In a sunlight-dappled room in UW-Madison’s Science Hall, between historical maps from around the planet, rests a world unlike ...

The book explores Middle-earth’s earliest days, long before Sauron and hobbits and the One Ring. It sees Tolkien weave dense but elegant prose around the Valar and the Children of Ilúvatar.

A map is a story, inherently created through vision and conveyed to anyone who may take it on their journey. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power gets that more than most fantasy adaptations ...

It seems The Rings of Power will continually need to update its map of Middle-earth. Mordor Prime Video By episode seven, the Southlands have a new name on The Rings of Power ‘s map—Mordor.

Varda (one of 15 Valar made by Eru) creates the stars above Arda, the world in which Middle-earth is based. The Valar live in Aman, also known as the Undying Lands.

While the Valar don't exactly factor into The Lord of the Rings (or many of the other stories post the First and Second Ages), they play a significant role in the ultimate fate of Middle-earth ...

The Lord of the Rings inspires Libertarian tech moguls and conservative politicians. Did J.R.R. Tolkien have a free-market message?

Gostir is one of the Middle-earth dragons about which there is little that is known. He was one of the dragons of Morgoth, and his name means "dread glance". The only appearance by this dragon in ...

Eärendil the Mariner and his wife, Elwing, convinced the Valar to intercede. The War of Wrath between the Valar and Morgoth drowned most of Middle-earth under the sea.