silmarillion

First off, I wasn't sure where this exactly fit and by my powers of debatable deduction I decided here was probably the best location. If this is incorrect please feel free to move it where it belongs or remove it and let me know where I should be placing it! It's my first post and I don't want...

I was doing a back and forth with an AI agent to help me put the thoughts together. How would I make a Silmarillion movie(s) in a way that 1) it would satisfy Tolkien's fans like myself (and especially the Tolkien Estate) but staying true to the real narrative. 2) it would be attractive to non...

Recently I read a novel by Mary Shelley about Frankenstein. It reminded me the story about Aulё and his creation of dwarves. Both of them created living beings and tried to act like God. The difference is that Aulё finally was given a permission by God, while Frankenstein wasn't. Do you think...

This fic and its accompanying illustration are my submission to Tolkien OC Week 2025, a fandom event taking place primarily on Tumblr. I was really excited to find an excuse to explore Aranya's home life with her parents, because we don't get much of a chance to do that in my main fic (Ill...

Aranya Estiel walked alone down the hot, dusty road leading from Tirion to its outlying villages. Her feet and back ached, her joints felt sore and stiff, and her heart didn’t know what to feel. The journey home took at least half a day on foot. And when she arrived, she wasn’t sure if she would...

I made this thread for anybody to rate their favorite to least favorite Tolkien high fantasy fairy tale. Either way having read all of them say for the unfinished tales(which I have no interest in reading). I have decided to rank all 6 of them. Please, note tho that I am not counting the Lord...

I mean, those who have a direct role, not merely being an ancestor of someone who did Melian: It was from her that Luthien got the magic abilities she used to help obtain the silmaril Luthien: very important, he powers allowed Beren to get the silmaril, that would be crucial later. Dior: His...

BEHOLD. THE SNOTLORD HIMSELF. I started this drawing back in February when I had the flu, and then I kind of forgot about it for a while. Now I'm sick again so I decided this is as good time as any to finish it. 🙃 In case you aren't familiar with the story going on, I have an OC whom I have...

I am determined to go all the way through the Silmarillion this time. And so I have decided to start this thread as a sort of "random thoughts - and also a million questions - of a first time Silm reader." There will probably be more questions than thoughts though....maybe...we'll see.... I...

I love both, but I definitely prefer the Silmarillion. For once, it is a lot more epic, the elves and men of the first age fought an enemy that made Sauron look like a naughty child. Glorfindel in LOTR is shown as probably the most formidable elf warrior, but in the Silmarillion, they were...

Hi Tolkien Lore Masters! I was curious to know if anyone has a favorite version of the lore, or version of the Silmarillion (Lost Tales, or Sketch? Quenta Noldorinwa or Quenta Silmarillion?). Or does anyone favor one (or more!) of the Annals? I'm also curious about which ones are the most...

~Table of Contents~ “Marriage, save for rare ill chances and strange fates, was the natural course of life for all the Eldar.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien, Morgoth’s Ring, The Laws and Customs Among the Eldar Prologue Gentle flurries of snow grew to a raging blizzard in the mountain kingdom of Himring...

I figured these aren't big enough to want their own thread every time, and as I spent around 3 hours on this one only, they can't be considered doodles either. So I decided to make a thread for them. Here's the first of many I will do.😅 1. The Elfling and Hair Fashion: "....Maitimo left...

Per invitation, I am posting a Middle-earth fanfic here I have been thinking over for some time. My main character is an OC and I'll do my best to portray the characters well, both in-world characters and those I make up. Enjoy! Prologue: Free Moments. I don't remember how my story began...

I've done a few Tolkien-related drawings lately, and I foresee I will probably make more. I'll post them all in this thread. Here are the ones I've done so far: https://thetolkien.forum/threads/curufin-and-feanor.31565/...

And Varda hallowed the Silmarils, so that thereafter no mortal flesh, nor hands unclean, nor anything of evil will might touch them, but it was scorched and withered; and Mandos foretold that the fates of Arda, earth, sea and air, lay locked within them. - The Silmarillion, Chapter 7, 'Of the...

I searched the site but didn't find any discussion relating to this yet. But I just discovered something really cool! Apparently this guy, Paul Corfield Godfrey, started working on a Silmarillion opera in 1981 and only just finished it in 2022, with full permission from the Tolkien Estate! It is...

I have read LotR and The Hobbit many times. Also Unfinished Tales. But I have reread The Silmarillion only once or twice in fifty years because it makes me so sad. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I crazy for not want ing to experience the long defeat again?

Here are some adaptations of stories from the Silmarillion, which I found on YouTube. A lot of time and effort must have been put into them, especially as they were made by a single person or a small group of people. 1. Lego stop-motion animation series, by BrenKir Studios...

This started as a half-meme, because I genuinely think a story such as this would have potential to cover important themes to the depths other stories (or even Tolkien's other stories) couldn't. For those unfamiliar with it, this article covers the various versions of the prophecy...