On the Mythology of Middle-earth (1988)

by Per Erik Ronne.

as told in Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion', 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'

This is a paper on J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Silnarillion', 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', written for the last examination in literature for the BA degree in English at Copenhagen University. Originally, the intention was to use 'The Lord of the Rings' as the basis of the paper. However, I quickly discovered that the true background for the Tolkien Universe was to be found in the vast (and unfinished) collections of tales about the creation and the ancient days of the Universe that Tolkien was working on throughout his adolescent and adult life. [via]

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