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2
. Appendix A I (iv).

L

1
. Published as
The Silmarillion.

2
. Book II Chap. 3.

3
. Appendix B.

4
.
PME
403–05.

5
. This includes extra material derived from
MR
306.

6
.
UT
294–348.

7
. The only surviving example of a
linnod
appears in Appendix A I (v).

8
. Appendix A I (iii).

9
. One legend states that the
mellyrn
were introduced into Lothlórien by Galadriel herself (
UT
311).

10
.
UT
315.

11
. Appendix B.

12
. Book I Chap. 2.

M

1
.
UT
475.

2
. See also
UT
214–15.

3
.
The Road Goes Ever On
61.

4
. Book II Chap. 3.

5
. Book II Chap. 4.

6
. See
UT
214–15 for a full description of this province.

7
. Book IV Chap. 3.

8
. Book I Chap. II.

9
. Appendix F II.

10
. Book II Chap. 4.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Appendix A III.

14
. Appendix A II.

15
. Book V Chap. 6.

16
. Book V Chap. 10.

17
. Book VI Chap. 1.

N

1
. Book IV Chap. 6.

2
. Appendix F I.

3
. Appendix A I (iv).

4
. A fascinating and detailed description of ancient Númenor may be found in
UT
213–21, together with the only known map of this now lost realm.

5
. Appendix A I (i).

O

1
. Book II Chap. 2.

2
. Book I Chap. 7.

3
. Book IV Chap. 3.

4
. Book III Chap. 4.

5
.
Hobbit
Chaps. 4, 5 and 6.

6
.
PME
390.

7
. See
UT
218 for full description.

8
. Book III Chap. 8.

P

1
. Of varying sizes; a late source (
UT
521–36) tells us that some were so large they could not be lifted by one man. Each was originally set in a stone bed and could be rotated by hand.

2
. Orientation (polarisation) before use was vital; direction (of vision) could be obtained by seating oneself on the opposite side of a correctly calibrated
palantír.

3
. Book VI Chap. 4; the Paean to the Ring-bearers.

R

1
.
UT
505.

2
. Published as
The Hobbit.

3
.
The Lord of the Rings.

4
.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

5
. Appendix A I (iii).

6
.
Silmarillion
153–54.

7
. Appendix A III.

8
. Book II Chap. 2.

9
. See Appendix E II for a full description of the Elvish runic system (as redeveloped by Dwarves of Moria and Erebor).

S

1
. Book IV Chap. 3.

2
. Book VI Chap. 4

3
. Appendix B.

4
. Book III Chap. 11.

5
. Book I Chap. 11.

6
. Book II Chap. 7.

7
. In fact there were many more rivers flowing through Gondor – Anduin, Ciril (or Kiril), Celos (Kelos), Serni, Entwash, Poros and (disputably) Harnen. The term ‘Seven Rivers of Gondor' applies strictly to Old Gondor (i.e. at the time of its founding).

8
. Book VI Chap. 1.

9
. Book IV Chap. 9.

10
. Book VI Chap. 1.

11
. Book IV Chap. 5.

T

1
.
MR
345–48.

2
. Book II Chap. 7.

3
. An interesting light on Gandalf's difficulties in persuading Thorin to agree to his plan is revealed in
UT
415–35.

4
. Book III Chap. 4.

5
. The monster Grendel, slain by the Anglo-Saxon warrior Beowulf, was clearly a troll.

6
. A very much longer version of the Tuor legend may be found in
UT
23–74.

7
. Mention must be made here of a remarkable belief, recounted in several places and forms, to the effect that the Children of Húrin – Túrin and Nienor – were ‘washed clean' of their sorrows after death and reunited in bliss in Valinor; and that, at the Last Battle at the end of the world, when Morgoth shall return, it will be Túrin's avenging arm which deals the death-stroke. See
PME
374–75.

U

1
. Book III Chap. 3.

2
. Appendix F.

3
. Treebeard was of the opinion that it was Saruman who was responsible for this ill-starred essay in genetic engineering, but it was surely beyond his art. Besides, the race of uruks had appeared on the borders of Gondor several generations earlier.

V

1
.
Silmarillion
25–32.

2
.
The Road Goes Ever On
66.

3
. Appendix A I (i).

W

1
. Appendix A III.

2
. According to a late source this creature was – or had been – called Khamûl, the only Ringwraith to be named in records. See
UT
456.

3
. Book V Chap. 4.

4
. See
UT
215.

5
. Appendix B.

6
. For more detail (and speculation) on the origins of the Istari, see
UT
502–20.

7
. A late source (
UT
487–501) claims that the recognition of this people as True Men (by the Eldar and Edain) led to a small portion of them actually accompanying the few Haladin who went to Númenor early in the Second Age; they were also the first to sense trouble approaching, and either died out there or came back to Middle-earth long before the Downfall.

8
. Ibid.

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