Tolkien
Tolkien refers to J.R.R.
Tolkien (1892–1973), the English author and Oxford professor who created modern fantasy literature with *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*.
His invented languages and mythologies set the template for the genre.
As an adjective, Tolkien or Tolkienesque describes elaborate fantasy worlds with their own histories, races, and languages: The game has that Tolkien feel with elves and dwarves.
Small, hole-dwelling humanoid
- BilboSlim dueling sword
- GimliManitoba town, Lake Winnipeg
- MordorVolcanic evil kingdom
- RohanMeans "ascending" (Sanskrit)
Frodo · Gandalf · Aragorn · Sauron · Gollum · Legolas · Galadriel · Gondor
Writer of prose narratives
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- professorSenior university teacher
- medievalistMiddle Ages scholar
- scholarLearned, studious person
C.S. Lewis · biography · letters · manuscripts · Beowulf · Sir Gawain · Old English · Anglo-Saxon
Artificially created language system
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- etymologyWord origin study
- runicOf ancient carved letters
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
Extended heroic narrative
- trilogyThree linked creative works
- questSeeking journey for something
- journeyTravel from place to place
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
heroic · sweeping · monumental · timeless · classic · Lord of the Rings · Two Towers · good versus evil
Fantasy prehistory compendium
- NúmenorDrowned island civilization
- creation mythOrigin narrative of existence
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- legendariumComprehensive fictional mythology collection
hobbit
Small, hole-dwelling humanoid
Frodo · Gandalf · Aragorn · Sauron · Gollum · Legolas · Galadriel · Gondor · Rohan · Rivendell
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- professorSenior university teacher
- medievalistMiddle Ages scholar
C.S. Lewis · scholar · biography · letters · manuscripts · Beowulf · Sir Gawain · Old English · Anglo-Saxon · Catholic
conlang
Artificially created language system
saga
Extended heroic narrative
- trilogyThree linked creative works
- questSeeking journey for something
- journeyTravel from place to place
adventure · heroic · sweeping · monumental · timeless · classic · Lord of the Rings · Two Towers · good versus evil · myth-making
Silmarillion
Fantasy prehistory compendium
- NúmenorDrowned island civilization
- creation mythOrigin narrative of existence
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- AuthorsShakespeare, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Famous AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hemingway, Twain
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- British IconsShakespeare, Churchill, Darwin, Newton, Queen Elizabeth
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Rowling, Orwell
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy AuthorsIsaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury
TolkienSamuel Beckett
Franz Kafka · James Joyce · Cormac McCarthy · absurdism · Ernest Hemingway
TolkienH.G. Wells
Time Machine author
Isaac Asimov · Ursula K. Le Guin · futurism · techno-utopianism · Bertrand Russell
- J.R.R. TolkienFantasy literature's foundational author
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Tolkien fansFantasy trilogy admirers