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Balrog and Dragon (Middle-earth)

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Difference between Balrog and Dragon (Middle-earth)

Balrog vs. Dragon (Middle-earth)

Balrogs are fictional creatures who appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons closely based on those of European legend.

Similarities between Balrog and Dragon (Middle-earth)

Balrog and Dragon (Middle-earth) have 26 things in common (in Unionpedia): Angband, Beleriand, Christopher Tolkien, Dwarf (Middle-earth), First Age, History of Arda, J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle-earth, Middle-earth dwarf characters, Minor places in Arda, Minor places in Middle-earth, Misty Mountains, Morgoth, Orc (Middle-earth), Quenya, Real-time strategy, Sindarin, The Book of Lost Tales, The Fall of Gondolin, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings Online, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Silmarillion, Tolkien's legendarium, Vala (Middle-earth), War of Wrath.

Angband

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy 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.

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Beleriand

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.

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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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Dwarf (Middle-earth)

In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past.

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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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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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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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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 dwarf characters

Many of the fictional characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium are dwarves, a short stocky race inhabiting the world of Arda (the Earth in an imagined mythological past).

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Minor places in Arda

The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places.

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Minor places in Middle-earth

The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places.

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Misty Mountains

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Misty Mountains are a mountain range, and one of the most important features of Middle-earth's geography.

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character from Tolkien's legendarium.

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Orc (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Orcs are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—Morgoth, Sauron and Saruman.

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Quenya

Quenya is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien and used by the Elves in his legendarium.

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Real-time strategy

Real-time strategy (RTS) is a subgenre of strategy video games where the game does not progress incrementally in turns.

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Sindarin

Sindarin is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.

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The Book of Lost Tales

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.

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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 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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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts.

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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.

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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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Vala (Middle-earth)

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

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War of Wrath

The War of Wrath, or the Great Battle, a key plot development in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, is the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age.

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Balrog and Dragon (Middle-earth) Comparison

Balrog has 100 relations, while Dragon (Middle-earth) has 78. As they have in common 26, the Jaccard index is 14.61% = 26 / (100 + 78).

References

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