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3761:Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
3483:Finnish language and literature
2453:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
1763:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
4024:The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien
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3273:Ancestry as guide to character
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1765:: Revised and Expanded Edition
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1932:Beowulf: Text and Translation
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918:mourning mind. / Men not can
585:A new road or a secret gate,
287:, still builds ships in the
3456:Tolkien's impact on fantasy
2624:The Peoples of Middle-earth
2559:The Shaping of Middle-earth
2041:Bodleian Library Publishing
1827:Kent State University Press
569:There are two versions of "
87:. The tale is mentioned in
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3130:List of weapons and armour
2663:The Nature of Middle-earth
2353:The Fellowship of the Ring
2064:The Fellowship of the Ring
1685:Greenwood Publishing Group
1651:Bernardo & Murphy 2006
1111:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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852:"literal" 1991 translation
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645:Fates of Elves and Men in
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233:Second Age of Middle-earth
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3729:Nightfall in Middle-Earth
3544:The Atlas of Middle-earth
2648:The History of The Hobbit
2390:The Scouring of the Shire
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1954:The Riddles of the Hobbit
1855:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
902:with folk-wealth, / than
558:has given him her place;
532:, in the last chapter of
320:Time in Tolkien's fiction
245:three loyal houses of Men
3954:The Road to Middle-Earth
3820:Middle-earth Enterprises
2466:The three "Great Tales"
958:, for instance creating
831:stressed and alliterated
768:Beowulf and Middle-earth
3775:An Evening in Rivendell
3648:Margrethe II of Denmark
3527:A mythology for England
1513:Lee & Solopova 2005
1096:, the gods of Asgard.
1062:and the god's realm of
956:a source of inspiration
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3898:Master of Middle-Earth
3420:Psychological journeys
2984:First and Second Ages
2836:First and Second Ages
2598:The Notion Club Papers
2536:The Book of Lost Tales
2383:The Return of the King
2360:The Shadow of the Past
2096:The Return of the King
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137:and the gods' home of
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4010:Tolkien's Legendarium
3754:The Road Goes Ever On
3696:The Lord of the Rings
3681:The Lord of the Rings
3557:A Map of Middle-earth
3300:Death and immortality
3103:Red Book of Westmarch
2616:The War of the Jewels
2551:The Lays of Beleriand
2472:The Children of HĂșrin
2367:The Council of Elrond
2346:The Lord of the Rings
2102:The Lord of the Rings
2070:The Lord of the Rings
1975:Roche, Norma (1991).
1934:. Anglo-Saxon Books.
1930:Porter, John (2008).
1891:10.1353/tks.2014.0006
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1074:Elizabeth Whittingham
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3789:At Dawn in Rivendell
3782:A Night in Rivendell
3769:The Tolkien Ensemble
3603:Brothers Hildebrandt
3125:Two Trees of Valinor
2488:The Fall of Gondolin
2043:. pp. 166â180.
2033:McIlwaine, Catherine
1708:Drout, Michael D. C.
1163:and went on doing so
1116:The Song of Hiawatha
1054:In Norse mythology,
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361:Over 9,000 years ago
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2498:The Fall of NĂșmenor
2191:Christopher Tolkien
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1758:Carpenter, Humphrey
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938:Christopher Tolkien
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544:broken by the quest
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2005:(Third ed.).
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2238:978-1-4766-1174-7
2187:Tolkien, J. R. R.
2155:Tolkien, J. R. R.
2146:978-0-395-25730-2
2123:Tolkien, J. R. R.
2091:Tolkien, J. R. R.
2059:Tolkien, J. R. R.
2050:978-1-8512-4565-9
2016:978-0-261-10275-0
1941:978-1-898281-48-1
1864:978-0-618-57481-0
1836:978-0-87338-699-9
1778:978-0-35-865298-4
1727:978-0-415-86511-1
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1653:, pp. 92â93.
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3680:
3628:Tove Jansson
3608:Jenny Dolfen
3598:Anke EiĂmann
3570:Adaptations,
3549:
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3404:
3283:Christianity
3278:Architecture
3184:Black Speech
3164:Family trees
2965:Tom Bombadil
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2294:Bibliography
2278:Middle-earth
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2001:
1997:Shippey, Tom
1986:
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1809:Project Muse
1807:– via
1799:(1): 51â71.
1796:
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1767:. New York:
1761:
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1680:
1663:Bratman 2021
1658:
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1639:Roberts 2013
1634:
1629:, Article 3.
1622:
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1571:Shippey 2022
1551:
1525:Tolkien 1987
1520:
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1501:Flieger 2001
1486:Shippey 2022
1461:Shippey 2005
1456:
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1413:Shippey 2005
1398:Shippey 2005
1372:Tolkien 1977
1367:
1360:Tolkien 1987
1355:
1348:Tolkien 1955
1343:
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1320:Tolkien 1955
1315:
1308:Tolkien 1955
1303:
1297:Tolkien 1992
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1259:Tolkien 1977
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1230:Tolkien 1977
1199:
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1141:The Seafarer
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1129:Evening Star
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424:Character 1
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372:Anglo-Saxons
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217:Eru IlĂșvatar
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176:. His poem "
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123:Middle-earth
119:Eru IlĂșvatar
100:
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52:
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37:Middle-earth
3845:Video games
3830:Fan fiction
3808:Other media
3707:film series
3698:film series
3653:Ted Nasmith
3515:Prose style
3508:Shakespeare
3268:Anachronism
2840:Celebrimbor
2514:composition
2435:Ainulindalë
2306:Legendarium
1885:(1): 1â44.
1873:Garth, John
1845:Garth, John
1556:Porter 2008
1101:VÀinÀmöinen
1034:King Alfred
1025:Poetic Edda
1004:King Sheave
995:Further to
847:lines 43â52
815:notes that
680:Tom Shippey
666:Because of
662:Major theme
513:God-friend
495:Valandil ("
457:Elf-friend
410:Old English
281:Grey Havens
169:Tom Shippey
147:John Buchan
3705:The Hobbit
3669:Bo Hansson
3643:Tom Loback
3536:Geographic
3461:Influences
3038:LothlĂłrien
3004:Third Age
2940:Glorfindel
2921:Third Age
2829:Characters
2765:Half-elven
2523:History of
2512:History of
2419:Posthumous
2338:The Hobbit
2167:. Boston:
2135:. Boston:
2105:. Boston:
2073:. Boston:
1967:1137373652
1627:Roche 1991
1615:Garth 2014
1588:Garth 2003
1235:AkallabĂȘth
1208:References
1151:St Brendan
1090:John Garth
805:patronymic
636:AkallabĂȘth
624:flat Earth
358:Second Age
307:Taniquetil
203:AkallabĂȘth
190:Narratives
3868:criticism
3840:Calendars
3716:TV series
3712:Music of
3703:Music of
3694:Music of
3662:Composers
3623:John Howe
3520:Ambiguity
3503:Philology
3380:Modernism
3288:Cosmology
3174:Languages
3120:Silmarils
3068:The Shire
3058:Rivendell
2988:Beleriand
2945:Goldberry
2930:Galadriel
2915:Ungoliant
2870:Gil-galad
2860:Fingolfin
2797:Beornings
2775:Sundering
2738:Ancalagon
2680:Fictional
2229:McFarland
2115:519647821
2061:(1954a).
1999:(2005) .
1819:(2001) .
1718:Routledge
1544:Fimi 2007
1427:, "Arda".
1381:Secondary
1125:Silmarils
1036:'s hall.
982:demiurges
688:Manichean
604:Cosmology
575:his quest
499:-friend")
419:of names
379:450â1066)
368:(568â774)
289:Third Age
73:his Elves
59:, or the
57:Lost Road
4047:Category
3866:Literary
3741:Settings
3638:Alan Lee
3593:Cor Blok
3488:Medieval
3449:Literary
3410:Paganism
3199:Sindarin
3169:Heraldry
3151:Elements
3143:Analysis
3113:One Ring
3098:PalantĂr
3043:Mirkwood
3028:Isengard
3013:Esgaroth
2807:DĂșnedain
2802:DrĂședain
2696:monsters
2682:universe
2588:1988â92
2533:1983â84
2343:1954-55
2329:lifetime
2221:(2008).
2189:(1992).
2157:(1987).
2125:(1977).
2093:(1955).
2035:(eds.).
1982:Mythlore
1952:(2013).
1913:Palgrave
1905:(2005).
1847:(2003).
1745:Mythlore
1738:(2021).
1187:Earthsea
1146:Mythlore
1121:EĂ€rendel
1106:Kalevala
1012:corn-god
707:", his "
599:Analysis
548:One Ring
466:Herendil
406:Germanic
393:of names
391:Language
365:Lombards
225:Belegaer
149:, and a
3580:Artists
3467:Beowulf
3355:Heroism
3340:Forests
3320:England
3315:Economy
3248:Tengwar
3233:Scripts
3216:Westron
3211:Valarin
3206:Khuzdul
3179:Adûnaic
3159:Artwork
3093:Mithril
3086:Objects
3073:Bag End
2998:Valinor
2993:NĂșmenor
2955:Saruman
2935:Gandalf
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