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Published by Bethany House: "America's first frontier were the misty Appalachian Mountains and the men and women who braved their crossing needed all the faith, courage, and hope they could muster. This series brings together all the romance, excitement, and danger of early frontier life." Over The Misty Mountains, 1996; Beyond The Quiet Hills ...
East of the Misty Mountains, Anduin, the Great River, flows southwards, with the forest of Mirkwood to its east. On its west bank opposite the southern end of Mirkwood is the Elvish land of Lothlorien. Further south, backing on to the Misty Mountains, lies the forest of Fangorn, home of the tree-giants, the ents.
The company of dwarves are on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its treasures from the dragon Smaug. [T 1] The adventure takes Bilbo and his companions through the wilderness, [T 2] to the elves haven, Rivendell, [T 3] across the Misty Mountains where, escaping from goblins, [T 4] he meets Gollum and acquires a magic ring.
The book is recognized as a classic in children's literature and is one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 100 million copies sold. The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth and follows home-loving Bilbo Baggins , the hobbit of the title, who joins the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves of Thorin's Company , on a quest to reclaim the ...
Mirkwood is to the east of the Misty Mountains. Mirkwood is a vast temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in the Middle-earth region of Rhovanion (Wilderland), east of the great river Anduin. In The Hobbit, the wizard Gandalf calls it "the greatest forest of the Northern world." [T 8] Before it was darkened by evil, it had been called Greenwood ...
After crossing the Misty Mountains and the Great River , the party run into difficulty in Mirkwood, a vast and dark forest with stands of fir trees, and in other places of oak and beech. [4] The wizard Gandalf calls it "the greatest forest of the Northern world." [T 3] Before it was darkened by evil, it had been called Greenwood the Great. [T 4]
Beowulf is an epic poem in Old English, telling the story of its eponymous pagan hero.He becomes King of the Geats after ridding Heorot, the hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, of the monster Grendel, [a] who was ravaging the land; he dies saving his people from a dragon.
The Poetic Edda is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse.It is distinct from the closely related Prose Edda, although both works are seminal to the study of Old Norse poetry.