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edit   The Middle-earth Portal Middle-earth is the name used for J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional ancient Earth where the stories in his legendarium take place. "Middle-earth" is a literal translation of the Old English term Middangeard, referring to this world, the habitable lands of men. Mythologically, the Endor continent became the Eurasian land-mass after the primitive Earth was transformed into the round world of today. Although Middle-earth's setting is often thought to be another world, Tolkien actually conceived it as a fictional period in our Earth's own past 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. The history of Middle-earth is divided into several Ages: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings deal exclusively with events towards the end of the Third Age and conclude at the dawn of the Fourth Age, while The Silmarillion deals mainly with the First Age. The world (Arda) was originally flat but was made round near the end of the Second Age by Eru Ilúvatar, the Creator. More about Middle-earth... edit   Selected Picture The Two Trees of Valinor in the fictional universe of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold Tree that brought light to the Land of the Valar in ancient times. They were destroyed by Melkor and Ungoliant the great spider, but the last flower of Telperion and the last fruit of Laurelin were made by the Valar into the Moon and the Sun. edit   Selected Article The history of Arda, J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, is divided into three time periods, known as the Years of the Lamps, Years of the Trees and Years of the Sun. A separate, overlapping chronology divides the history into 'Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar'. The first such Age began with the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees and continued for the first six centuries of the Years of the Sun. All the subsequent Ages took place during the Years of the Sun. Most Middle-earth stories take place in the first three Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar. Music of the Ainur Main article: Ainulindalë The supreme deity of Tolkien's universe is called Eru Ilúvatar. In the beginning, Ilúvatar created spirits named the Ainur. Ilúvatar made divine music with them. Melkor, Tolkien's equivalent of Satan, who was then one of the Ainur, broke the harmony of the music, until Ilúvatar began a third theme which the Ainur could not comprehend since they were not the source of it. The essence of their song symbolized the history of the whole universe and the Children of Ilúvatar that were to dwell in it — the Men and the Elves. Then Ilúvatar created Eä, the universe itself, and the Ainur formed within it Arda, the Earth, "globed within the void": the world together with the airs is set apart from Kúma, the "void" without. The first 15 of the Ainur that descended to Arda, and the most powerful ones, were called Valar, and the Ainur of lesser might that followed were called Maiar. More about the History of Arda... edit   Categories [−] J. R. R. 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Tolkien‎ (2 C, 9 P) [+] Tolkien studies‎ (2 C, 45 P) [+] Works based on Middle-earth‎ (7 C, 5 P) edit   Middle-earth News June 4, 2007 - The second volume of The History of The Hobbit is published May 8, 2007 - The first volume of The History of The Hobbit is released April 16, 2007 - The Children of Húrin, a new book set in Middle-earth, compiled from J. R. R. Tolkien's draft texts, is on the shelves edit   Legendarium The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King The Adventures of Tom Bombadil The Road Goes Ever On The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien The History of Middle-earth The Book of Lost Tales Part One The Book of Lost Tales Part Two The Lays of Beleriand The Shaping of Middle-earth The Lost Road and Other Writings The Return of the Shadow The Treason of Isengard The War of the Ring Sauron Defeated Morgoth's Ring The War of the Jewels The Peoples of Middle-earth Bilbo's Last Song The Children of Húrin The History of The Hobbit Mr. Baggins Return to Bag-End edit   Wikiprojects WikiProjects connected with Middle-earth: Literature Books Middle-earth Novels Mythology Media franchises edit   Miscellaneous Random article (reset) Recent changes to Middle-earth articles Recent changes to this portal List of sub-pages for this portal edit   External Links Tolkien Gateway – A wiki specialised on Tolkien's works and legendarium, over 9000 articles The Lord of the Rings Wiki – A Wikia wiki with over 3,500 articles about the End of the Third Age and the place for all unencyclopedic content (including opinion from fans) Tolkien Wiki – A wiki about Tolkien's legendarium Encyclopedia of Arda – A full encyclopedia of The Thain's Book Thain's Book – An encyclopedia about all of Middle-earth Annals of Arda – A collection of information from both late and early writings of Tolkien edit   Things you can do Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Middle-earth. Feel free to help with any of the following tasks: Collaboration: Return Middle-earth to featured status, make Lord of the Rings a good article. Cleanup: Anglachel, List of Hobbits, List of hobbit families, Samwise Gamgee, Saruman, Yearbook of Tuckborough, Second Age Copyedit/extensive work: Círdan, Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Valaquenta Create: J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, Kay Miner, Tolkien's View: Windows into his world Expand to separate pages/list entries: Alliterative verse by J. R. R. Tolkien, Art inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Nellas Stubs: Old Man Willow, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, Tolkien Studies, Images of Middle-Earth Provide references: Gondor, The Notion Club Papers Add secondary sources: Númenor, Moria (Middle-earth) Current topics (may need updating): The History of The Hobbit, The Hobbit films Merge into: Minor places in Middle-earth, Minor places in Beleriand Other: See the Things to do page, update a Random article (reset) , or review recent changes edit   Interwiki Links J.R.R. Tolkien     Guide to The Lord of the Rings     Elven writing     Quenya     J.R.R. Tolkien Quotations Texts Texts Definitions Commons edit   Portals? What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals