Spiritual Ring The Origin of the Ring

Author: (English) J.R.R. Tolkien
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: When The Lord of the Rings was first published in 1977, it received the following praise: "This work, written by one person over more than half a century, has become the source of inspiration for a group of people—how is this possible?" —The Guardian
The Lord of the Rings is a history of the Elves, translated by Bilbo when he lived in Rivendell (from Elvish into the Common Speech of the Third Age). It was later handed down to his daughter by Sam. The Lord of the Rings primarily records the great events that occurred from the beginning of time up to the and the Second Age. The Lord of the Rings tells the story of the Third Age. After Sauron was defeated, from the Fourth Age onward, humans ruled the world, and the Elves gradually disappeared. The world we live in today belongs to the Sixth or Seventh Age (as Tolkien said).
Why did Elrond so strongly oppose Arwen and Aragorn's love? Do you know that Aragorn actually has Elven blood? Why did Arwen choose to marry a mortal and cannot regret it, or return to the Undying Lands after her husband's death? What does the Undying Lands look like? Why is the friendship between Legolas and Gimli so extraordinary? Why were the two races originally enemies? Do you want to know the origins of the Dwarves? How did the Ents come to be? And the most important question: how did such a charming species as the Elves come into existence? Why must they eventually disappear from Middle-earth? How did Sauron rise to power? Who is Melkor? Where did the Balrogs and Orcs come from? Gandalf and Saruman were originally angels sent to help Middle-earth—did you know that? How did Saruman turn into a villain? I could list a truckload of questions from The Lord of the Rings, and their answers are all in The Silmarillion.
The title The Silmarillion is a shortened form of "The History of the Silmarils," which tells the story of the three great jewels created by the most gifted of the Elves, F?anor. He stored the light of the Two Trees that illuminated the gods' dwelling, Valinor, within the jewels. When the Dark Lord Melkor destroyed the Two Trees, that brilliant light survived only in the Silmarils. Melkor stole the jewels and set them in his crown. He ruled from his impregnable fortress, Angband, in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion records how F?anor and his kind betrayed the gods, were exiled to Middle-earth, and waged war against Melkor, the great and terrible enemy, writing a series of desperate yet heroic stories of Elves and Men.