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Lauterbrunnen valley, Switzerland. Tolkien travelled in the Swiss Alps in 1911.
Lauterbrunnen valley, Switzerland. Tolkien travelled in the Swiss Alps in 1911. Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

THE PUBLIC MIDDLE-EARTH ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Places and kingdoms

Udûn

Udûn is a depressed valley in Mordor. During the War of the Alliance and the War of the Ring, the armies of Mordor commanded by Sauron passed through this valley on their…

Cosmology and mythology

Ulmo

Ulmo is the Anuir and the power of Arda, a Valar created by Eru. He is the Lord of the Waters and he dwells in all the deep about the Earth or…

Characters and genealogies

Ungoliant

The First Age was riddled with evil creatures and unpleasant events, the main villain being the Dark Lord Melkor, or Morgoth. However, during some of those events, Melkor had a dreadful ally,…

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