Outline of Middle-earth
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the real-world history and notable fictional elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe. It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.
Middle-earth – fantasy setting created by writer J.R.R. Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.
Media
Authors
Published works
By J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit (1937)
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
- The Two Towers (1954)
- The Return of the King (1955)
- The Scouring of the Shire - a "novelistic" chapter
- The Road Goes Ever On, with music by Donald Swann (1967)
- Posthumously published
- The Silmarillion (1977)
- Unfinished Tales (1980)
Edited by Carl F. Hostetter
- The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) – essays and fragments, including on Elvish linguistics, with commentary by the scholar Carl F. Hostetter
Edited by John D. Rateliff
- The History of The Hobbit (2007) - 2 volumes on the construction of The Hobbit with commentary by the scholar John D. Rateliff
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
These works present extended selections of Tolkien's legendarium (the large body of documents relating to The Silmarillion), with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son Christopher. The separate 4-volume body of his comments on the drafts of The Lord of the Rings is included as volumes 6-9.
The History of Middle-earth
main article: The History of Middle-earth (12 volumes)
- early legendarium
- 1 The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
- 2 The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
- 3 The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
- 4 The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
- 5 The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
- The History of The Lord of the Rings
- 6 The Return of the Shadow (History of LOTR v.1) (1988)
- 7 The Treason of Isengard (History of LOTR v.2) (1989)
- 8 The War of the Ring (History of LOTR v.3) (1990)
- 9 Sauron Defeated (History of LOTR v.4) (1992)
- later legendarium
- 10 Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v.1) (1993)
- 11 The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v.2) (1994)
- 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
Other stories
Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary.
- Tales from the Perilous Realm (1997)
- The Children of Húrin (2007)
- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún (2009)
- The Fall of Arthur (2013)
- The Story of Kullervo (2015)
- Beren and Lúthien (2017)
- The Fall of Gondolin (2018)
Films
- The Hobbit (1967) – Gene Deitch's short animated adaptation
- The Hobbit (1977) – an animated musical television special by Rankin/Bass
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) – an animated film of the first half of the book by Ralph Bakshi
- The Return of the King (1980) – the animated sequel to 1977's The Hobbit
- Khraniteli (1991) - a "lost" Russian television play, now recovered
- Hobitit (1993) - a Finnish rendering of the Hobbits' journey in The Lord of the Rings
- The Lord of the Rings film series – the live-action trilogy by Peter Jackson
- The Hobbit film series – Jackson's three-part prequel to his The Lord of the Rings series
Tabletop games
- Middle-earth Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1984)
- Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1991)
- The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc., 2002)
- The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7, 2011)
- Adventures in Middle-earth (OGL supplement by Cubicle 7, 2016)
Video games
- The Hobbit (1982)
- Elendor (1991)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Hobbit (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006)
- The Lord of the Rings: The White Council (2007; cancelled)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007)
- The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
- The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2009)
- The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
- Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
- Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
- Lego The Hobbit (2014)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)
Geography
Cosmology of Eä
Continents of Arda
Nations and regions
Natural features
History
Artefacts
Conflicts
Characters
First Age
House of Finwë
House of Elwë and Olwë
House of Marach
Others
Third Age
Thorin and Company
The Fellowship of the Ring
Men
Other characters
- Barrow-wight
- Galadriel
- Gollum
- Shelob
- Treebeard
- Tom Bombadil
Culture
Races
Other
Languages
Other
Scripts
Analysis
Influences
Components
- Artwork
- Family trees
- Heraldry
- for Tolkien's invented Languages, see above
- Maps
- Poetry
- see above for individual poems
Literary devices
Themes
See also
External links
- Tolkien Gateway – wiki about Middle-earth and Tolkien.
- Encyclopedia of Arda – encyclopaedia about Middle-earth.
- The Tolkien Meta-FAQ – answers to commonly asked questions about Tolkien and Middle-earth.
- Michael Martinez Tolkien Essays – a collection of essays on Tolkien and Middle-earth.
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