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Middle-earth

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 Middangeard in Old English works, including Beowulf. Middle-earth is the oecumene (i.e. the human-inhabited world, or the central continent of Earth) in Tolkien's imagined mythological past. His most widely…

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Genre
Fantasy
Created by
J. R. R. Tolkien
Type
Central continent of a fantasy world; also used as a shorthand for the whole legendarium

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Middle-earth

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related to Ainur · 33
Middle-earth → Ainulindalë, Ainur, Balrogs, Black Speech, Burzum, Dark Lord, Elven King Thingol, Eru Ilúvatar, Eä, First Age, Gandalf, Ilúvatar, In, Istari, Maia, Maiar, Many, Melian, Melkor, Morgoth
related to Context: Tolkien's legendarium · 29
Middle-earth → Arda, Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Gandalf, Grey, Hobbits, In, Istari, Maia, Melkor, Men, Morgoth, Morgoth's, Orcs, Other, Rings, Saruman, Sauron
related to Games · 28
Middle-earth → After, Aside, Electronic Arts, Elendor, In, Interactive Entertainment, LPMUD, Medieval II, Melbourne House, Middle-earth MUD, Minecraft, MMORPGs, MU, MUME, Numerous, Oblivion, Rome, Skyrim, The, The Elder Scrolls
related to In other works · 28
Middle-earth → Act, And, As, But, English, Gray Magician, Humphrey Carpenter, Inklings, Lewis's, Margaret Widdemer's, Middle Earth, Middle English, Midgard, Norse Midgard, Old English Middangeard, Scene, Space Trilogy, The Gray Magician, The Merry Wives, There
related to Sources · 28
Middle-earth → Allen, Biography, Boston, Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien, Expanded Edition, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, Humphrey, ISBN, King, New York, OCLC, Revised, Ring, Rings, Shippey, The Fellowship, The Letters, The Lord
related to Further reading · 27
Middle-earth → Artist, Ballantine Books, Christina, Fonstad, Foster, Frances Lincoln Publishers, Garth, Hammond, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, Illustrator, Inspired Middle-earth, ISBN, John, Karen Wynn, London, Reader's Companion, Rings, Robert, Scull
related to Geography · 21
Middle-earth → Aman, Arda, Beleriand, Eastern Sea, Eldar, Elves, Eressëa, Eä, First Age, Great Sea Belegaer, Grinding Ice, Helcaraxë, In, Most, On, The, Tolkien's, Tolkien's Middle-earth, Undying Lands, Valar
related to history · 21
Middle-earth → Age, Ages, Ainulindalë, Ainur, All, Arda, As, Awakening, Children, Earth, Elves, Eä, Ilúvatar, Lamps, Sun, The, The Silmarillion, Time, Trees, Valian Years
related to Sapient animals · 21
Middle-earth → Beorn, Crebain, Dwarves, Eagles, Erebor, Gandalf's, Giant, Great Hound, Huan, In, Mearas, Other, Ravens, Rohan, Saruman, Shadowfax, Shelob, The, Ungoliant, Valinor
related to Use by Tolkien · 19
Middle-earth → Crist, Cynewulf, Eärendil, Great Lands, He, Heaven, Hell, Hither Lands, Hobbits, Man, Old English, Outer Lands, Rings, The, The Lord, This, Tolkien, Tolkien's, Valar

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Middle-earthCreated byJ. R. R. Tolkien1.00infobox
Middle-earthGenreFantasy1.00infobox
Middle-earthTypeCentral continent of a fantasy world; also used as a shorthand for the whole legendarium1.00infobox
Middle-earthis asetting of much of the English writer J0.90text
Middle-earthis aoecumene0.90text
Middle-earthis amain continent of Earth0.90text
Middle-earthis acontinent on Arda0.90text
Middle-earthis aknown world0.90text
the Old Norse Miðgarðr from Norse mythologyinstance ofThe Old English middangeard descends from an earlier Germanic word and so has cognates0.80text
transliterated to modern English as Midgardinstance ofThe Old English middangeard descends from an earlier Germanic word and so has cognates0.80text
Amaninstance ofexcluding regions0.80text
the isle of Númenorinstance ofexcluding regions0.80text

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