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* [[Dragon (Middle-earth)]], featured J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth

These orcs had similar names in other languages of Middle-earth: in Orkish uruk (restricted to the larger soldier-orcs), in the language of ...ional legendary, the uruk-hai orcs were made by Sauron in the Third Age of Middle-earth in Mordor. Firstly they appeard in 2475, when the orcish army captured Osgi

...f the names of the dwarves in his books from the [[Völuspá]], see [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)]].

...ht imply that (in his fictional timeline) the 'actual' Druedain of ancient Middle-earth, were the origin of the legendary Woodwoses of more recent folklore.

...ncept (as Tolkien himself speculated, as cited by Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth, 45). * Shippey, Tom. ''The Road to Middle-earth''. London: HarperCollins, 1992 (rev.). ISBN 0-261-10275-3

...tive diminutive race that inhabit in the Shire and in Bree in northwestern Middle-earth of J. R. R. Tolkien's world. ...lk, who were Tolkien's inspiration. The name Tolkien chose for one part of Middle-earth where the Hobbits live, "the Shire" is clearly reminiscent of the English S

====Middle-earth==== In [[Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]], the '''[[Moriquendi]]''' the '''Elves of Darkness''' are, in essence, th

...s that share many common characteristics with the [[goblin]]s of Tolkien's Middle-earth and other works of modern fantasy fiction.

...''The Lord of the Rings'', wherein a wise, immortal people named ''[[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]]'' have a significant role, elves became staple characters of moder

...imited to non-humans — even [[Aragorn]], whose hands heal, has some [[elf (Middle-earth)|elven]] blood — but in many writers, it is reserved to a select group of

...noid creatures in various fantasy settings, particularly in the stories of Middle-earth written by J. R. R. Tolkien and derivative fictions. The humanoid, non-maritime race of Orcs that exists in Middle-earth is J. R. R. Tolkien's invention. The term 'Orc' is usually capitalised in T

In J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, Troll (Middle-earth)|trolls are very large (around 12 feet tall) and immensely strong humanoids

...lated his Middle-earth with goblins, but later preferred to call them Orc (Middle-earth)|Orcs in order to distance them from fairy tale characters, explaining such

In the earlier versions of Tolkien's [[Middle-earth]], the creatures later known as [[Elf|Elves]] were called Fairies.