So yeah, these are the 10 best fantasy books about elves, but if you see Gimli, will you tell him that he’s better than them?

J.R.R. Tolkien almost made some big changes to Galadriel that would've had a ripple effect throughout the LOTR franchise.

Finally, one finds out what Tolkien means by “chance” and fate, especially in the carrying of the ring by Bilbo and Frodo, and why the Elves could enjoy reincarnation. Part III, “The World ...

Tolkien describes multiple origins for Orcs, one of which suggests they were Elves corrupted by Morgoth. This creates an unanswered theological question: If Orcs were originally Elves, do they ...

In "The Lost Road," Tolkien followed father-son pairs whose names all had the same meaning — "Elf-friend" and "Bliss-friend." The last pairing was that of Elendil (played by Lloyd Owen in The ...

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Created in the 1920s, that map is the first one of Middle-earth, a fantasy world of elves and wizards, dwarves and dragons. There would be many more maps. By the end of the 1940s, academic and author ...

the Elven queen Galadriel." The published poem will include a preface from Tolkien's son, Christopher.