Dol Guldur Esgaroth Isengard Moria Rivendell History Artefacts Mithril The Palantíri Rings of Power The One Ring The Three Rings The Silmarils Weapons and armour Events First Age Sundering of the Elves Third Age Battle of Helm's Deep Battle of the Pelennor Fields Battle of the Morannon The Scouring of the Shire Characters First Age House of Finwë Finwë Fëanor Maedhros Finrod Felagund Galadriel Glorfindel House of Elwë and Olwë Thingol Lúthien House of Marach Húrin Túrin Turambar Tuor Eärendil and Elwing Elrond Arwen Others Beren Sauron Ungoliant Second Age Elendil Gil-galad Isildur Third Age Thorin and Company Thorin Oakenshield Balin Bilbo Baggins Gandalf The Fellowship of the Ring Frodo Baggins Samwise Gamgee Merry Brandybuck Pippin Took Aragorn Boromir Gandalf Legolas Gimli Wizards: Gandalf Radagast Saruman Elves Arwen Galadriel Glorfindel Legolas Thranduil Men Aragorn Bard Boromir Denethor Éomer Éowyn Faramir Gríma Wormtongue Théoden Other characters Barrow-wight Beorn Goldberry Gollum Old Man Willow Shelob Treebeard Tom Bombadil Watcher in the Water Culture Races Ainur Valar Maiar Balrogs Wizards Men Drúedain Dúnedain Monsters Dragons Nazgûl Orcs Trolls Wargs Other Dwarves Eagles Elves Ents Hobbits Languages Elvish languages Quenya Sindarin Other Adûnaic Khuzdul Black Speech Folklore and poetry A Elbereth Gilthoniel A Walking Song Namárië Song of Eärendil Errantry Fastitocalon The Lay of Leithian The Lay of the Children of Húrin The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late The Road Goes Ever On The Sea-Bell The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen Beren and Lúthien Analysis Influences J. R. R. Tolkien's influences Beowulf Nodens Ring of Silvianus Sigelwara Land Components Artwork Family trees Heraldry for Tolkien's invented Languages, see above Maps Poetry see above for individual poems Literary devices Character pairing Frame stories Impression of depth Interlacing Prose style Themes Addiction to power Architecture Christianity Cosmology Decline and fall England Environmentalism First World War Heroism Magic Medieval Modernism Music Naming of weapons Plants Paganism Psychological journeys Sexuality Sound and language Time travel Race Trees and forests Women Music The Tolkien Ensemble Scholarship Institutions The Tolkien Society The Mythopoeic Society Elvish Linguistic Fellowship Marion E. Wade Center Signum University Journals Journal of Tolkien Research Mallorn Mythlore Tolkien Studies Vinyar Tengwar Scholars Douglas A. Anderson Nicholas Birns Stratford Caldecott Jane Chance Patrick Curry Michael D. C. Drout Jason Fisher Verlyn Flieger John Garth Glen GoodKnight Wayne G. Hammond Stuart D. Lee Jared Lobdell Gergely Nagy Corey Olsen John D. Rateliff Fleming Rutledge Christina Scull