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The Order of Wizards (Quenya: Heren Istarion), or simply Wizards (Q.: Istari), were a group of Maiar sent to Middle-earth by the Valar in the Third Age (possibly the late Second Age). They were embodied as elderly Men and entrusted to aid the Free Peoples against the threat of Sauron's conquest...
Middle-earth is the oecumene (i.e. the human-inhabited world, or the central continent of Earth) in Tolkien's imagined mythological past. Tolkien's most widely read works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, are set entirely in Middle-earth.
Jul 6, 2024 · The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published between 1983 and 1996 that collects and analyses much of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, compiled and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien.
3 days ago · Middle-earth is a large continent, a mass of land that occupies the central regions of Arda. It originally lay between two continents: Aman, the uttermost West, separated from Middle-earth by the ocean Belegaer, and the Land of the Sun, the uttermost East, separated by the East Sea.
- Arda, east of Belegaer
- Continent
- Ennorath, Endor
Jan 18, 2024 · Below is a summary of the contents in the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth series. It is a part from the essay " Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth: A Lifetime of Imagination" by Elizabeth A. Whittingham, from book A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien (2014).
The history of Middle-earth is divided into three time periods, known as the Days before days, Years of the Trees, and Years of the Sun; the last is typically sub-divided further into four Ages. The Days before days began shortly after the Ainulindalë, when the Valar came into the world.
Jul 18, 2022 · The history of Middle-earth is divided into three time periods: the Years of the Lamps, the Years of the Trees, and the Years of the Sun. The Years of the Sun are further divided into four Ages. The Years of the Lamps
