The Trolls of Middle-earth
Recently, we got our first look at a Hill-troll named Damrod in promotional material for season 2 of The Rings of Power. This rather awesome news got me thinking: Just how many types of Trolls are there in Middle-earth? There have to be quite a...
Revisiting a Rings of Power fan theory: could Adar really be Maglor?
Since we are in the run-up to season 2 of Rings of Power, I thought it would be fun to look back a pre-season 1 fan theory about who Adar is, and what Tolkien wrote that can inform this. Fair warning: this article will contain...
The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien to be published in September
HarperCollins has recently announced the publication of a three-volume hardcover boxed set containing a collection of the poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien. The collection, titled The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien, is edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, who are perhaps best...
The History of the Ents and Entwives
In the First Age of Arda, Yavanna, the Goddess of Nature, wished for the forests and the trees of Middle-earth and Beleriand to be protected against the evils of not only Morgoth but of the world itself. Yavanna's wish to protect Arda's natural state came...