Facts about Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

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   Sauron, the primary antagonist of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, was a Maia, a spiritual being of the same order as the wizard Gandalf.

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   In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the One Ring bears an inscription in the Black Speech of Mordor, a language Tolkien invented specifically for Sauron and his servants.

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   Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy were shot almost entirely in New Zealand and swept major awards upon release.

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   Tolkien's Lord of the Rings introduced the invented language Quenya, one of several fully developed Elvish languages Tolkien constructed over decades.

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   Frodo Baggins, the ring-bearer in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, is a hobbit from the Shire whose full name is Frodo Baggins of Bag End.

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   The Lord of the Rings was originally published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955 by Allen & Unwin.

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