The Silmarillion

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high fantasy work literary work mythopoeic work short story collection

The Silmarillion is a posthumously published collection of mythopoeic tales by J. R. R. Tolkien that outlines the creation and early history of Middle-earth, forming the foundational lore behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
The Silmarillion canonical	220
The Silmarillion (appendices and references)	7
Quenta Silmarillion	2
Ainulindalë	1
Silmarillion	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and background)	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and legendarium context)	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and lore context)	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and maps context)	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and maps)	1
The Silmarillion (appendices and notes)	1
The Silmarillion (maps in some editions)	1
The Silmarillion legendarium	1
Two Trees of Valinor (through Yavanna)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high fantasy work ⓘ literary work ⓘ mythopoeic work ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
centralObject	Silmarils ⓘ
containsWork	The Silmarillion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ainulindalë Akallabêth ⓘ Third Age ⓘ surface form: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age The Silmarillion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quenta Silmarillion Valaquenta ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describesEvent	Fall of Númenor ⓘ surface form: Downfall of Númenor Music of the Ainur ⓘ creation of Eä ⓘ events of the First Age ⓘ events of the Second Age ⓘ wars over the Silmarils ⓘ
editor	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien ⓘ surface form: Christopher Tolkien
featuresCharacter	Beren ⓘ Fëanor ⓘ Galadriel ⓘ Beren and Lúthien ⓘ surface form: Lúthien The Valar ⓘ surface form: Manwë Morgoth ⓘ Sauron ⓘ Thingol ⓘ
featuresRace	Dwarves ⓘ Elves ⓘ Maiar ⓘ Men ⓘ The Valar ⓘ surface form: Valar
genre	fantasy ⓘ mythopoeia ⓘ
hasForm	prose ⓘ
influencesWork	The Hobbit ⓘ The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	foundational lore of Tolkien’s legendarium ⓘ
partOf	legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
posthumousWorkOf	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
publicationDate	1977 ⓘ
publisher	George Allen & Unwin ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
subject	cosmology of Middle-earth ⓘ The History of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: history of Middle-earth

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