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  The List of Tolkien Lists

  01.24.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

  A list of lists of names and facts from the Legendarium of JRR Tolkien.

• Tolkien 101

  Tolkien 101: Sauron Gorthaur

  06.29.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Sauron is the titular character and primary villain of The Lord of the Rings. He is introduced as The Necromancer in The Hobbit; and his origins and history are recounted in The Silmarillion. But who is Sauron? Why is he so evil? And how did he become so obsessed with locating missing jewelry?

• Features, Tolkien 101

  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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