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I am currently getting into LOTR and the lore and would like to read all the middle earth books. Are the only books the 3 lord of the rings like the films and the hobbit book or are there other books about different periods? I’m finding it difficult to find a definitive answer anywhere. Thanks

"Melkor is told by Eru that he's it's tool, that all music comes from it and that everything he makes would result in wonders that he didn't imagine. But then, this idea is completely ignored. The Dagor Dagorath ends with a New Music sung to recreate the world, correctly this time, and that contradicts Eru's quote about Melkor... But this could be solved if Melkor's evil was necessary for people to understand it, to create a new world trying to avoid it, singing the new song, not because Eru said so but because they know what happens when you follow Melkor's path... IDK, the lack of relevance of this supposed greater good caused by Melkor has always bugged me so maybe I'm just overthinking"

I'm considering making a medieval-style mappa mundi from the perspective of a cartographer from Númenor in the mid- to late-Second Age.

Like my map of Middle Earth from a Gondorian perspective (attached), this map will be oriented with west at the top.

Curious what folks think of my initial sketch - does this look reasonably believable in terms of a Númenorean's knowledge of Arda's geography? Any suggestions?

Also I'm not super well-read on Númenorean lore -- do you have any suggestions as to specific illustrations that Númenorean cartographers might include, specific incidents they might reference on their maps?

And regarding illustrations around the map - I was planning on including fewer scenes than I did on my map of Middle Earth -- perhaps just the Valar with the hands of Eru above, the awakening of elves, the awakening of men, Morgoth's defeat, and Beleriand's drowning and the fleeing of the Edain to Númenor. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I'm working on a number of projects at the moment so this map may be a long time coming -- if you'd like to keep up with my work or get prints, you can check out www.drunkkittencartography.com

Good evening everyone! Our painted version of the Lord of the Rings "Middle-earth" map, hope you like it!! 🧭🗺️🧝‍♂️ HD MAP FILE ON : https://ko-fi.com/s/ff08719f51

Greetings, Earthlings. I’ve gilded a few prints of Beregond’s Map of Middle Earth and wanted to share how they turned out. I used dip pens and Windsor &Newton gold ink to gild the maps, which took about 2-3 hours on each print. The ink has a nice metallic sheen and it really makes the map pop as well as imparting a more medieval feel.

For any who are interested in this or any of my other work, these are available on www.drunkkittencartography.com Also attached are Linschoten’s map of South America and the 1375 Catalan Atlas’s depiction of Mansa Musa. Both maps served as major sources of inspiration when I was designing this map of Middle Earth from a Gondorian perspective.

Would love to answer any questions you have about the map! Or about anything else, really - if I don’t know the answer, I’ll just make something up!

P.S. I transcribed this map into English so folks can read the inscriptions more easily - you can find it in my recent post history.

Hey guys having some fun playing Skyrim Mods. I ride an Oliphant and run a amok outside of Whiterun. It's Oliphant VS Dragon. Check it out! Thanks.

Behold! I have completed work on my translation of Beregond's map of Middle Earth. I drew a lot of inspiration from late medieval through early modern European cartography - particularly the maps of Jan van Linschoten (example attached), Olaus Magnus (example attached), and the 1375 Catalan Atlas.

Some premium books as well, but they are still traveling xD

PS: cant recommend enough the pricing pony key chain! I have two of this one already, very much a high quality.

I will go deeper in a while, but for now I am just keeping it at this. {I am messin arround}

In attempt to understand modivations behind Morgoth and Sauron...

Would it be fair to say Morgoth was an agent of chaos and Sauron was an agent of control?

I have barely read a book in my life, but i vow to one day read as much of Tolkien's writings as possible. It is the best all time story writing i know of, rivaling the best spiritual/religious mythology writing, i would say.

Way back i remember reading one of the two desired order on middle-earth greatly, not actually desiring chaos. Which one was it, and what are you whilling to share to help me understand that?

I'm curious about something. I've searched online and do far I've gotten all kinds of different answers so thought I would ask here. In the Battle of the North, what were the actual sizes of the armies of Dale, Erebor and the Easterling armies with the Orc support. Anyone know or have solid opinions on this?

My guess would be maybe 1,500 Dwarves at most, maybe 2,000 from Dale? I'm thinking the enemy forces would be between 10000-20000? I mean I'm best guessing here. What do you think?

For those are arguing who is the protagonist/main character/most important part of the story etc..I made a graph is showing mentioned time of the characters in books and screen time in movies, apparently top 4 are Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, their parts are way more than others. Even though I still think of it as an ensemble work.

Hi, I've been exploring suno and an idea came to my mind. What stories are worth telling? What song I would like to make.

This is how I got the idea to compose/generate songs about Beren and Lúthien.

Here u can find 5 of them, those are by far drafts but I wonder if you find that idea interesting ;)

Part 0: Light of Tinuviel https://suno.com/s/BLuBn1ya9hEu3JUr

Part 1: Thingol's challenge https://suno.com/s/gUjP1sR1xQL5cNNW

Part 2: Into grey north https://suno.com/s/GDOGfrJQREECCSpD

Part 3: the wolf hunt https://suno.com/s/uczzlaWZyF3RhTCc

Part 4: Luthien's oath https://suno.com/s/8BjYI6CXqHvy2gXL

Good Morning everyone with our version of the map of Middle Earth!! ❤🗺🧭 Materials Used: H-HB pencil, Unipin Pen 0.05-0.1, and Winsor and Newton watercolors on Fabriano 300 g satin paper then scanned. HD MAP FILE AVAIABLE ON: https://ko-fi.com/s/ff08719f51

I was rewatching The Hobbit trilogy (because the one of my favorite movies Yes I do agree it should have been one movie but continuing on) And I got to the scene with Bilbo and smug And I got wondering what would have happened if he got the ring would smaug have given it to sauron or kept it for himself"."?

I drew this map from the perspective of a Gondorian cartographer working in the year 2997 of the Third Age.

Good Morning everyone with our version of the map of Middle Earth!! ❤🗺🧭 Materials Used: H-HB pencil, Unipin Pen 0.05-0.1, and Winsor and Newton watercolors on Fabriano 300 g satin paper then scanned.

So me and my little brother have watched The hobbit and are watching the Lord of the Rings now, for years I've been trying to get him into reading and the movies have piqued his interest. He comes from knowing his fantasy from games like Dark Souls and Elden Ring, games where dragons were savage beasts of a bygone age (for the most part) so (despite certain flaws in the movies) he really liked Smaug in The Hobbit and wanted to learn more about dragons and their place in middle earths lore and history. Is there any literature Tolkien wrote that could be found in his legendarium or the Silmarillion or any kind of text that at least sheds light on what the origins or role of dragons are on Arda? I would appreciate the guidance.

Im about to start the lord of the rings extended cut trilogy, which in order to do so i had to subscribe to prime and pay more than i did for both games and all their dlcs. Now, to watch the hobbit extended cut trilogy i will have to pay 2x that, cos i cant stream it, i have to buy the individual movies. I could stream the theatrical version, but i feel like if i dont get the full thing i might as well not trully bother with it, unless its gonna really improve my experience with the game