Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde

Tolkien's World in a Thousand Names

This standard work for exploring Middle-earth gathers all keywords from A for Evening Star Lake to Z for Dwarves. The detailed articles answer the many questions that arise while reading "The Lord of the Rings," "The Hobbit," "The Silmarillion," and other adventures and stories from Tolkien's pen.

As soon as the first shadows were noticed in the Mirkwood, the Istari appeared in the west of Middle-earth, whom the people called wizards. No one knew where they came from, except for Cirdan the Shipwright. Later, however, it was said among the Elves that they were messengers sent by the Lords of the West to fight against Sauron's power. At the time when Saruman began to explore the science of the Rings of Power, the Council of the Wise was held for the first time. What these wise ones knew is now arranged here for the first time according to the style and alphabet of later times, with all names, events, and facts concerning the three great ages of Middle-earth. A must-have for every Tolkien fan.