We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

Before the Elves lived in Middle Earth, Valinor was the only home they knew. Until the day came that they had to leave the Undying Lands. Could Arwen have left for the Undying Lands in the end ...

Melusine was half-human, half-serpent and was both beautiful and powerful. She brought prosperity and numerous sons to her ...

In the Second Age, a main concern among the Elves was the fading of the Light of the Eldar, an analogy of the magic inherent to Middle-earth at that point. To tackle this issue and prevent them ...

how the Elves envisioned the movement of time and history, and how predestined the first Elvish couples were. In Part II of the Nature of Middle-earth, “Body, Mind, and Spirit,” Tolkien ...

Maya Kunchur looks at the world of Lord of the Rings from the perspective of an evolutionary biologist ...

With fire in his eye, this corporeal can-opener had the bling to keep all of Middle Earth in line. Who is Sauron, the Lord of ...

The Dark Lord Sauron forged a master ring—the “One to Rule Them All”—that granted him power over all other magical rings of the Elves, Dwarves, and men of Middle Earth, which he had a part ...