As a scholar of real-world languages, J. R. R. Tolkien created a rich linguistic tapestry of over a dozen languages for his ...

The Lord of the Rings is full of items of different magical significance, and some of the greatest in Middle-earth were made ...

The use of Wales as inspiration for “fairy porn” novels is patronising, experts have warned ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — the world of The Lord of the Rings and now the new animated film The War of the Rohirrim — was born, first and foremost, from Tolkien’s intense and lifelong love for ...

A Welsh edition of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit has been unveiled ... the Welsh language and culture in his work, for example, the Elvish language Sindarin is based on Welsh phonology and grammar ...

A gentle man: JRR Tolkien in 1955 Credit ... of mature femininity or delight in female childishness in Tolkien’s world. The Elf-queen Galadriel is “terrible in her beauty” and powerful ...

Noting the areas where Tolkien fell short doesn't diminish his strides, like all-but inventing the warrior woman and elf queen archetypes countless contemporary fantasy stories have since mimicked.