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  Tolkien 101: The Basic Cosmology of Tolkien’s World

  06.09.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  In order to give meaningful background information for characters like Gandalf, Sauron, Galadriel and Elrond, I will have to refer to cosmological and cosmogenic ideas laid out in The Silmarillion, which tells the early history of Tolkien’s world.

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  Tolkien 101: Gandalf

  06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Although Tolkien’s fantasy novels are tales told by Hobbits, and tell the adventures of Hobbits, a case can be made that the real protagonist of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is the wizard Gandalf. Except for Elrond Half-elven, Gandalf is the only character who plays a key part in the events of both those novels and The Silmarillion.

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