Creatures of Middle Earth

1

Abbott, Joe. “Tolkien’s Monsters: Concept and Function in The Lord of the Rings, II: Shelob the Great; III: Sauron.” Mythlore (1989): 40–47.

Focuses mostly on Shelob and her origins from Folklore and Myth. The essay looks at influences from Beowulf

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Abbott, Joe. “Tolkien’s Monsters: Concept and Function in The Lord of the Rings (Part 1): The Balrog of Khazad-dum.” Mythlore (1989): 18–27.

This Essay discusses the Balrogs in terms of how Tolkien adapted the idea and their part in the books

3

Farr, Timothy M. “The Subject of Ents, Entwives and Huorns in the Old Forest.” Amon Hen 135 (1995): 13–14.

I read it and it deals with the origin of Ents and Entwives in Middle Earth, their purposes and duties, and their connections to the Old Forest in the Shire

4

Houghton, Joe, Michael Mertens, and Mike Bywater. “Dragons.” Amon Hen (1983): 13–15.

This Essay describe how Dragons came to become evil in Middle Earth and also contain explanations of their behavior, Smaug in particular

5

Lacon, Ruth. “Tolkien’s Ravens.” Amon Hen: The Bulletin of the Tolkien Society (1998): 15–16.

I read it. It discusses Ravens in The Hobbit and how they tie into real ravens and ravens from myth and folklore. It also mentions Sauron’s crow spies

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Muller, Eike. “The Eagles; Means of Transportation or Sign of Divine Aid?” Amon Hen 154 (1998): 17–18.

This essay talks about the creation of eagles by the Valar, their duties in the early ages, and their actions in the third age. It also compares them to dragons.

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Ryan, J. S. “The Barghest as Possible Source for Tolkien’s Goblins and Ring-Wraiths.” Amon Hen (1985): 10–11.

I read it. It deals with how Tolkien could’ve possibly based his orcs and wraiths off of a creature in English Folklore called the Barghest - an Imp-like creature

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Shippey, Tom. “Orcs, Wraiths, Wights: Tolkien’s Images of Evil.” J.R.R. Tolkien and his literary resonances ; Views of Middle-earth (2000): 183–98.

I got it because I saw Shippey’s name. Contains pertinent information on my topic with many historical details.

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Tolkien, J. R. “The Hobbit : The Enchanting Prelude to the Lord of the Rings.” Westminster: Del Rey, 1986.

Contains information on the Eagles, Wargs, Goblins, Dragons, and Ravens.

10

Tolkien, J. R. “The Silmarillion.” New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1979.

The Silmarillion contains information on the Valar, Maiar, and the events for the first two ages, it is pertinent.

Brian Nacov October 16, 2008, at 05:43 PM


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