Do not laugh! But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or

And it came to pass that Ilúvatar called together all the Ainur and declared to them a mighty theme, unfolding to them things greater and

Then those of the Ainur who desired it arose and entered into the World . . . they put on the raiment of Earth and

https://youtu.be/Xx9zh7c6zyohttps://youtu.be/aoFKAh__wDA It is told among the wise that the First War began before Arda was full-shaped, and ere yet there was anything that grew or

Since they were to come in the days of the power of Melkor, Aulë made the dwarves strong to endure.  (The Silmarillion, 44) This post

And Oromë looking upon the Elves was filled with wonder, as though they were beings sudden and marvelous and unforeseen; for so shall it ever

But he came at last to a glade open to the stars, and there Melian stood; and out of the darkness he looked at her,

Fëanor and his sons abode seldom in one place for long, but travelled far and wide upon the confines of Valinor, going even to the

But the Noldor took delight in the hidden knowledge that [Melkor] could reveal to them; and some hearkened to words that it would have been

Then Melkor lusted for the Silmarils, and the very memory of their radiance was a gnawing fire in his heart.  (The Silmarillion, 67) This post

Soon the Holy Mountain stood alone, a last island in a world that was drowned.  (The Silmarillion, 76) This post continues my chapter-by-chapter walk through

“Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you…”  (The Silmarillion, 88) This post continues my chapter-by-chapter walk through of The Silmarillion.

Though Middle-earth lay for the most part in the Sleep of Yavanna, in Beleriand under the power of Melian there was life and joy…  (The

‘Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil yet be good to have been.’  (The

At the first rising of the Sun the Younger Children of Ilúvatar awoke in the land of Hildórien in the eastward regions of Middle-earth…  (The

Thus ended the mightiest of the Noldor, of whose deeds came both their greatest renown and their most grievous woe.  (The Silmarillion, 107) This post

Yet the Noldor could not capture Angband, nor could they regain the Silmarils; and war never wholly ceased in all that time of the Siege,

This is the fashion of the lands into which the Noldor came, in the north of the western regions of Middle-earth, in the ancient days…