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Gorthû, in the form Gorthaur, remained in The Silmarillion; [T 11] both Thû and Sauron name the character in the 1925 Lay of Leithian. [T 43] The story of Beren and Lúthien also features the heroic hound Huan and involved the subtext of cats versus dogs in its earliest form. Later the cats were changed to wolves or werewolves, with Sauron ...
The Silmarillion (Quenya: [silmaˈrilːiɔn]) is a book consisting of a collection of myths [a] [T 1] and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien.It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a fantasy author.
The complex tale of their love for each other and the quest they are forced to embark upon is a story of triumph against overwhelming odds but ending in tragedy. It appears in The Silmarillion , the epic poem The Lay of Leithian , the Grey Annals section of The War of the Jewels , and in the texts collected in the 2017 book Beren and Lúthien .
Celebrimbor (Sindarin pronunciation: [ˌkɛlɛˈbrimbɔr]) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.In Tolkien's stories, Celebrimbor was an elven-smith who was manipulated into forging the Rings of Power by the Dark Lord Sauron, in fair disguise and named Annatar ("Lord of Gifts").
The book was edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated with nine full-colour plates by Alan Lee. [1] [2] [3] The story is one of three within The Silmarillion that Tolkien believed warranted their own long-form narratives, the other two being The Children of Húrin and The Fall of Gondolin. The book features different versions of the story ...
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Even [the Dark Lord] Sauron was not so." [5] [T 36] Shippey concludes that the reader is free to assume "that the exploit of Morgoth of which the Eldar [Elves] never learnt was the traditional seduction of Adam and Eve by the [Satanic] serpent", while the Men in the story are Adam's descendants "flying from Eden and subject to the curse of ...
Elendil (Quenya:) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.He is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.He was the father of Isildur and Anárion, last lord of Andúnië on the island of Númenor, and having escaped its downfall by sailing to Middle-earth, became the first High King of Arnor and Gondor.