east is the Calacirya, the only easy pass through the Pelóri, a huge mountain range fencing Valinor on three sides, created to keep [Morgoth](/source/Morgoth)'s forces out. The city of the Noldor (and for a time the Vanyar Elves also) is Tirion, built on the hill of Túna, inside the Calacirya mountain pass; it is just north of Taniquetil, facing both the Two Trees and the starlit seas.[T 5][3]

In the northern inner foothills of the Pelóri, far to the north of Valmar, is [Fëanor](/source/F%C3%ABanor)'s city of Formenos, built after his banishment from Tirion.[T 13]

## History

Further information: [Cosmology of Middle-earth](/source/Cosmology_of_Middle-earth) and [History of Arda](/source/History_of_Arda)

### Years of the Trees

Valinor in the Years of the Trees, lit by the [Two Trees](/source/Two_Trees_of_Valinor); the rest of Arda, including [Middle-earth](/source/Middle-earth), lay in darkness. The outlines of the continents are purely schematic.

Further information: [Two Trees of Valinor](/source/Two_Trees_of_Valinor)

Valinor is first established on the western continent Aman when Melkor (a Vala later named Morgoth, "the black foe", by the Elves) destroys the Valar's original home on the island Almaren in primeval Middle-earth, ending the [Years of the Lamps](/source/Years_of_the_Lamps).[T 12] To defend their new home from attack, they raise the Pelóri Mountains.[T 12] They also establish Valimar, the future dwelling place of many of Aman’s Elven residents, such as the Vanyar, a more major the radiant Two Trees, and their dwelling-places.[T 12][T 14] Valinor is said to surpass Almaren in beauty.[T 12] Later, the Valar hear of the [awakening of the Elves](/source/Elf_(Middle-earth)#Origins) in Middle-earth, where Melkor is unopposed. They propose to bring the Elves to the safety of Valinor, but to do that, they need to get Melkor out of the way. A war is fought, and Melkor's stronghold Utumno is destroyed. Then, many Elves come to Valinor, and establish their cities Tirion and Alqualondë, beginning Valinor's age of glory. Melkor comes back to Valinor as a prisoner, and after three Ages is brought before the Valar; he sues for pardon, vowing to assist the Valar and make amends for the hurts he has done. Manwë grants him pardon, but confines him within Valmar to remain under watch.[T 9] After his release, Melkor starts planting seeds of dissent in the minds of the Elves, including between Fëanor and his brothers [Fingolfin](/source/Fingolfin) and Finarfin. Fëanor uses some of the light of the Two Trees to forge the three [Silmarils](/source/Silmarils), beautiful, unmarrable, and irreplaceable jewels.[T 13]

### The Darkening of Valinor

Belatedly, the Valar learn what [Melkor](/source/Melkor) has done. Knowing that he is discovered, Melkor goes to the home of the Noldor's High King [Finwë](/source/Finw%C3%AB), kills him and steals the Silmarils. He then destroys the Two Trees with the help of [Ungoliant](/source/Ungoliant), plunging Valinor into darkness, the Long Night, relieved only by stars. Melkor and Ungoliant flee to Middle-earth.[T 15]

### The Hiding of Valinor

The Downfall of [Númenor](/source/N%C3%BAmenor) and the Changing of the World.[6] The outlines of the continents are purely schematic.

The Valar manage to save one last luminous flower from one of the Two Trees, Telperion, and one last luminous fruit from the other, Laurelin. These become the Moon and the Sun. The Valar carry out further titanic labours to improve the defences of Valinor. They raise the Pelóri mountains to even greater and sheerer heights. Off the coast, eastwards of Tol Eressëa, they create the Shadowy Seas and their Enchanted Isles; both the Seas and the Isles present numerous perils to anyone attempting to get to Valinor by sea.[T 10]

### Later history

For centuries, Valinor took no part in the struggles between the Noldor and Morgoth in Middle-earth. But near the end of the [First Age](/source/First_Age), when the Noldor are in total defeat, the mariner [Eärendil](/source/E%C3%A4rendil) convinces the Valar to make a last attack on Morgoth. A mighty host of Maiar, Vanyar and the remaining Noldor in Valinor destroy Morgoth's gigantic army and his stronghold [Angband](/source/Angband_(Middle-earth)), and cast Morgoth into the void.[T 16]

During the [Second Age](/source/Second_Age), the Valar create the island of [Númenor](/source/N%C3%BAmenor) as a reward to the [Edain](/source/Edain), Men who had fought alongside the Noldor. Centuries later the kingdom of Númenor grows so powerful and so arrogant that Ar-Pharazôn, the twenty-fifth and last king, dares to attempt an invasion of Valinor. When the creator [Eru Ilúvatar](/source/Eru_Il%C3%BAvatar) responds to the call of the Valar, Númenor sinks into the sea, and Aman is removed beyond the reach of the Men of Arda. Arda itself becomes spherical, and is left for Men to govern. The Elves can go to Valinor only by the [Straight Road](/source/Straight_Road) and in ships capable of passing out of the spheres of the earth.[T 17][6]

## Analysis

### Paradise

Further information: [Death and immortality in Middle-earth](/source/Death_and_immortality_in_Middle-earth) and [Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium](/source/Cosmology_of_Tolkien's_legendarium)

[Earthly Paradise](/source/Earthly_Paradise): Eldamar has been compared to the place dreamed of in the [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) poem *[Pearl](/source/Pearl_(poem))*.[7] Miniature from [Cotton Nero A.x](/source/Pearl_Manuscript) shows the Dreamer on the other side of the stream from the Pearl-maiden.

Keith Kelly and Michael Livingston, writing in *[Mythlore](/source/Mythlore)*, note that [Frodo](/source/Frodo_Baggins)'s final destination, mentioned at the end of *[The Lord of the Rings](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings)*, is Aman, the Undying Lands. In Tolkien's mythology, they write, the islands of Aman are initially just the dwelling-places of the Valar (in the Ages of the Trees, while the rest of the world lies in darkness). The Valar help The One, [Eru Ilúvatar](/source/Eru_Il%C3%BAvatar), to create the world. Gradually some of the immortal and ageless Elves are allowed to live there as well, sailing across the ocean to the West. After the fall of Númenor and the reshaping of the world, Aman becomes the place "*between* (sic) Over-heaven and Middle-earth".[8] It is accessible only in special circumstances like Frodo's, allowed to come to Aman through the offices of the Valar and of Gandalf, one of the Valar's emissaries, the [Istari](/source/Istari) or Wizards. However, Aman is not, they write, exactly [paradise](/source/Paradise). Firstly, being there does not confer immortality, contrary to what the Númenóreans supposed. Secondly, those mortals like Frodo who are allowed to go there will eventually choose to die. They note that in another of Tolkien's writings, "[Leaf by Niggle](/source/Leaf_by_Niggle)", understood to be a journey through [Purgatory](/source/Purgatory) (the Catholic precursor stage to paradise), Tolkien avoids describing paradise at all. They suggest that to the Catholic Tolkien, it is impossible to describe Heaven, and it might be sacrilege to make the attempt.[8] The Tolkien scholar [Michael D. C. Drout](/source/Michael_D._C._Drout) comments that Tolkien's accounts of Eldamar "give us a good idea of his conceptions of absolute [beauty](/source/Beauty)".[7] He notes that these resemble the paradise described in the [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) poem *[Pearl](/source/Pearl_(poem))*.[7]

Cosmogonies of Tolkien, Catholicism, and Medieval poetry[7][8] Tolkien Catholicism Pearl, Dante's Paradiso "that which is beyond Elvenhome and will ever be"[T 18] Heaven Celestial Paradise, "beyond" Undying lands of Aman, Elvenhome in Valinor Purgatory Earthly Paradise, Garden of Eden Middle-earth Earth Earth

The Tolkien scholar [Tom Shippey](/source/Tom_Shippey) adds that in 1927 Tolkien wrote a poem, *The Nameless Land*, in the complex stanza-form of *Pearl*. It spoke of a land further away than paradise, and more beautiful than the Irish [Tír na nÓg](/source/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g), the deathless otherworld.[6] Kelly and Livingston similarly draw on *Pearl*, noting that it states that "fair as was the hither shore, far lovelier was the further land"[8] where the Dreamer could not pass. So, they write, each stage looks like paradise, until the traveller realises that beyond it lies something even more paradisiacal, glimpsed and beyond description. The Earthly Paradise can be described; Aman, the Undying Lands, can thus be compared to the [Garden of Eden](/source/Garden_of_Eden), the paradise that the Bible says once existed upon Earth before the [Fall of Man](/source/Fall_of_Man). The Celestial Paradise of Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle" lies "beyond (or above)", as it does, they note, in [Dante](/source/Dante)'s *[Paradiso](/source/Paradiso)*.[8] [Matthew Dickerson](/source/Matthew_T._Dickerson) notes that Valinor resembles the [Garden of Eden](/source/Garden_of_Eden) in having two trees.[9]

Fates of Elves and Men in [Tolkien's legendarium](/source/Tolkien's_legendarium). Elves are immortal but can be killed in battle, in which case they go to the [Halls of Mandos](/source/Halls_of_Mandos) in Aman. They may be restored by the Will of the [Valar](/source/Valar_in_Middle-earth), and then go to live with the Valar in Valinor, like an [Earthly Paradise](/source/Earthly_Paradise), though just being in the place does not confer immortality.[10][7][8] Men are mortal, and when they die they go beyond the circles of the world, even the Elves not knowing where that might be.

### Good against evil

Further information: [Christianity in Middle-earth § Light](/source/Christianity_in_Middle-earth#Light)

The scholar of English literature [Marjorie Burns](/source/Marjorie_Burns) writes that one of the female Vala, Varda (Elbereth to the Elves) is sung to by the Elf-queen of Middle-earth [Galadriel](/source/Galadriel). Burns notes that Varda "sits far off in Valinor on Oiolossë",[11] looking from her mountain-peak tower in Aman towards Middle-earth and the [Dark Tower](/source/Barad-d%C3%BBr) of [Sauron](/source/Sauron) in [Mordor](/source/Mordor): she notes [Timothy O'Neill](/source/Timothy_O'Neill_(camoufleur))'s view that the white benevolent feminine symbol opposes the evil masculine symbol. Further, Burns suggests, Galadriel is an Elf from Valinor "in the Blessed Realm",[11] bringing Varda's influence with her to Middle-earth. This is seen in the phial of light that she gives to [Frodo](/source/Frodo_Baggins), and that [Sam](/source/Sam_Gamgee) uses to defeat the evil giant spider [Shelob](/source/Shelob): Sam invokes Elbereth when he uses the phial. Burns comments that Sam's request to the "Lady" sounds distinctly [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic), and that the "female principle, embodied in Varda of Valinor and Galadriel of Middle-earth, most clearly represents the charitable Christian heart."[11]

### Original sin

The strife among the Elves and their resulting exit from Valinor has been compared to the Biblical [fall of man](/source/Fall_of_man).[T 19][12] The [serpent](/source/Serpent_(Bible)) tempts [Adam](/source/Adam_(Bible)) and [Eve](/source/Eve) to eat the forbidden fruit, [Notre Dame de Paris](/source/Notre_Dame_de_Paris)

The scholar of literature Richard Z. Gallant comments that while Tolkien [made use of pagan](/source/Paganism_in_Middle-earth) Germanic heroism in his legendarium, and admired its [Northern courage](/source/Northern_courage_in_Middle-earth), he disliked its emphasis on "overmastering pride". This created a conflict in his writing. The pride of the Elves in Valinor resulted in a fall, analogous to the biblical [fall of man](/source/Fall_of_man). Tolkien described this by saying "The first fruit of their fall was in Paradise [Valinor], the slaying of Elves by Elves"; Gallant interprets this as an allusion to the fruit of the biblical [tree of the knowledge of good and evil](/source/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil) and the resulting exit from the Garden of Eden.[T 19][12] The leading prideful elf is Fëanor, whose actions, Gallant writes, set off the whole dark narrative of strife among the Elves described in *The Silmarillion*; the Elves fight and leave Valinor for Middle-earth.[12]

### *Beowulf*

Further information: [Old Straight Road](/source/Old_Straight_Road)

The passage at the start of the [Old English](/source/Old_English) poem *[Beowulf](/source/Beowulf)* about [Scyld Scefing](/source/Scyld_Scefing) contains a cryptic mention of *þā* ("those") who have sent Scyld as a baby in a boat, presumably from across the sea, and to whom Scyld's body is returned in a [ship funeral](/source/Ship_burial), the vessel sailing by itself. Shippey suggests that Tolkien may have seen in this both an implication of a Valar-like group who behave much like gods, and a glimmer of his [Old Straight Road](/source/Old_Straight_Road), the way across the sea to Valinor forever closed to mortal Men by the remaking of the world after Númenor's attack on Valinor.[13]

### Lost home

Further information: [Decline and fall in Middle-earth](/source/Decline_and_fall_in_Middle-earth)

Phillip Joe Fitzsimmons compares *The Silmarillion's* faraway Valinor, forbidden to Men and lost to the Elves, though it constantly calls to them to return, to Tolkien's fellow-[Inkling](/source/The_Inklings), [Owen Barfield](/source/Owen_Barfield)'s "lost home". Barfield writes of the loss of "an Edenic relationship with nature", part of his theory that man's purpose is to serve as "the Earth's self-consciousness".[14] Barfield argued that rationalism creates individualism, "unhappy isolation ... [and] the loss of a mutual relationship with nature."[14] Further, Barfield believed that ancient civilisations, as recorded in their languages, had a connection to and inner experience of nature, so that the modern situation represents a loss of that state of grace. Fitzsimmons states that the lost home motif recurs throughout Tolkien's writings. He does not suggest that Barfield influenced Tolkien, but that the ideas of the two men grew from "the same time, place, and even social circle".[14]

### Atlantis, Babel

Further information: [Tolkien and the classical world](/source/Tolkien_and_the_classical_world)

Kelly and Livingston state that while Aman could be home to Elves as well as Valar, the same was not true of mortal Men. The "prideful"[8] Men of Númenor, imagining they could acquire immortality by capturing the physical lands of Aman, were punished by the destruction of their own island, which is engulfed by the sea, and the permanent removal of Aman "from the circles of the world".[8] Kelly and Livingston note the similarity to the [ancient Greek myth](/source/Ancient_Greek_myth) of [Atlantis](/source/Atlantis), the greatest human civilisation lost beneath the sea; and the resemblance to the biblical tale of the [Tower of Babel](/source/Tower_of_Babel), the [hubristic](/source/Hubris) and "[sacrilegious](/source/Sacrilege)" attempt by mortal men to climb up into God's realm.[8]

Scholars have compared Tolkien's Valinor to the "Land of Promise" in Celtic *[imrama](/source/Immram)* tales.[15] Here, [Saint Brendan](/source/Saint_Brendan) sails the seas looking for the Land of Promise. [Gautier de Metz](/source/Gautier_de_Metz), c. 1304

### Celtic influence

Further information: [Tolkien and the Celtic](/source/Tolkien_and_the_Celtic)

The scholar of English literature [Paul H. Kocher](/source/Paul_H._Kocher) writes that the Undying Lands of the Uttermost West including Eldamar and Valinor, is "so far outside our experience that Tolkien can only ask us to take it completely on faith."[15] Kocher comments that these lands have an integral place both geographically and spiritually in Middle-earth, and that their closest literary equivalents are the *[imrama](/source/Immram)* Celtic tales from the early Middle Ages. The *imrama* tales describe how Irish adventurers such as [Saint Brendan](/source/Saint_Brendan) sailed the seas looking for the "Land of Promise". He notes that it is certain that Tolkien knew these stories, since in 1955 he wrote a poem, entitled *Imram*, about Brendan's voyage.[15][6]

## See also

- [Annwn](/source/Annwn), the Welsh Otherworld

- [Fortunate Isles](/source/Fortunate_Isles)

- [Asgard](/source/Asgard) and [Álfheimr](/source/%C3%81lfheimr)

- [Elysium](/source/Elysium)

## References

### Primary

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Carpenter 2023](#CITEREFCarpenter2023), #156 to Father R. Murray, SJ, November 1954

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Tolkien 1955](#CITEREFTolkien1955), "The Grey Havens", and Appendix B, entry for S.R. 1482 and 1541.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Carpenter 2023](#CITEREFCarpenter2023), #249 to [Michael Tolkien](/source/Tolkien_family#Michael_George_R._Tolkien), October 1963

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Tolkien 1994](#CITEREFTolkien1994), "Quendi and Eldar"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Of_Eldamar_and_the_Princes_of_the_Eldalië_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Of_Eldamar_and_the_Princes_of_the_Eldalië_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Of_Eldamar_and_the_Princes_of_the_Eldalië_7-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Of_Eldamar_and_the_Princes_of_the_Eldalië_7-3) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 5 "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Kept in a folder labelled "Phan, Mbar, Bal and other Elvish etymologies", published in *[Parma Eldalamberon](/source/Parma_Eldalamberon)*, 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** *[Parma Eldalamberon](/source/Parma_Eldalamberon)*, 17, p. 106.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Of_the_Flight_of_the_Noldor_12-0)** [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 9 "Of the Flight of the Noldor"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Coming_of_the_Elves_and_the_Captivity_of_Melkor_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Coming_of_the_Elves_and_the_Captivity_of_Melkor_13-1) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 3 "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Sun_and_Moon_and_the_Hiding_of_Valinor_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Sun_and_Moon_and_the_Hiding_of_Valinor_14-1) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 11 "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Valaquenta_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Valaquenta_16-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Valaquenta_16-2) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), "Valaquenta"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Beginning_of_Days_17-5) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 1 "Of the Beginning of Days"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Silmarils_and_the_Unrest_of_the_Noldor_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Of_the_Silmarils_and_the_Unrest_of_the_Noldor_18-1) [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 7 "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Of_Aulë_and_Yavanna_19-0)** [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 2 "Of Aulë and Yavanna"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Of_the_Darkening_of_Valinor_20-0)** [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 8 "Of the Darkening of Valinor"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Of_the_Voyage_of_Eärendil_and_the_War_of_Wrath_22-0)** [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), ch. 24 "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Akallabêth_23-0)** [Tolkien 1977](#CITEREFTolkien1977), "Akallabêth"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** [Tolkien 1955](#CITEREFTolkien1955), book 6, ch. 4 "The Field of Cormallen"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Letter_131_30-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Letter_131_30-1) [Carpenter 2023](#CITEREFCarpenter2023), #131 to [Milton Waldman](/source/Milton_Waldman), late 1951

### Secondary

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFauskanger2022_4-0)** [Fauskanger 2022](#CITEREFFauskanger2022).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOberhelman2013_5-0)** [Oberhelman 2013](#CITEREFOberhelman2013).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFonstad19911–4_Aman,_6–7_Valinor_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFonstad19911–4_Aman,_6–7_Valinor_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFonstad19911–4_Aman,_6–7_Valinor_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFonstad19911–4_Aman,_6–7_Valinor_8-3) [Fonstad 1991](#CITEREFFonstad1991), pp. 1–4 Aman, 6–7 Valinor.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETyler2002307–308_10-0)** [Tyler 2002](#CITEREFTyler2002), pp. 307–308.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFonstad199138_15-0)** [Fonstad 1991](#CITEREFFonstad1991), p. 38.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2005324–328_21-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2005324–328_21-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2005324–328_21-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2005324–328_21-3) [Shippey 2005](#CITEREFShippey2005), pp. 324–328.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrout2007_24-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrout2007_24-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrout2007_24-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrout2007_24-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrout2007_24-4) [Drout 2007](#CITEREFDrout2007).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellyLivingston2009_25-8) [Kelly & Livingston 2009](#CITEREFKellyLivingston2009).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDickerson2007_27-0)** [Dickerson 2007](#CITEREFDickerson2007).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2005269–272_28-0)** [Shippey 2005](#CITEREFShippey2005), pp. 269–272.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurns2005152–154_29-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurns2005152–154_29-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurns2005152–154_29-2) [Burns 2005](#CITEREFBurns2005), pp. 152–154.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallant2014109–129_31-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallant2014109–129_31-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallant2014109–129_31-2) [Gallant 2014](#CITEREFGallant2014), pp. 109–129.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShippey2022166–180_32-0)** [Shippey 2022](#CITEREFShippey2022), pp. 166–180.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzsimmons20161–8_33-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzsimmons20161–8_33-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzsimmons20161–8_33-2) [Fitzsimmons 2016](#CITEREFFitzsimmons2016), pp. 1–8.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKocher1974_34-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKocher1974_34-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKocher1974_34-2) [Kocher 1974](#CITEREFKocher1974).

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v t e Middle-earth J. R. R. Tolkien Bibliography Canon Legendarium Outline Works In Tolkien's lifetime The Hobbit (1937) The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) The Fellowship of the Ring "The Shadow of the Past" "The Council of Elrond" The Two Towers The Return of the King "The Scouring of the Shire" "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962) Posthumous The Silmarillion (1977) "Ainulindalë" Unfinished Tales (1980) The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981) Bilbo's Last Song (1990) The three "Great Tales" The Children of Húrin (2007) Beren and Lúthien (2017) The Fall of Gondolin (2018) The Fall of Númenor (2022) History of composition History of Middle-earth [1–2] The Book of Lost Tales (1983–84) Ælfwine [3] The Lays of Beleriand (1985) [4] The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986) [5] The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987) The Etymologies Lhammas [6–9] The History of The Lord of the Rings (1988–1992) The Notion Club Papers [10] Morgoth's Ring (1993) [11] The War of the Jewels (1994) [12] The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996) Others John D. Rateliff The History of The Hobbit (2007) Carl F. Hostetter The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) Fictional universe Peoples, monsters Ainur Maiar Balrogs Wizards Valar Dragons Ancalagon Smaug Dwarves Eagles Elves Half-elven Noldor Sundering Ents Hobbits Men Beornings Drúedain Dúnedain Orcs Trolls Characters First and Second Ages Celebrimbor Eärendil and Elwing Elendil Fëanor Fingolfin Finwë and Míriel Gil-galad Húrin Isildur Lúthien and Beren Melian Morgoth Thingol Tuor and Idril Túrin Turambar Ungoliant Third Age Elrond Galadriel Gandalf Glorfindel Goldberry Gollum Saruman Sauron Tom Bombadil Places First and Second Ages Beleriand Númenor Valinor Third Age Bree Esgaroth Gondor Harad Isengard Lonely Mountain Lothlórien Mirkwood Mordor Moria Rivendell Rohan The Shire Bag End Objects Mithril Palantír Red Book of Westmarch Rings of Power One Ring Silmarils Two Trees of Valinor List of weapons and armour Analysis Elements Artwork Family trees Heraldry Languages Adûnaic Black Speech Elvish Quenya Sindarin Khuzdul Valarin Westron Maps Tolkien's poetry Scripts Cirth Sarati Tengwar Themes Anachronism Ancestry as guide to character Architecture Christianity Cosmology Round World dilemma Death and immortality Decline and fall Dreams and visions Economy England Environmentalism Evil First World War Forests Frame stories Hell Heroism Light Luck and fate Magic Mental illness Modernism Moral dilemma Music Naming of weapons Northern courage Old Straight Road Paganism Plants Psychological journeys Quests Sound and language Time Trees Literary Tolkien's impact on fantasy Influences Beowulf Celtic Classical world Finnish language and literature Medieval Modern William Morris Norse Philology Shakespeare Prose style Ambiguity A mythology for England Geographic Geology The Atlas of Middle-earth Journeys of Frodo A Map of Middle-earth Adaptations, legacy Illustrators Pauline Baynes Cor Blok Anke Eißmann Brothers Hildebrandt Jenny Dolfen Mary Fairburn Donato Giancola John Howe Tove Jansson Alexander Korotich Alan Lee Tom Loback Margrethe II of Denmark Ted Nasmith Composers Bo Hansson Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings Leonard Rosenman Music of The Lord of the Rings, 1978 Johan de Meij Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings Howard Shore Music of The Lord of the Rings film series Music of The Hobbit film series Music of The Rings of Power TV series Bear McCreary Music of The Rings of Power TV series Stephen Gallagher Music of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth Settings Donald Swann The Road Goes Ever On Poems and Songs of Middle Earth The Tolkien Ensemble An Evening in Rivendell A Night in Rivendell At Dawn in Rivendell Leaving Rivendell Other media Impact Middle-earth Enterprises Works inspired by Tolkien Fan fiction Film Calendars Video games Things named after Tolkien and his works Literary criticism The Complete Guide to Middle-earth A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien Interrupted Music Master of Middle-Earth Picturing Tolkien A Question of Time J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion Perilous Realms The Road to Middle-Earth Splintered Light Tolkien and the Invention of Myth Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England' Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings A Tolkien Compass Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth Tolkien, Race and Cultural History Tolkien's Legendarium Tolkien and the Great War The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

v t e The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien Constructing The Lord of the Rings About Volumes The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King Stories "The Shadow of the Past" "The Council of Elrond" "The Scouring of the Shire" "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" Translating list Swedish Reception Impact Literary Fandom Fan fiction Oxonmoot Tolkienmoot Works inspired Tolkien's impact on fantasy Annotation A Reader's Companion Elements Languages Black Speech Elvish Quenya Sindarin Khuzdul Westron Poetry A Elbereth Gilthoniel Namárië Song of Eärendil The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late The Road Goes Ever On A Walking Song Other Artwork Family trees Heraldry Maps Proverbs Scripts Cirth Tengwar Analysis Themes Addiction to power Ancestry as guide to character Architecture Company of the Ring Death and immortality Decline and fall Divination Dreams and visions Economy England Environmentalism Evil Feudal allegiance Forests Geology Hell Heroism Luck and fate Magic Mental illness Moral dilemma Music Naming of weapons Northern courage Paganism Plants Prophecy Psychological journeys Quests Race Sexuality Sound and language Time Trees Women Influences Antiquarianism Beowulf Celtic Christianity Classical world Edwardian adventure stories First World War Norse Medieval Modern sources Modernism William Morris A mythology for England Philology Shakespeare Techniques Anachronism Character pairing Editorial framing Frame stories Pseudotranslation Impression of depth Narrative structure Interlacing Storytelling Prose style Ambiguity Epic Pooh Peoples Maiar Balrogs Sauron Wizards Gandalf Radagast Saruman Free peoples Dwarves Balin Gimli Elves Galadriel Glorfindel Half-elven Arwen Elrond Legolas Thranduil Ents Treebeard Hobbits Bilbo Frodo Merry Pippin Sam Men Beornings Drúedain Dúnedain Aragorn of Gondor Boromir Denethor Faramir of Rohan Éomer Éowyn Théoden Wormtongue Monsters Barrow-wight Gollum Nazgûl Witch-king of Angmar Old Man Willow Orcs Shelob Trolls Wargs Watcher in the Water Other Eagles Goldberry Tom Bombadil World Geography Middle-earth Eriador Bree Old Forest Rivendell The Shire Bag End Gondor Minas Tirith Harad Lothlórien Mirkwood Moria Mordor Rohan Isengard Undying Lands Battles Helm's Deep Pelennor Fields Morannon Things Mithril Oliphaunts Palantírs Phial of Galadriel Rings of Power One Ring List of weapons and armour Related works The Hobbit The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Errantry Fastitocalon The Sea-Bell Donald Swann The Road Goes Ever On Bilbo's Last Song The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien The History of Middle-earth The Children of Húrin The History of The Hobbit Beren and Lúthien The Fall of Gondolin The Nature of Middle-earth Adaptations and derivative works Books Bored of the Rings (1969) The Last Ringbearer (1999) Muddle Earth (2003) Illustrations A Map of Middle-earth Pauline Baynes Barbara Remington John Howe Alan Lee Margrethe II of Denmark Ted Nasmith Theatre Fellowship! (2005) The Lord of the Rings (2006) Music Bo Hansson Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (1972) Johan de Meij Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings (1988) Led Zeppelin "Ramble On" (1969) "Misty Mountain Hop" (1971) "The Battle of Evermore" (1971) Radio The Lord of the Rings (BBC, 1955) The Lord of the Rings (NPR, 1979) Hordes of the Things (1980) The Lord of the Rings (BBC, 1981) Der Herr der Ringe (1992) Film Animated The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi, 1978) The Return of the King (Rankin/Bass, 1980) The War of the Rohirrim (Kamiyama, 2024) Peter Jackson series The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Two Towers (2002) The Return of the King (2003) Music "Concerning Hobbits" "Into the West" "May It Be" The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films (2010 book) Approach Production Hobbiton Movie Set Peter Jackson's interpretation Picturing Tolkien Tolkien on Film Other Sagan om ringen (1971) Khraniteli (1991) Hobitit (1993) The Rings of Power (2022) music Fan-made The Hunt for Gollum (2009) Born of Hope (2009) Video games Journey to Rivendell Game One Game Two: Shadows of Mordor War in Middle Earth Vol. I (1990) Vol. I (SNES) Riders of Rohan Elendor Vol. II: The Two Towers The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King War of the Ring The Third Age Game Boy Advance The Battle for Middle-earth Tactics The Battle for Middle-earth II The Rise of the Witch-king Conquest Aragorn's Quest War in the North Lego The Lord of the Rings Guardians of Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor Shadow of War Gollum Return to Moria The Lord of the Rings Online Mines of Moria Siege of Mirkwood Rise of Isengard Riders of Rohan Helm's Deep Mordor Minas Morgul War of Three Peaks Fate of Gundabad Before the Shadow Tabletop role- playing games Middle-earth Role Playing The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game The One Ring Roleplaying Game Adventures in Middle-earth Board games Middle Earth War of the Ring Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith Sauron Lord of the Rings War of the Ring Card games Middle-earth Collectible Card Game The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game Other games Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game Lego The Lord of the Rings

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