In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the First Age, or First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar is the heroic period in which most of Tolkien's early legends are set.

It is notable in its function as a dangerous stage and scene in the adventures of many major characters in several of Tolkien's books and other works such as The Silmarillion, The Lays of Beleriand, and most recently The Children of Húrin.

Tolkien's The Children of Húrin with Túrin Turambar talking to his black sword, Gurthang, before committing suicide.

Túrin Turambar is the primary protagonist and tragic hero of the novel The Children of Húrin, published after Tolkien's death by his son Christopher Tolkien and drawing from many of the above sources to finally present a complete narrative.

Other major radio dramatisations by Sibley include: John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress ; Tolkien's Tales from the Perilous Realm ; Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World ; Lucy M. Boston's The Children of Green Knowe, Laurens van der Post's The Night of the New Moon, J.

Below the names on their grave are the names of the characters of Beren and Lúthien: in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Lúthien was the most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar, and forsook her immortality for her love of the mortal warrior Beren.

The Children of Ilúvatar is the name given to the two races of Elves and Men in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium because they were created by Ilúvatar, the One God, without the help of the Ainur.

Tolkien's Silmarillion, Turin, the hero of the Tale of the Children of Hurin, meets his sister Nienor after having been separated from her in childhood.

) The Years of the Sun began towards the end of the First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar and continued through the Second, Third, and part of the Fourth in Tolkien's stories.

Further posthumous publications ( with text more closely following Tolkien's original ) include Unfinished Tales, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Bilbo's Last Song, and The Children of Húrin.

Ethan Gilsdorf reviewing The Children of Húrin wrote of the editorial function: " Of almost equal interest is Christopher Tolkien's task editing his father's abandoned projects.

However, Turbine does not have rights to any other works in Tolkien's legendarium, such as The Silmarillion or The Children of Húrin.

In the posthumously published The Silmarillion, Elves are mentioned as the " firstborn ", the first Children of Iluvatar, the God of Tolkien's legendarium.

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

Tolkien's Letters ) began publication in 2007, it also supports the role-playing community using ICE's MERP, Decipher's LotR, and other Tolkien-centric role playing games.

* The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, 2007 massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in Tolkien's Middle-earth

Tolkien's Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics in Proceedings of the British Academy 22 ( 1936 ).

For a character of Tolkien's legendarium, see Beril ( House of Bëor ).

It can be found, most notably, in Tolkien's book titled Tree and Leaf, and in other places ( including the collections The Tolkien Reader, Poems & Stories, A Tolkien Miscellany, and Tales from the Perilous Realm ).

In addition to providing the illustrations for her own Moomin books, Jansson also illustrated Swedish translations of classics such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( some used later in Finnish translations as well ).

David Salo wrote A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings ( University of Utah Press ).

Tolkien believed he had invented the word " hobbit " when he began writing The Hobbit ( it was revealed years after his death that the word predated Tolkien's usage, though with a different meaning ).

The final development of the history and geographical nature of Gondor took place around 1970, in the last years of Tolkien's life, when he invented justifications for the place-names and wrote full narratives for the stories of Isildur's death and of the battles with the Wainriders and the Balchoth ( published in Unfinished Tales ).

In Tolkien's writings, Man with an initial capital letter refers to any human being ( atan in Quenya ) and man with a lowercase m refers to an adult male of any race ( nér ).

His name is a compromise between Faenor ( in Tolkien's fictional language of Sindarin ) and Fëanáro, meaning " Spirit of fire " ( in Quenya, another of Tolkien's invented languages ).

Before the arising of the Sun they were approximately one thousand Valian Years in length ( the exact length of a Valian Year varied in different drafts of Tolkien's texts from close to 10 " Sun "- years in most versions to precisely 144 " Sun "- years in his final estimation ).

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ( 1954 – 55 ).

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Anduin is the Sindarin name for the Great River of Wilderland, the longest river in the Third Age ( the original Sindarin name means Long River ).

Unbeknownst to most Elves, Firn, Meadow and Veld Elves once had a single common culture ( like that of Tolkien's elves ).

Another example of Tolkien's alliterative verse refers to Mirkwood ( see the introduction to that article ).

The Orcs of Warhammer Fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons and other games most often differ from Tolkien's Orcs in that they are taller than Humans ( instead of always being shorter ) and usually have green or greyish-green skin ( instead of dark or yellowish skin ).

: For a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, see Beleth ( House of Bëor ).

The book contains 16 poems, only two of which deal with Tom Bombadil, a character who is most famous for his encounter with Frodo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first volume in Tolkien's best-selling The Lord of the Rings ).

Tolkien's The Hobbit ( 1937 ).

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ( 1956 ).

Tolkien's The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún ( 2009 ).

* Pauline Baynes, original illustrator for the Narnia books and maps ; she also illustrated some of J. R. R. Tolkien's books, and drew two poster maps of Middle-earth ( but not the ones published in the books ).

The figure of She is also considered by many scholars to be a formative influence on Galadriel and other characters in Tolkien's Legendarium, such as Shelob ( who is referred to as " She " and " Her " in the text ).

Correspondingly, the lay of Turin Turambar in The Silmarillion ( 1977 ) and also The Children of Hurin ( 2007 ) include the killing of the dragon Glaurung by similar means as Fafnir.

* 2007: Best Screenplay-Adapted ( Children of Men, nominated )

* 2007: Best Editing ( Children of Men, nominated )

The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

** Education module on the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families ( 2007 )

The film and its successors spawned countless imitators that borrowed elements instituted by Romero: Tombs of the Blind Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie ( film ), Zombi 2, Hell of the Living Dead, Night of the Comet, Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, Children of the Living Dead, and the video game series Resident Evil ( later adapted as films in 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2010 ), Dead Rising, and House of the Dead.

In the 2007 Children in Need special " Time Crash " the Fifth Doctor complains to the Tenth Doctor that he had " changed the desktop theme!

In May 2007, Polish Ombudsman for Children Ewa Sowińska revisited the matter, and planned to order an investigation.

He has also branched out as a record producer, having produced such albums as The Mission's album Children, The Datsuns ' second album Outta Sight, Outta Mind ( 2004 ) and Uncle Earl's Waterloo, Tenneesee album of Old-time music, released in March, 2007 on Rounder Records.

* National Education Association " Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children " based on a poll ( USA, 2007 )

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its " Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children.

The report entitled " State Of The World's Children 2007 " stated Barbados had rate of Internet usage which was 55 users for every 100 people.

In 2007 the Unicorn Theatre for Children was opened on Tooley Street with both the Southwark Playhouse and the Union Theatre having premises in Bermondsey Street.

Old Town native Patty Griffin mentions a " bus that's going to Bangor " in the first line of her autobiographical song Burgundy Shoes from her 2007 Grammy Award-nominated album Children Running Through.

Ed Balls became chief economic adviser to the Treasury, working closely with Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer ( or finance minister ) before being elected as a Member of Parliament in 2005, and has been Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families since July 2007.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its " Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children.

With the announcement of the new single Mr. Children also announced the ' Home ' tour 2007 DVD, which was released on November 14, 2007.

On 16 November 2007, Scales appeared in Children in Need, reprising her role as Sybil Fawlty, the new manager who wants to take over Hotel Babylon.

A children's album was released in 2007, entitled Good Morning Jesus: Prayers & Songs for Children of All Ages, which featured in a special series on EWTN.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its " Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children.

* Gillian Pugh: London's Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital: NPI Media Group: 2007: ISBN 0-7524-4244-9

He returned once again in " Time Crash ", a special episode written by Steven Moffat for Children in Need ; in the episode, which aired on 16 November 2007, the Fifth Doctor met the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, who would later become Davison's son-in-law.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its " Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children.