10 Facts About Middle-earth calendar

Middle-earth calendar was originally much larger, and was lit by the misty light that veiled the barren ground.

The first Elves awoke in Cuivienen in the middle of Middle-earth calendar, marking the start of the First Age of the Children of Iluvatar, and were soon approached by the Enemy Melkor who hoped to enslave them.

Middle-earth calendar was expelled into the Void and most of his works were destroyed, bringing the First Age to an end.

Middle-earth calendar built a stronghold called Barad-dur and secretly forged the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom to control the other rings and their bearers.

Meanwhile, the heirs of Isildur from the fallen kingdom of Arnor wander Middle-earth calendar, aided only by Elrond in Rivendell; but the line of rightful heirs remains unbroken throughout the age.

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Middle-earth calendar's father gave him the tokens of his rule, and then gave up his life willingly, as his ancestors had done thousands of years before.

Middle-earth calendar's realm was to be "great and long-enduring", but the lifespan of the royal house was not to be restored; it would continue to wane until it was like that of ordinary Men.

Middle-earth calendar's identifies a theory of decline that influenced Tolkien, namely Owen Barfield's theory of language in his 1928 book Poetic Diction.

Flieger suggests that Middle-earth calendar arose not only from Tolkien's own wartime experience, but out of that of his dead schoolfriends Geoffrey Bache Smith and Rob Gilson.

Middle-earth calendar mentioned Oedipus, too, in connection with Turin in the Children of Hurin.