Middle-earth is the setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the Miðgarðr of Norse mythology and … See more

Tolkien's stories chronicle the struggle to control the world (called Arda) and the continent of Middle-earth between, on one side, the angelic See more

Within the overall context of his legendarium, Tolkien's Middle-earth was part of his created world of Arda (which includes the Undying Lands of Aman and Eressëa, … See more

Motion pictures
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, both set in Middle-earth, have been the subject of a variety of film adaptations. There were many early failed attempts to bring the fictional universe to life on screen, some even … See more

In ancient Germanic mythology, the world of Men is known by several names. The Old English middangeard descends from an earlier See more

The history of Middle-earth, as described in The Silmarillion, began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the See more

Ainur
The Ainur were angelic beings created by the one god of Eä, Eru Ilúvatar. The cosmological myth … See more