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Morgothsring

Morgoth's Ring is the tenth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 13-volume series The History of Middle-earth in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien. Released in 1993, Morgoth's Ring is the initial volume of the sub-series The Later Silmarillion, bearing The Legends of Aman as a subtitle; it provides detailed writings and editorial commentary pertaining to Tolkien's cosmology that eventually would become The Silmarillion. This book mentions a few characters excluded elsewhere, such as Findis and Irimë, daughters of Finwë.

The title of this volume comes from a statement from one of the essays: "Just as Sauron concentrated his power in the One Ring, Morgoth dispersed his power into the very matter of Arda, thus 'the whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring'".

Contents[]

Morgoth's Ring presents source material and editorial on the following:

  1. Later 1951 revisions of The Silmarillion showing Tolkien's drastic revisiting and rewriting of his legends
  2. "Annals of Aman" — Detailed chronology from the creation of the world through the end of the First Age, including an explanation of time reckoning in Valian Years
  3. "Laws and Customs among the Eldar" — Several essays and legends on the Eldar, particularly mating and naming customs of the Elves, and Tolkien's conceptions of the soul and body
  4. "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth" — A discussion between two characters, the Elven king Finrod Felagund and Andreth, a mortal woman, about the metaphysical differences between Elves and Edain
  5. "Tale of Adanel" — The Middle-earth version of the tale of the original sin
  6. "Myths Transformed" — Several fragments concerning Morgoth, Sauron, and the origin of the Orcs

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Arabic خاتم مورغوث
Azerbaijani Morgothun üzüyü
Catalan L'anell de Mórgoth
Chinese 魔苟斯的戒指
Croatian Morgothov prsten
Czech Morgothův prsten
Dutch De ring van Morgoth
Finnish Morgothin sormus
French L'Anneau de Morgoth
Georgian მორგოთის ბეჭედი
German The ring of Morgoth
Greek Το Δαχτυλίδι του Μόργκοθ
Hungarian Morgoth gyűrűje
Icelandic Hringur af Morgoth
Italian L'Anello di Morgoth
Kannada ಮೊರ್ಗತ್ನ ರಿಂಗ್
Lithuanian Morgoto žiedas
Polish Pierścień Morgotha
Romanian Inelul lui Morgoth
Russian Кольцо Моргота
Serbian Морготов прстен (Cyrillic) Morgotov prsten (Latin)
Slovak Morgothov prsteň
Slovenian Morgotov prstan
Spanish El anillo de Morgoth
Telugu మోర్గాత్ యొక్క రింగ్
Thai แหวนมอร์กอธ
Turkish Morgoth'un Yüzüğü
Ukrainian Cyrillic Перстень Моргота
Welsh Cylch Morgoth


The History of Middle-earth Series (1983 - 2002)

The Book of Lost Tales Part One | The Book of Lost Tales Part Two | The Lays of Beleriand | The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | The Lost Road and Other Writings | The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One | The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two | The War of the Ring: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three | Sauron Defeated: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Four | Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman | The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two | The Peoples of Middle-earth | The History of Middle-earth: Index


J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
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