Boromir: "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing!" - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring II:10 |
The Silmarillion (Q:"about the Silmarils"), by J. R. R. Tolkien (edited by C. J. R. Tolkien), is one of our secondary sources (although some consider it primary, and it holds priority over other secondary sources). Published 15 September 1977.
Comprised of:
- Ainulindalë and Valaquenta
- Quenta Silmarillion
- Akallabêth
- Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
Chapters in the book include:
- The Music of the Ainur
- Quenta Silmarillion (the history of the Silmarils and the war of the Noldor against Morgoth)
- Of Beren and Lúthien
- Túrin Turambar (closely associated with "Narn i Chîn Húrin: The Tale of the Children of Húrin" in Unfinished Tales and The Children of Húrin)
- Of Tuor and The Fall of Gondolin
- Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath