Beren and Lúthien

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Beren and Lúthien is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien tale set in Middle-earth that recounts the legendary love story between the mortal man Beren and the immortal elf-maiden Lúthien.

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Label Occurrences
Beren and Lúthien canonical 7
Lúthien 3
Lúthien Tinúviel 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle-earth legendarium work
book
author J. R. R. Tolkien
basedOn earlier versions of the Beren and Lúthien legend by J. R. R. Tolkien
belongsToFranchise Middle-earth
centralQuest recovery of a Silmaril from Morgoth
compiledFrom drafts
prose texts
revisions
verse texts
containsMotif heroic quest
metamorphosis
music and enchantment
transcendent love
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
editor Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
surface form: Christopher Tolkien
editorialApparatusBy Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
surface form: Christopher Tolkien
featuresAntagonist Morgoth
Sauron
featuresCharacter Beren
Lúthien Tinúviel
surface form: Lúthien
featuresObject Silmaril
featuresRace Elves
Men
genre fantasy
romance
hasCanonicalStatus part of Tolkien’s legendarium canon
hasIllustrationsBy Alan Lee
hasTheme defiance of fate
love
mortality
sacrifice
influences Aragorn and Arwen story
isToldThrough multiple textual versions
language English
medium print
narrativeFocus love between a mortal man and an immortal elf
partOf legendarium of Middle-earth
surface form: Legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
publicationStatus posthumous
publisher HarperCollins
relatedWork The Lay of Leithian
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
setting Middle-earth
timePeriodInLegendarium First Age of Middle-earth

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Middle-earth appearsIn Beren and Lúthien
The Silmarillion featuresCharacter Beren and Lúthien
this entity surface form: Lúthien
The Children of Húrin relatedWork Beren and Lúthien
Edith Tolkien inspiredCharacter Beren and Lúthien
this entity surface form: Lúthien Tinúviel
Edith Tolkien inscriptionOnGrave Beren and Lúthien
this entity surface form: Lúthien
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien notableWork Beren and Lúthien
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien editedWork Beren and Lúthien
Galadriel relative Beren and Lúthien
this entity surface form: Lúthien
First Age narratedIn Beren and Lúthien
Morgoth appearsIn Beren and Lúthien
The Fall of Gondolin relatedWork Beren and Lúthien