silmarillion

Tolkien's epic History of the Elves, narrates the world shattering events of the first and second ages of Middle-earth.

(no I don’t mean Tolkien) Hi everyone! New to the forum, but I’ve been obsessed with Tolkien since childhood. Anyway, here’s a question that’s been bugging me for a while now. Obviously, within Tolkien’s universe, Bilbo wrote The Hobbit and Frodo wrote The Lord of the Rings (with some add-ons...

Does the Silmarillion Contradict Third age History? “Pure myth and legend....cosmological myth ” -Letters of J.R.R Tolkien 122 The third age should have propriety in our understanding middle earth as Tolkien said was his best work and his published work. When he was working on the sillmarillon...

In of aule and Yavanna, Ents [not called so of course] are spirit beings that indwell trees to protect the forest from dwarves who will cut them down. However at this period of time are not the only spirit beings valar and Maiar? does this make the spirits of ents...Maiar? At this same time of...

I can't count the amount of times I've read Silmarillion. But my favourite story has to be Beren and Luthien. I always can't wait to get to this chapter. It's heart wrenching but beautiful and soulful at the same time. With exciting adventures. Which stories do you enjoy the most in the...

On another thread earlier I asked whether the History of Middle Earth books were canon. It was suggested it was not. It got me wondering is the Silmarillion canon? At the end of the day it was comprised and put together by Christopher Tolkien and not JRR Tolkien himself. I also read somewhere...

Hi guys! Just wondering if you know where i can buy a replica of Ringil (Fingolfin sword) or any sword from Silmarillion? I know that they are fan based, but i like some design ideas. Do you know where i can order custom swords? Cheers!

If you were adapting the Silmarillion, as a (mostly) whole, what would be your approach? Movies? Television series? Graphic novels? A history-channel-style documentary series? Personally, I think either a TV series or series of Graphic Novels would be the best options. Films would not have...

I just got The Silmarillion! :):) I am so happy! :D:D:D It was either this or Beren and Luthien, which as hardcover is in American $30.00!! :eek::eek::eek: Time for the most heroic yet depressing reading of my life! Namarie! CL

With a narrative that spans thousands of years, it can be difficult to identify the most central characters of The Silmarillion. If you had to pick one character, who do you think has the most important character arc or ties in the best with the central themes and key events of the Silmarillion...

Good evening everyone, I recently found a fellow on Etsy, who makes leather-bound copies of The Professor's work. The Silmarillion: https://www.etsy.com/listing/215525965/the-silmarillion-history-book-by-jrr?ref=listing-shop-header-1 Illustrated Lord of the Rings (Complete Work)...

after the success of j.r.r tolkien's the hobbit. it is mentioned that they want the sequel of it. so tolkien made an early draft of silmarillion. But George Allen & Unwin, tolkien's publisher, rejected it. so he remade the sequel and thus the result is lotr. what if they didn't reject the draft...

This video link may have already been posted in the past; but its appearance on The Tolkien Society (UK) Facebook page encouraged me to post it here for a wider Tolkien audience. It is Christopher Tolkien, talking to camera, about his father's Legendarium and how The Hobbit and The Lord of...

Hi everyone, I'm a new member. I wanted to get some input from some Tolkien experts on which of two interpretations of a song based on The Silmarillion is correct. I've read The Silmarillion cover to cover twice, reread sections of it, and read The Children of Hurin, and I still can't figure...

Which character inspires the most sympathy in you folks? Fingolfin? Maglor? Turin? Fingon? Finrod?

Hi guys, I'm about to begin my 6th read of The Silmarillion and I've been toying with the idea of incorporating The Children of Hurin with my reading of The Sil. Put another way, replace the chapter dealing with Hurin in The Sil, with the Hurin book. I've read the Children of Hurin only once...

I understand that the Silmarillion as a whole occurs over too long of a time period and has too many main characters for it ever to be a movie. But there is one part of it that I believe could be a adapted into a very good movie. That is the story of Beren and Luthien. Of all the stories in the...

What I mean is, I really want to get an illustrated version (I'm leaning towards the one with Ted Nasmith's illustrations), but I wasn't sure which edition would be the best one to get. I read The Lord of The Rings earlier this year and I'm just about to finish up The Hobbit. The Lord of The...

Blind Guardian's NiME as a gateway to deeper thoughts about the Silmarillion Hi, This would be my first post and I'm going to start with something quite 'heavy'. By heavy I don't just mean heavy metal.. I truly believe the album Nightfall in Middle Earth by the German Metal band Blind...

I wasn't paying attention but my brother was watching The Simpsons and I heard "Ainulindale" and looked up. Almost in disbelief, the comic book guy was telling the kids about the Sil or something? He then mentioned "Valaquenta" and "Melkor". Cool! I wonder which writer is the Tolkien fan.