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The Book of Lost Tales and The Silmarillion

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Difference between The Book of Lost Tales and The Silmarillion

The Book of Lost Tales vs. The Silmarillion

The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyzes the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form of the complex fictional myths that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion (pronounced: /sɪlmaˈrɪljɔn/) is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.

Similarities between The Book of Lost Tales and The Silmarillion

The Book of Lost Tales and The Silmarillion have 30 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ainulindalë, Ainur (Middle-earth), Allen & Unwin, Ælfwine of England, Beren, Beren and Lúthien, Christopher Tolkien, Eärendil, Elf (Middle-earth), Gondolin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lúthien, Morgoth, Noldor, Quenta Silmarillion, Túrin Turambar, Teleri, Tengwar, The Children of Húrin, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle-earth, Thingol, Tirion, Tol Eressëa, Tolkien's legendarium, Unfinished Tales, Vala (Middle-earth), Valaquenta, Valinor, Vanyar.

Ainulindalë

Ainulindalë ("Music of the Ainur") is the creation account in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, published as the first part of the posthumously published The Silmarillion (1977).

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Ainur (Middle-earth)

The Ainur are the immortal spirits existing before Creation in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe.

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Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is an Australian independent publishing company, established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd., which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.

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Ælfwine of England

Ælfwine is a fictional character found in various early versions of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Beren

Beren (also known as Beren Erchamion, "the One-handed", and Beren Camlost, "the Empty-handed") is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Beren and Lúthien

The tale of Beren and Lúthien, told in several works by J. R. R. Tolkien, is the story of the love and adventures of the mortal Man Beren and the immortal Elf-maiden Lúthien.

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Christopher Tolkien

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the third son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), and the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work.

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Eärendil

Eärendil the Mariner (pronounced) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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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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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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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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Lúthien

Lúthien Tinúviel (Y.T. 1200–Y.S. 503; died aged 3377) is a fictional character in the fantasy-world Middle-earth of the English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character from 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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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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Túrin Turambar

Túrin Turambar (pronounced) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Teleri

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Teleri, Those who come last in Quenya (singular Teler) were the third of the Elf clans who came to Aman.

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Tengwar

The tengwar are an artificial script created by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Children of Húrin

The Children of Húrin is an epic fantasy novel which forms the completion of a tale by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Fall of Gondolin

In the writings of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin is the name of one of the original Lost Tales which formed the basis for a section in his later work, The Silmarillion.

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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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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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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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Unfinished Tales

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.

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Vala (Middle-earth)

The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Valaquenta

Valaquenta (Quenya for "Tale of the Valar") is the second section of The Silmarillion, a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977.

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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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The Book of Lost Tales and The Silmarillion Comparison

The Book of Lost Tales has 43 relations, while The Silmarillion has 174. As they have in common 30, the Jaccard index is 13.82% = 30 / (43 + 174).

References

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