Spirits haunted various regions of Middle-earth, most notably the Dead Marshes and the Paths of the Dead, which were guarded by the Dead Men of Dunharrow. The Valar soon fortified their realm, and brought about the "Hiding of Valinor", preventing Melkor and Fëanor and his followers from entering. In earlier versions of the legendarium, " Gods" was a word used often to refer to them [4], and Valur and Valir for a short time denoted male and female Valar. The First Sundering occurred when some left Middle-earth to live in the blessed realm of Valinor, while others stayed behind. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien’s magnificent world.

Gandalf was the servant of Manwë or Varda, but was a lover of the Gardens of Lórien, and so knew much of the hopes and dreams of Men and Elves. In ancient times, they had frequent contact with the Dwarves of Middle-earth and lived in the foothills of the Misty Mountains for a long time. Scholars have likened Gondor to Byzantium (medieval Istanbul), [35] while Tolkien connected it to Venice. By the late Third Age, only rich and poor hobbits continued to live in smials; the middle-class hobbits usually lived in large, low buildings, like Brandy Hall.Since then, we have been given The Silmarillion as a fully canonical addition to the world of Middle-earth plus Unfinished Tales and the 12 volumes of The History of Middle-earth, which have contained further glimpses of Tolkien's thinking and his uncertainties about some matters that he, like us, wondered about.

Some special days did not belong to any month - Yule 1 and 2 (New Year's Eve and New Years Day) and three Lithedays in mid summer. Shire lore says that squirrels, rabbits, and other garden pests have learned to run away quickly if a hobbit "so much as reaches for a pebble".

Barrow-wights (from Middle English wight, a man) were dark spirits sent by the Witch-king of Angmar to possess and animate the bodies and bones of the former kings of the Dúnedain. This subreddit is a space for the Tolkien nerds of reddit to debate and discuss the whole Tolkien mythos. During the time of The Lord of the Rings, Men in Middle-earth were located in many places, with the largest group of free men in the countries of Gondor and Rohan.