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Allegory
As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
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Aman (Tolkien)
Aman is a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, also known as the Undying Lands or Blessed Realm, it is the home of the Valar, and three kindreds of Elves: the Vanyar, some of the Noldor, and some of the Teleri.
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Arda (Tolkien)
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Arda is the name given to the Earth in an imaginary period of prehistory, wherein the places mentioned in The Lord of the Rings and related material once existed.
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Arien
In J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy legendarium, Arien is a beautiful maiden who guides the vessel of the Sun.
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Ask and Embla
In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla (from Askr ok Embla)—male and female respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods.
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Axis mundi
The axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, center of the world, world tree), in certain beliefs and philosophies, is the world center, or the connection between Heaven and Earth.
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Beech
Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Calaquendi
In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien, Calaquendi means in Quenya "Light-folk", but was often translated "Elves of the Light".
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Cherry
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
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Christian symbolism
Christian symbolism is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity.
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Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium
The cosmology of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium combines aspects of Christian theology and metaphysics, mythology (especially Germanic mythology) and pre-modern cosmological concepts in the flat Earth paradigm with the modern spherical Earth view of the solar system.
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Dúnedain
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Dúnedain (singular: Dúnadan, "man of the west") were a race of Men descended from the Númenóreans who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth, led by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anárion.
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Elf (Middle-earth)
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.
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Eru Ilúvatar
Eru Ilúvatar is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Fëanor
Fëanor is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium who plays an important part in The Silmarillion.
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First Age
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.
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Galadriel
Galadriel is a fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien, appearing in his Middle-earth legendarium.
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Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden (Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן, Gan ʿEḏen) or (often) Paradise, is the biblical "garden of God", described most notably in the Book of Genesis chapters 2 and 3, and also in the Book of Ezekiel.
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Gondolin
'''The Fall of Turgon's Tower''' Gondolin is a fictional city in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, inhabited by Elves.
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Gondor
Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth by the end of the Third Age.
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History of Arda
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of the fictional universe of Eä began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the universe.
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Idril
Idril Celebrindal is a fictional character in English author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Isildur
Isildur is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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Leaf by Niggle
"Leaf by Niggle" is a short story written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1938–39 and first published in the Dublin Review in January 1945.
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List of rulers of Númenor
The following is a list of the twenty-five rulers of Númenor, an island realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe.
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Maia (Middle-earth)
The Maiar (singular: Maia) are beings from J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy legendarium.
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Matthew T. Dickerson
Matthew T. Dickerson is a professor of computer science at Middlebury College in Vermont, at Middlebury College, retrieved 2009-11-19.
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Máni
Máni (Old Norse "moon"Orchard (1997:109).) is the personification of the moon in Norse mythology.
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Melian
Melian the Maia is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Michael D. C. Drout
Michael D. C. Drout (born 1968) is Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of the Medieval at Wheaton College.
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Middle-earth
Middle-earth is the fictional setting of much of British writer J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Middle-earth objects
J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy legendarium includes several noteworthy objects.
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Morgoth
Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character from Tolkien's legendarium.
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Moriquendi
In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moriquendi is a Quenya word meaning "Dark-folk", but often translated "Elves of Darkness" or "Dark-elves".
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Númenor
Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in English author J. R. R. Tolkien's writings.
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Nienna
Nienna is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Noldor
In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor (also spelled Ñoldor, meaning those with knowledge in Quenya) are High Elves of the Second Clan who migrated to Valinor and lived in Eldamar.
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Paradise
Paradise is the term for a place of timeless harmony.
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Quenta Silmarillion
Quenta Silmarillion is a collection of fictional legends written by the high fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien, and published after the author's death in The Silmarillion, together with four shorter stories.
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Role-playing
Role-playing is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role.
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Sauron
Sauron is the title character and main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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Sól (sun)
Sól (Old Norse "Sun")Orchard (1997:152).
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Shelob
Shelob is a fictional giant spider from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Silmaril
The Silmarils (Quenya pl. Silmarilli, radiance of pure light) are three fictional brilliant jewels composed of the unmarred light of the Two Trees in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Sun and Moon (Middle-earth)
The fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien of Middle-earth fame included Earth's sun and moon for the cosmology of his myths of Arda.
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The History of Middle-earth
The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published between 1983 and 1996 that collect and analyse material relating to the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, compiled and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien.
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The Lord of the Rings Online
The Lord of the Rings Online is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and OS X set in a fantasy universe based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.
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Thingol
Elu Thingol (Y.T. ≥1050–Y.S. 502; died aged c.4814) is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Tilion
Tilion is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Tirion
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Tirion upon Túna was the city of the Noldor (and earlier, the Vanyar, who later moved into Valinor's interior) in Valinor.
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Tol Eressëa
In early versions of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium (see: The History of Middle-earth), Tol Eressëa was an island visited by the Anglo-Saxon traveller Ælfwine (in earlier versions, Eriol) which provided a framework for the tales that later became The Silmarillion.
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Tolkien's legendarium
Tolkien's legendarium is the body of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoetic writing that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings.
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Tree of life
The tree of life is a widespread myth (mytheme) or archetype in the world's mythologies, related to the concept of sacred tree more generally,Giovino, Mariana (2007).
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is one of two specific trees in the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2–3, along with the tree of life.
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Turgon
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Turgon "the Wise" (Y.T. 1300–Y.S. 510; died aged 2426) is an Elven king of the Noldor, second son of Fingolfin, brother to Fingon, Aredhel and Argon, and ruler of the hidden city of Gondolin.
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Two Trees of Valinor
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Two Trees of Valinor are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold Tree that brought light to the Land of the Valar in ancient times.
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Ungoliant
Ungoliant is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, described as an evil spirit in the form of a spider.
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Vala (Middle-earth)
The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Valinor
Valinor (Land of the Valar) is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the realm of the Valar in Aman.
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Vanyar
In the fictional universe, or legendarium, described in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Vanyar are the fairest and most noble of the High Elves.
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Varda
Varda Elentári is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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White Tree of Gondor
In J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy universe of Middle-earth, the White Tree of Gondor stood as a symbol of Gondor in the Court of the Fountain in Minas Tirith.
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Yavanna
Yavanna is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, written about in The Silmarillion.
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Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil (or; from Old Norse Yggdrasill, pronounced) is an immense mythical tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology.
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