Outline of Middle-earth explained

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 It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.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 Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.

Primary sources

Authors

Published works

By J. R. R. Tolkien

Posthumously published

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
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 [1] The Return of the Shadow (1988)
  • 7 [2] The Treason of Isengard (1989)
  • 8 [3] The War of the Ring (1990)
  • 9 [4] Sauron Defeated (1992)
    The later Silmarillion
  • 10 [1] Morgoth's Ring (1993)
  • 11 [2] The War of the Jewels (1994)
    Further details
  • 12 The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
    Other stories

    Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary.

    Edited by other scholars

    Audio recordings

    Graphical works

    Translation

    Adaptations and developments

    See also: Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Adaptations of The Hobbit and Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings.

    Maps

    See main article: Tolkien's maps.

    Spoken word

    Radio

    Motion pictures

    See main article: Middle-earth in motion pictures.

    Peter Jackson

    Stage

    Games

    Tabletop games

    See main article: List of Middle-earth role-playing games.

    Video games

    See main article: Middle-earth in video games.

    Parodies

    Geography

    Cosmology of Eä

    See main article: Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium.

    Continents of Arda

    Nations and regions

    See main article: Geography of Middle-earth.

    Natural features

    Cities and other populated places

    History

    See also: History of Arda.

    Artefacts

    Events

    First Age
    Third Age

    Characters

    See main article: List of Middle-earth characters.

    First Age

    House of Finwë

    House of Elwë and Olwë

    House of Marach

    Others

    Second Age

    Third Age

    Thorin and Company

    The Fellowship of the Ring

    Wizards

    Elves

    Men

    Other characters

    Culture

    Races

    See main article: Middle-earth peoples.

    Ainur

    Men

    Monsters

    Other

    Languages

    See main article: Languages of Middle-earth. Elvish languages

    Other

    Folklore and poetry

    Analysis

    Influences

    Components

    Literary devices

    Sources

    Themes

    See main article: Themes of ''The Lord of the Rings''.

    Music

    Scholarship

    See main article: Tolkien research.

    Institutions

    Journals

    Scholars

    Biographical works

    Works

    See also: Tolkien studies.

    See also

    External links