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I came across a wiki page the other day about "the land of the sun" which is apparently east of Middle Earth, but the page has very little information about it, and what it does have is not the most clear. Has anyone previously found any information about it? Is there just a whole uninhabited...

I have read one discussion about Telepathy. Written in 2008. At this forum. I have even read about Osanwe Kenta or, Sanwe Latya at The Tolkien Gateway too. So: Can elves telepathy to other elves? If yes, how many can join? Maybe there was a "Telepathy thingy group" Can elves telepathy with...

Does any one know if Tolkein ever published a map of Arda? Or has he left it to our imagination?

Which is your favorite of the tales?

In LoTR, Gandalf said that Treebeard was the oldest living thing on Middle Earth. Treebeard also said that the Elves woke them up. Bombadil said that he was in Middle Earth before even the first acorn. In Morgoth's Ring, p. 52, in the year 1500 VY, it says that 'there was a great growth...

Now, I know a lot of people here use the Encyclopaedia of Arda site ... The people there have given me three promotional codes to offer TTF members for their new Encarda iPhone app. So, the first three members (that could use this app) to PM me, will get these codes.

I didn't realize that Voronwe_the_Faithful on forums.theonering.com was Douglas Kane who is publishing Arda Reconstructed. This should be an interesting book to read about how CT constructed the published Silmarillion. I only had a discussion with him a few weeks ago... fancy that. Cheers...

This is the first of a series threads that has been in contemplation for quite some time (over a few years) and I have titled such threads as I Liar Núra Sanwëo - The Threads of Deep Thought. And no, this should in no way be misconstrued to mean that other threads don't require deep thought...

Melkor Marred or Remade From Morgoth’s Ring: Myths Transformed: I was always under the impression that Melkor was the evil guy, that wanted to conquer all of Arda for himself, and that he deviated from his original purpose that was for him to be the Master architect of Arda. Certainly, in...

It appears I have only questions and questions.... After I read "The Silmarillion" only one thing got me questioning the most: "How the map of Arda really looks?" I know that the author somewhat explained where each territory can be, but I never could imagine it on a map. I don't know if it...

Well? Are trolls another of Melkors nasty creations? It would seem strange if they are, for often they have to be whipped and beaten by the orcs to get them to do what they are told. One would think that Morgoth would have bred a rather more obediant race to be his beasts of burden and siege.

I find this hard to believe. It is true, if there are a number of Kings, but you are named "High King," you are the "King of Kings" so to speak. But I especially have difficulty believing that Ingwe could have controlled any of the Noldor, and I guess Teleri (but to a lesser extent...

Lecture - "A Speculative History of Music of Arda" - Aiwendil2 - Well, I thought I'd have it up today and I was wrong. But fear not! The next lecture will be up by sometime tomorrow.

Lecture - "Evil in Arda" Eriol is not here to open the thread for the lecture I should post. I am sorry it took me so much time to finish it,but I was pretty busy with my university exams. I suppose the things which I have written will be discussed a lot because the topic is really...

I would like to use this thread for members to pose questions about any aspect of Tolkien geography, in particular the more obscure aspects, instead of cluttering up the Never Asked Question thread with geography questions. I would like to open with the following question: Were there any...

This is a topic which I proposed as a debate topic but was decided to be too obscure: Would the Eldar of Aman be untainted or is this taint something inherent in the Children of Iluvatar?

Round 7:The Guild of Scholar's Hall vs. The Guild of Ost-in-Edhil I would like to open Round 7(finally)! I honoured to to host the debate between The Guild of Scholar's Hall and The Guild of Ost-in-Edhil! I would like to ask the both teams to post the names of their debators.

Can anyone shed some light on why the man upstaris (Eru) did'nt retract Melkor after the destruction of the lamps, and the destruction of his preciouse arda (which pleased him so) or even stranger; when Melkor percerted the elves and ents and produced orcs and trolls which was "most hatefull to...

To start of, i know this is completely contradictory to the last thread i just made, but im not pinning myself down on just one idea. Anyway, my question: Did Ilúvatar purposly put a certain factor into Melkor to make him as evil as he was, i mean look at it in this way: Arda was...

I'm new to Tolkien's languages, and I wondered what everyone thought of Helge Fauskanger's Quenya course. Quenya Course Also: some people say that we can never really know quenya. That we can only now what people think it could be... is this true? How sure can anyone be that the quenya they...