On Nov. 29, 1931, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world to Middle-earth — the most important part of it, anyway. The Hobbit wouldn’t be published for six more years. The Lord of the Rings was still ...

Set thousands of years before the events of the iconic books by J.R.R Tolkien, the new spin-off show introduces new faces and cultures, some of which are familiar and others not so much. If you’re ...

Elven Music in Tolkien’s Legendarium The first elves in Arda are named the Quendi—those who speak and sing. They made themselves known to the Vala Oromë through song: “in the quiet of the land under ...

Middle-earth's methods of timekeeping were similar to those in the real world. Characters in The Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit measured the positions of celestial bodies and the changing of the ...