The Nature of Middle-earth

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Tom is also known as "The First", "Master Tom", "Old Tom", "Iarwain Ben-adar" (a Sindarin name meaning "The Oldest without a father"). The Noldor call him "Orald" meaning "Very Old", Dwarves call him "Forn" (meaning: The Ancient).

Part One consists of 23 chapters on "Time and Ageing", including the Valian Year and questions of time-scales and whether elvish time is different. Kane comments that the texts are "confusing" and sometimes "painfully detailed", illustrating Tolkien's remark that he found the "vast game ... only too fatally attractive". [5] Saruman the White (originally Curumo, a Maia of the people of Aulë the Maker) was the chief of the five Istars sent from Valinor to help the free people of the Middle Earth oppose the evil that remained after Morgoth. He was from the Maiars and was particularly interested in the Ring. He was also among the most powerful wizards in Middle-earth. Fimi, Dimitra (August 2006). " "Mad" Elves and "Elusive Beauty": Some Celtic Strands of Tolkien's Mythology". Dimitra Fimi.

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The first ever publication of J. R. R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide-range of subjects, and the perfect next read for those who have enjoyed Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth series and are hungry for more.This article is about the races in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional fantasy world of Middle-earth. For the book, see The Peoples of Middle-earth. Tolkien, J. R. R. (1955). The Return of the King. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 519647821.