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that their joy "is as an air that they breathe in all their days, whose thought flows in a tide untroubled from the heights to the deeps." Evans notes, too, that Arien and Tilion are central in
Tolkien's myth of the Sun and Moon.
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the Brown (Aiwendil), and two "Blue
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1366:The History of The Lord of the Rings
764:Fontenot, Megan N. (March 5, 2020).
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63:in the beginning of time. The name
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2778:Tolkien, Race and Cultural History
2652:The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
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5050:Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game
4980:Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith
2743:Tolkien and the Invention of Myth
440:, "Words, Phrases and Passages",
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1342:The Lost Road and Other Writings
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73:languages constructed by Tolkien
4064:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
2659:A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
2536:Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
2258:Finnish language and literature
1228:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
657:The Gospel According to Tolkien
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247:until well into the Third Age.
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4510:Peter Jackson's interpretation
4012:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
3165:Ancestry as guide to character
2799:The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien
2771:Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
2048:Ancestry as guide to character
1184:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
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2939:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
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57:" who entered the cosmos of
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4735:The Battle for Middle-earth
4642:Game Two: Shadows of Mordor
4071:The History of Middle-earth
3004:Tolkien's impact on fantasy
2231:Tolkien's impact on fantasy
1399:The Peoples of Middle-earth
1334:The Shaping of Middle-earth
799:J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
622:Sterling, Grant C. (1997).
588:, "The Istari", pp. 388 ff.
524:describes the fiery whips;
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4951:Adventures in Middle-earth
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4756:The Rise of the Witch-king
4693:The Fellowship of the Ring
4430:The Fellowship of the Ring
4106:The Nature of Middle-earth
3982:List of weapons and armour
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1905:List of weapons and armour
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83:"excellent, admirable".
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4403:The War of the Rohirrim
4204:Margrethe II of Denmark
3375:A mythology for England
2550:An Evening in Rivendell
2423:Margrethe II of Denmark
2302:A mythology for England
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71:tongue (one of several
4707:The Return of the King
4446:The Return of the King
4391:The Return of the King
4291:The Battle of Evermore
3275:Psychological journeys
2918:The Shadow of the Past
2906:The Return of the King
2673:Master of Middle-Earth
2195:Psychological journeys
1759:First and Second Ages
1611:First and Second Ages
1373:The Notion Club Papers
1311:The Book of Lost Tales
1158:The Return of the King
1135:The Shadow of the Past
968:The Book of Lost Tales
868:The Return of the King
316:Wizards (Middle-earth)
4379:The Lord of the Rings
4343:The Lord of the Rings
4323:The Lord of the Rings
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4264:The Lord of the Rings
4177:A Map of Middle-earth
4078:The Children of HĂșrin
4036:The Road Goes Ever On
3180:Death and immortality
3130:The Road Goes Ever On
3107:A Elbereth Gilthoniel
2925:The Council of Elrond
2870:The Lord of the Rings
2850:The Lord of the Rings
2785:Tolkien's Legendarium
2529:The Road Goes Ever On
2471:The Lord of the Rings
2456:The Lord of the Rings
2332:A Map of Middle-earth
2075:Death and immortality
1878:Red Book of Westmarch
1391:The War of the Jewels
1326:The Lays of Beleriand
1247:The Children of HĂșrin
1142:The Council of Elrond
1121:The Lord of the Rings
1000:The Lays of Beleriand
874:The Lord of the Rings
842:The Lord of the Rings
694:(2013) . "Maiar". In
153:The Lord of the Rings
18:Maiar in Middle-earth
4628:Journey to Rivendell
4335:Hordes of the Things
4099:The Fall of Gondolin
3787:Watcher in the Water
3755:Witch-king of Angmar
2952:List of translations
2564:At Dawn in Rivendell
2557:A Night in Rivendell
2544:The Tolkien Ensemble
2378:Brothers Hildebrandt
1900:Two Trees of Valinor
1263:The Fall of Gondolin
806:. pp. 709â710.
794:Drout, Michael D. C.
743:. pp. 412â413.
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708:. pp. 401â402.
696:Drout, Michael D. C.
4649:War in Middle Earth
4595:The Hunt for Gollum
4149:The Last Ringbearer
3435:Narrative structure
3430:Impression of depth
3047:Company of the Ring
2068:Round World dilemma
1620:EĂ€rendil and Elwing
1273:The Fall of NĂșmenor
995:Christopher Tolkien
963:Christopher Tolkien
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624:"The Gift of Death"
576:, Appendix A (III).
562:Quenta Silmarillion
510:Quenta Silmarillion
460:Quenta Silmarillion
365:they have free will
53:, they are "lesser
49:. Supernatural and
5083:Middle-earth Maiar
4892:War of Three Peaks
4569:The Rings of Power
4503:Hobbiton Movie Set
4467:Concerning Hobbits
4351:Der Herr der Ringe
4284:Misty Mountain Hop
4141:Bored of the Rings
3965:Phial of Galadriel
3295:Sound and language
3190:Dreams and visions
3160:Addiction to power
2687:A Question of Time
2489:The Rings of Power
2408:Alexander Korotich
2205:Sound and language
2085:Dreams and visions
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3255:Naming of weapons
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2680:Picturing Tolkien
2666:Interrupted Music
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959:Tolkien, J. R. R.
950:978-0-395-29917-3
927:Tolkien, J. R. R.
918:978-0-395-25730-2
895:Tolkien, J. R. R.
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831:Tolkien, J. R. R.
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564:, ch. 24, p. 252.
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