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Tolkien's Middle-earth and its monsters have been documented in Clash of the Gods: Tolkien's Monsters, a 2009 television programme in the History Channel's Clash of the Gods series. [23] Jason Seratino, writing on Complex , has listed his ten favourite Tolkien monsters in movies, describing the Great Goblin as "a slimy cross between Sloth and ...
Glorfindel: Noldorin elf-lord notable for his death and resurrection within Tolkien's legendarium. Gimli: Dwarven member of the Fellowship of the Ring and a major character in The Lord of the Rings. Goldberry: Mysterious entity known as the River-woman's daughter, wife of Tom Bombadil. Gollum: Possessor of the One Ring until taken by Bilbo Baggins.
Prior to publication, an exhibition of Tolkien's drawings was held at the Ashmolean Museum. These included works from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Letters from Father Christmas. [5] [6] The first edition was published by Allen and Unwin on 2 September 1976 under the name The Father Christmas Letters, three
The letters are accompanied by detailed notes, and by an index compiled by the Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. The letters can be roughly divided into four categories: Personal letters to Tolkien's wife Edith, his son Christopher Tolkien, and his other children; Letters about Tolkien's career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon
Tolkien's conception of Balrogs changed over time. In all his early writing, they are numerous. A host of a thousand is mentioned in the Quenta Silmarillion, [T 5] while at the storming of Gondolin Balrogs in the hundreds ride on the backs of the Dragons. [T 6] They are roughly of twice [T 7] human size, [T 8] and were rarely killed in battle.
The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger suggests that he is Tolkien's central monster-figure, likening him to both Grendel and the dragon; she describes him as "the twisted, broken, outcast hobbit whose manlike shape and dragonlike greed combine both the Beowulf kinds of monster in one figure".
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The Tolkien scholar Justin Noetzel compares Beorn to Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings, another one-of-a-kind figure strongly attached to the place where he lives. Both have "an intimate connection with the natural world", using this to help their visitors, protecting them from local dangers, whether wolves and goblins, or Old Man Willow ...