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The Tolkien Encyclopedia

THE PUBLIC MIDDLE-EARTH ENCYCLOPEDIA

Explore Tolkien’s people, places, histories and ideas. Definitions remain free to read. Use a name or keyword, choose a topic, or browse by initial letter.

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Characters and biographies

Galadriel

Galadriel is a great Elf of the Noldor, daughter of Finarfin and Eärwen, and the bearer of Nenya, one of the Three Elven Rings. With Celeborn she governs Lothlórien during the War…

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Gandalf

Gandalf is one of the Istari, the emissaries sent to assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron. He is a Maia, known in the West as Olórin, and appears in Middle-earth in…

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Glaurung

The Great worm created by Melkor, the mightiest dragon in Middle-earth. Created in the depths of Angband, Glaurung was able to cast spells, control minds, and even erase memories.

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Gollum

"In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole ..." are famous opening lines from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.But actually, there was a Hobbit…

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