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  2. Men in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, Man and Men denote humans, whether male or female, in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other humanoid races. [1] Men are described as the second or younger people, created after the Elves, and differing from them in being mortal.

  3. Elves in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').

  4. Middle-earth peoples - Wikipedia

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    The Free Peoples of Middle-earth are the four races that never fell under the sway of the evil spirits Morgoth or Sauron: Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ents. Strictly speaking, among Men it was only the Men of the West who are Free People, particularly the descendants of the Dúnedain of the Isle of Númenor , as most Men of the East and South of ...

  5. Death and immortality in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    He went on to the singular assertion that 'the Human-stories of the elves are doubtless full of the Escape from Deathlessness'." [ 7 ] [ T 5 ] Flieger suggests that two of the "human stories" of Tolkien's Elves really focus on this kind of escape, the Tale of Beren and Lúthien and The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen , where in both cases a half-elf ...

  6. Old Straight Road - Wikipedia

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    The Old Straight Road allows the Elves to sail from Middle-earth to Valinor.. The Old Straight Road, the Straight Road, the Lost Road, or the Lost Straight Road, is J. R. R. Tolkien's conception, in his fantasy world of Arda, that his Elves are able to sail to the earthly paradise of Valinor, realm of the godlike Valar.

  7. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Elves are skilful horse-riders, riding without saddle or bridle, though Tolkien was inconsistent on this point. [2] The archer Legolas Greenleaf, here portrayed by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, is the archetypal elf in that story. [3] Tolkien created many languages for his Elves.

  8. Move over, Tolkien: Brandon Sanderson is rapidly becoming the ...

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    A year after Mistborn debuted, Robert Jordan's widow selected Sanderson in 2007 to complete the final books in Jordan's epic "Wheel of Time" fantasy series, which in 2021 was adapted into ...

  9. Valinor - Wikipedia

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    Fates of Elves and Men in Tolkien's legendarium. Elves are immortal but can be killed in battle, in which case they go to the Halls of Mandos in Aman. They may be restored by the Will of the Valar, and then go to live with the Valar in Valinor, like an Earthly Paradise, though just being in the place does not confer immortality.