Glaurung
Warlord
who would be interested in this? ive been thinking of writing one of these(see title) for a while. if anyone wants to help me, just let me know. might even throw a little something together with vB...
silmarillion summary/explanation/definitions
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You should get some of the original materials from which the Silmarillion was drawn. It was to have been (re)written by JRRT from onlder stories dating back to WW1, being filled out and made harmonius to version of Ea that he wrote in LOTR in the 50s, after begginer it durinf ww2. The sources and some (not all) of JRRT's preliminary notes towards rewritting them are in the first five volumes of "The History of Middle earth" edited by christopher Tolkien: The Book of Lost Tales I, The Book of Lost Tales II, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle Earth, and The Lost Road. Christopher tolkien created the Silmarillion out of these materials, and acknowlegeged not doing the best job of it. He had much difficulty with some of the tentative notes, which often had mutilple conflict ideas on the same subject, as well as some out right errors (such as Gil Galad being Fingon's son rather than Orodreth's). He also later found more note that cover area he himself had filled in, with substantially different ideas.
Glaurung
Warlord
yes, i will be getting those books for christmas.
FearlessLeader2
Fundamentalist Loon
Remember, the Silmarillion is not a story. It is the collected mythology of Middle-Earth. It is a series of legends, heroic epics, and creation myths, which serves as the backstory for the LotR trilogy and The Hobbit. It cannot be summarized, except in the most basic of forms, IE one could refer to it as the Bible of Middle Earth. Like all summaries, this one is mostly inaccurate.
The book has two main themes: the betrayal of Morkoth/Sauron, and the triumph of good over evil. If you want to know where the races of middle-earth came from, this is your book. If you want to know more about Sauron's origins, this is your book. If you're looking for a story in the tradition of The Hobbit or LotR, look elsewhere.
Here you will find tragic tales like the story of Beren and Luthien, man and elf-woman. You will read of epic battles, and hear of Feanor's vendetta against Morkoth, and learn of Telperion, the tree of which Galadriel speaks when she gives Frodo the vial.
A summary will do little but whet one's appetite for the book, if well-written. In that sense, I would encourage it. But I'd just as soon say, 'You'd have to read it to understand. Go buy a copy.'
The book has two main themes: the betrayal of Morkoth/Sauron, and the triumph of good over evil. If you want to know where the races of middle-earth came from, this is your book. If you want to know more about Sauron's origins, this is your book. If you're looking for a story in the tradition of The Hobbit or LotR, look elsewhere.
Here you will find tragic tales like the story of Beren and Luthien, man and elf-woman. You will read of epic battles, and hear of Feanor's vendetta against Morkoth, and learn of Telperion, the tree of which Galadriel speaks when she gives Frodo the vial.
A summary will do little but whet one's appetite for the book, if well-written. In that sense, I would encourage it. But I'd just as soon say, 'You'd have to read it to understand. Go buy a copy.'
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
A big task, as FL2 said, and one not to undetaken lightly, as Mithrandir said to Frodo. If you truly think ye are up to it, and that it would supplant Bob Foster's 'Complete Guide to Middle Earth' as a work of easy reference, then go right ahead.
This is the exact entry in Cliffs Notes
In the first age, the light of the two trees (Telperion and Laurelin) which filled the blessed realm of the Valar was reproduced in crystal substance and formed into three jewels, the Silmarilli, by the most famous elf craftsman, Feanor. When Morgoth rebelled, he destroyed the two trees and fled with the jewels to middle earth. Though Valar forbade it, Feanor and a large number of elves pursued Morgoth. Joined by Edain, men of Middle Earth, the elves fought but were defeated by Morgoth until Earendil sought and obtained the aid of Valar. Two of the jewels were lost. The other was set in the heavens when Earendil's ship was placed as a star and as a 'sign of hope' to Middle Earth.
In the first age, the light of the two trees (Telperion and Laurelin) which filled the blessed realm of the Valar was reproduced in crystal substance and formed into three jewels, the Silmarilli, by the most famous elf craftsman, Feanor. When Morgoth rebelled, he destroyed the two trees and fled with the jewels to middle earth. Though Valar forbade it, Feanor and a large number of elves pursued Morgoth. Joined by Edain, men of Middle Earth, the elves fought but were defeated by Morgoth until Earendil sought and obtained the aid of Valar. Two of the jewels were lost. The other was set in the heavens when Earendil's ship was placed as a star and as a 'sign of hope' to Middle Earth.
