Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

[related: JRR Tolkien, Eä, The Void ]

A document composed by author JRR Tolkien published posthumously in 1977. The Silmarillion was composed over a period of approximately six decades and forms the central codex for Tolkien's alternate world, Eä.^[1] Tolkien, a conlanger, originally composed the material in various Eäian languages, including Quenya (high-Elven), Sindarin (colloquial Elven), Khuzdul (secret language of Dwarves), Valerian (language of Angelic beings), and Black Speech (an Orcish tongue). Upon Tolkien's death in 1973, the 3000+ page document was quickly translated and edited down into 365 pages by his son, the evangelist and part-time book editor Christopher Tolkien.^[2] In accordance with his progeny's beliefs, the published Silmarillion was stripped of alleged anti-Christian material, including various alternate creation myths, idol worship, Pagan rituals and reference to The Void, a timeless and dimensionless realm to which all things shall pass.

↑ Or, in Tolkien's language, "the world that is."
↑ Directions in JRR Tolkien's will reportedly forbid the publication of The Silmarillion in any form. Christopher Tolkien, the self-appointed executor of his father's estate, reportedly received a publishing advance of over £300,000 for the book.

[1] Or, in Tolkien's language, "the world that is."

[2] Directions in JRR Tolkien's will reportedly forbid the publication of The Silmarillion in any form. Christopher Tolkien, the self-appointed executor of his father's estate, reportedly received a publishing advance of over £300,000 for the book.

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