Tom Shippey in The Road to Middle-earth says how “ Boethian ” much of the treatment of evil is in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

* J. R. R. Tolkien's languages of Middle-earth

* Gram ( Middle-earth ), a King of Rohan from J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction

* Mount Gram ( Middle-earth ), a fictional place in Tolkien's writings

* In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, several armies are Armies and hosts of Middle-earth warfare, referred to as hosts

* Mark of Rohan, fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth.

Tolkien: Master of Middle-earth ," which describes the impact Tolkien's writings had on him, is featured in the following titles:

Many of these " Literary RPGs " are fan-fiction based, such as ( most prevalently ) Tolkien's Middle-earth, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight, any number of anime and manga sources, or they are simply based in thematic worlds such as the mythologies of Ancient Greece, fairy tales, the Renaissance or science fiction.

Further, Tolkien's concept of Middle-earth was to continually change and slowly evolve throughout his life and writings.

* In J. R. R Tolkien's The Silmarillion, the Two Trees of Valinor are the sources of light in Middle-earth.

" The Semiotics of the Writing Systems of Tolkien's Middle-earth.

* Variags of Khand, a people of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium

Robert Jordan has stated that he consciously intended the early chapters of The Eye of the World to evoke the Shire of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

* Sting ( Middle-earth ), a sword belonging to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Angband ( Sindarin for ' iron prison ') is the name of the fortress of Melkor, constructed before the First Age, located in the Iron Mountains in the enemy's land Dor Daedeloth north of Beleriand.

In earlier versions of Tolkien's mythology ( see The History of Middle-earth ) it was called Angamando, the Quenya form of the name.

* Middle-earth, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Arda, where Endor is the Quenya name for it

In Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, the Shire is divided into four Farthings, into the Fourth Age.

* Dale ( Middle-earth ), a town in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth

Taken from the Old English warg, the wargs or wild wolves are a race of fictional wolf creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Lonely Mountain ( Sindarin Erebor ) is a mountain in the northeast of Rhovanion.

Hobbits are a fictional diminutive humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction.

The Nazgûl ( from Black Speech nazg, " ring ", and gûl, " wraith, spirit " ( presumably related to gul, " sorcery "); also called Ringwraiths, Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

In fact Tolkien's The Hobbit ( 1937 ) features an incredible number of similarities beyond those mere aspects above, for instance, the two swords Orcrist and Glamdring correspond to the story, as well, Bilbo's Mithril shirt also stands in for the chain mail shirt of gold.

Tolkien's conviction that the poem dates to the 8th century is defended by Tom Shippey ( 2007 ).

( This time phenomenon is retold in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings when the Fellowship pass into both Rivendell and Lothlórien, where time seems almost to stand still.

J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses " Gnomes " as a name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with gnomic ; Gnomes is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of Quenya Noldor, " those with knowledge ".

This is notable because the book, consisting of a seminal essay called " On Fairy-Stories " and " Leaf by Niggle ," offers the underlying philosophy ( Creation and Sub-Creation, see below ) of much of Tolkien's fantastical writings.

" Leaf by Niggle " is often seen as an allegory of Tolkien's own creative process, and, to an extent, of his own life.

This philosophy is evident in Tolkien's other works, especially The Silmarillion — one Vala, Morgoth, creates the Orc race as a foul mockery of the elf.

From a metanarrative viewpoint, Tolkien's Arda is itself a subcreation designed to honour the true stories of the real world.

The essay is significant because it contains Tolkien's explanation of his philosophy on fantasy and thoughts on mythopoiesis.

Tolkien's love of myths and devout Catholic faith came together in his assertion that mythology is the divine echo of " the Truth ".

* 1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

Tolkien's prose is unpretentious and straightforward, taking as given the existence of his imaginary world and describing its details in a matter-of-fact way, while often introducing the new and fantastic in an almost casual manner.

Patrick Curry notes that animism is also found in Tolkien's other works, and mentions the " roots of mountains " and " feet of trees " in The Hobbit as a linguistic shifting in level from the inanimate to animate.

Indeed, Tolkien's " On Fairy-Stories " includes discussions of world-building and is considered a vital part of fantasy criticism.

The fortress is described in Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

Gandalf () is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Like constructed languages in general, the study of Tolkien's languages is not typically undertaken by mainstream linguists.

In general, Smaug's design is consistent with Tolkien's description save his face.

" The Bard's Song-The Hobbit " is a song by the Power metal band Blind Guardian, featured in their 1992 album Somewhere Far Beyond which is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.