Facts about Tolkien's Legendarium

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   Arda, the name for the world in Tolkien's Legendarium, was conceived as a mythological prehistory of our own Earth.

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   Tolkien's Legendarium spans multiple Ages of the world, with the events of The Lord of the Rings occurring in the Third Age.

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   Central to Tolkien's Legendarium is the figure of Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, whose servant Sauron later became the primary antagonist of The Lord of the Rings.

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   In Tolkien's Legendarium, the constructed language Quenya was modeled in part on Finnish, which Tolkien encountered as a young scholar.

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   The mythology comprising Tolkien's Legendarium was developed over decades and posthumously published by his son Christopher in works including The Silmarillion.

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