Initially, Elves and Men had good relations in the First Age. It's during this period of Middle-earth history when there were two male Human and female Elf couples, Beren and Lúthien and Tuor and ...

Before the Elves lived in Middle Earth, Valinor was the only home they knew. Until the day came that they had to leave the Undying Lands. Could Arwen have left for the Undying Lands in the end ...

They were considered the greatest work of the elves and were coveted by many. Thus, they were consecrated by Varda so that no impure or evil creature could touch them without being burned.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power may go further back in Middle-earth's history than other stories, but even so, there is bad blood between the Elves and the Dwarves. The two races have a ...

That long and grueling war reshaped much of the physical world, with parts of Middle-earth sinking into the sea. Afterward, the Elves headed West. New civilizations formed throughout Arda (or ...

how the Elves envisioned the movement of time and history, and how predestined the first Elvish couples were. In Part II of the Nature of Middle-earth, “Body, Mind, and Spirit,” Tolkien ...

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that Celebrimbor and the celebrated dwarf craftsman Narvi made the Doors of Durin together. The Rings of ...

Although relations between elves and dwarves are not always friendly, as Elrond and Durin’s are, they do sometimes live in proximity. As The Rings of Power Middle-earth map reveals, Eregion ...