The Hunt for the Ring

E695590

The Hunt for the Ring is a narrative by J.R.R. Tolkien that details Sauron’s efforts and the Nazgûl’s movements to recover the One Ring before the events of The Lord of the Rings.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Recovery of the One Ring 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
narrative
author J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
basedOn Tolkien’s drafts and notes for The Lord of the Rings
belongsToFranchise Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED
chronologicalPositionInLegendarium events immediately preceding The Lord of the Rings
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describesEvent Nazgûl’s journey from Mordor
Nazgûl’s search in the Shire
Sauron’s intelligence-gathering about the Ring
explains Sauron’s strategy to locate the Ring
background to the Nazgûl’s appearance in The Fellowship of the Ring
follows the finding of the One Ring by Bilbo Baggins
form prose narrative
genre fantasy
secondary-world fiction
hasCanonicalStatus posthumously published Tolkien material
hasCharacter Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED
Gandalf NERFINISHED
Gollum NERFINISHED
Nazgûl NERFINISHED
Saruman NERFINISHED
Sauron NERFINISHED
the Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED
hasFictionalTimeSpan Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
hasTheme fear and domination
power of the One Ring
surveillance and pursuit
language English
mainSubject Nazgûl NERFINISHED
One Ring NERFINISHED
Sauron NERFINISHED
search for the One Ring
narrativeFocus Sauron’s efforts to recover the One Ring
movements of the Nazgûl
partOf The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion tradition of commentary
precedes the departure of Frodo from the Shire
publisher George Allen & Unwin NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The History of Middle-earth, Volume 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Return of the King NERFINISHED
setInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
timeOfWriting 20th century
workInTolkienLegendarium yes

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sauron goal The Hunt for the Ring
this entity surface form: Recovery of the One Ring
Unfinished Tales hasPart The Hunt for the Ring