Outline of Middle-earth
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 It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.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 writer J.R.R. Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.
Media
Authors
Published works by author
By J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit (1937)
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
- The Two Towers (1954)
- The Return of the King (1955)
- The Road Goes Ever On, with music by Donald Swann (1967)
By Christopher Tolkien
These works present extended selections of unpublished texts by J. R. R. Tolkien, with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son.
- The Silmarillion (1977)
- Unfinished Tales (1980)
- The History of Middle-earth (12 volumes)
- The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
- The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
- The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
- The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
- The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
- The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.1) (1988)
- The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.2) (1989)
- The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.3) (1990)
- Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings v.4) (1992)
- Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion v.1) (1993)
- The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion v.2) (1994)
- The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
Films
- The Hobbit (1967) – Gene Deitch's extremely short animated adaptation
- The Hobbit (1977) – an animated musical television special by Rankin/Bass
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) – an animated film by Ralph Bakshi
- The Return of the King (1980) – the animated sequel to 1977's The Hobbit
- The Lord of the Rings film series – the live-action trilogy by Peter Jackson
- The Hobbit film series – Jackson's three-part prequel to his The Lord of the Rings series
Games
Tabletop games
- Middle-earth Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1984)
- Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1991)
- The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc., 2002)
- The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7, 2011)
- Adventures in Middle-earth (OGL supplement by Cubicle 7, 2016)
Video games
- The Hobbit (1982)
- Elendor (1991)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Hobbit (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006)
- The Lord of the Rings: The White Council (2007; cancelled)
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007)
- The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
- The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2009)
- The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
- Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
- Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
- Lego The Hobbit (2014)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)
Geography
Cosmology of Eä
Continents of Arda
Nations and regions
Natural features
History
Artefacts
Conflicts
Characters
Third Age
Thorin and Company
The Fellowship of the Ring
Wizards:
Men
Other characters
- Galadriel
- Gollum
- Shelob
- Treebeard
- Tom Bombadil
Culture
Races
Other
Languages
Mannish languages
Other
Scripts
Folklore
Themes
- Themes of The Lord of the Rings
- Artwork
- Christianity
- Environmentalism
- Impression of depth
- Family trees
- Magic
- Maps
- Named weapons
- Poetry
- Trees and forests
- Women
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See also
External links
- Tolkien Gateway – wiki about Middle-earth and Tolkien.
- Encyclopedia of Arda – encyclopaedia about Middle-earth.
- The Tolkien Meta-FAQ – answers to commonly asked questions about Tolkien and Middle-earth.
- Michael Martinez Tolkien Essays – a collection of essays on Tolkien and Middle-earth.
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