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Sauron (pronounced [ˈsaʊrɔn]) is the title character and the primary antagonist, through the forging of the One Ring, of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor and has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth.
Tolkien and race. J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings have often been accused of embodying outmoded attitudes to race. [1] [2] [3] However, scholars have noted that he was influenced by Victorian attitudes to race and to a literary tradition of monsters, and that he was anti-racist both in peacetime and during the two World Wars.
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar. Other beings of Middle-earth are of unclear nature such as Tom Bombadil and his ...
The post Sauron’s History in Middle-earth, Explained appeared first on Nerdist. Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, which means we will likely ...
Leader. Kings of the Dúnedain. In J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth writings, the Dúnedain ( / ˈduːnɛdaɪn /; singular: Dúnadan, "Man of the West") were a race of Men, also known as the Númenóreans or Men of Westernesse (translated from the Sindarin term). Those who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came to Middle-earth ...
Battle of the Morannon. In J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, the Battle of the Morannon or the Battle of the Black Gate, is the final confrontation in the War of the Ring. Gondor and its allies send a small army ostensibly to challenge Sauron at the entrance to his land of Mordor; he supposes that they have with them ...
Maiar. The Maiar (singular: Maia) are a fictional class of beings from J. R. R. Tolkien 's high fantasy legendarium. Supernatural and angelic, they are "lesser Ainur " who entered the cosmos of Eä in the beginning of time. The name Maiar is in the Quenya tongue (one of several languages constructed by Tolkien) from the Elvish root maya ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "The Rings of Power and the Third Age" The Rings of Power were forged by the Elven -smiths of the Noldorin settlement of Eregion. [T 1] Best-known were the twenty Great Rings, which conferred powers including invisibility, but many lesser rings with minor powers were also created at that time. The smiths were led by Celebrimbor, the grandson of Fëanor, the ...