They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology.

All of Tolkien's dragons share a love of treasure ( especially gold ), subtle intelligence, immense cunning, great physical strength, and a hypnotic power called " dragon-spell ".

Eöl's love for smithying and friendship towards the Dwarves is consistent with Tolkien's view of the Noldor, which are described as Dwarf-friends in the First and Second Ages.

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.

An article discussing the significance of forests in Tolkien's work, in particular, the Old Forest with comparisons to other myths and romances.

An article discussing the significance of forests in Tolkien's work, in particular, the Old Forest with comparisons to other myths and romances.

An article discussing the significance of forests in Tolkien's work, in particular, the Old Forest with comparisons to other myths and romances.

An article discussing the significance of forests in Tolkien's work, in particular, the Old Forest with comparisons to other myths and romances.

The Book of Lost Tales is the title of a collection of early stories by J. R. R. Tolkien, and of the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyses the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form of the complex fictional myths that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion.

In addition, Isil and the guidesman Tilion in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth cosmology are based in Tolkien's familiarity with Norse and Gaelic myths of the moon.

Following their engagement in January 1913, Edith announced that she was converting to the Roman Catholic Church at Tolkien's insistence.

By contrast, it is basic to Tolkien's Christian and Catholic conception of Arda that Men, the younger children of Ilúvatar ( God ), by means of the Gift of Men ( death ) are able to escape the confines of the world.

Jackson's depiction of the Uruks being spawned from the mud came from Tolkien's old description of orcs being " bred from the heats and slimes of the earth.

Orthanc was, according to J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, built during the end of the Second Age by men of Gondor out of four many-sided columns of rock joined together by an unknown process and then hardened.

After Tolkien's death his son Christopher published The Silmarillion with many textual changes to knit several mostly unfinished manuscripts together as a coherent narrative.

While some are based in literature environments ( like the " Shieldbearers of Iron Delving ", " Cabal Thieves of Hiddukel ", " Thornlin Militia ", " Heralds of the Valar ", " Ansalon Elvish Archers " ( which, together with the Thornlin Militia, can also be considered an occupational guild ), " Minotaurs of the Bloodsea ", " Pirates of the Bloodsea " and the " Templar Knights of Takhisis "), they are not directly based on existing guilds in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings or Weis and Hickman's Dragonlance.

As Janet Croft notes, Tolkien's literary reaction to war at this time differed from most post-war writers by eschewing irony as a method for distancing events and instead using mythology to mediate his experiences.

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

Humphrey Carpenter in his biography of Tolkien remarked that Eärendil " was in fact the beginning of Tolkien's own mythology ".

In the earliest versions of Tolkien's mythology ( see: The History of Middle-earth ), the First Kindred of the Eldar were called the Teleri, while the Third Kindred, the elves known as Teleri in the published version of The Silmarillion, were called Solosimpi (' shoreland pipers ').

In the early versions of Tolkien's mythology ( see: The History of Middle-earth ), they were known as Solosimpi (" Pipers of the Shores "), while the name Teleri was given to the clan of Elves known in the published version of The Silmarillion as Vanyar.

* In the early versions of Tolkien's mythology, the city was called Kôr.

Tolkien's literary mythology.

Like many other ideas in Tolkien's mythos, the notion of half-elves is borrowed from Norse mythology, in which elves occasionally had children with humans.

Their lyrics make extensive use of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's mythology, the Secret Fire and Flame Imperishable are references to the life-giving and reality-bestowing power imparted to the world, Eä, by Ilúvatar.

While in Norse mythology, the Troll was a magical creature with special skills, in Tolkien's writings they are portrayed as evil, stupid, with crude habits, although still intelligent enough to communicate with a known language.

These creatures all lived in the First Age of Middle-earth and are mentioned in various versions of Tolkien's Silmarillion mythology.

According to Tolkien's mythology, the Sarati alphabet was invented by the Elf Rúmil of Tirion.

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is perhaps the best-known of contemporary invented mythology.

There are very few references to Norse / Celtic mythology or the imagery of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel.

Tolkien's opinion of the relation of mythology and language is reflected in examples cited in Qenya and Noldorin, the predecessors of Quenya and Sindarin.

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

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.

( 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.

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

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

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.

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.

The fortress is described in Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

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

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

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

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

" 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.