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'''''Morgoth's Ring''''' is the tenth volume of the ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', and the first of two volumes on the later development of ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.
'''''Morgoth's Ring''''', published in [[1993]], is the tenth volume of [[Christopher Tolkien]]'s 12-volume book series, ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].


==From the publisher==
This volume, along with the subsequent ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', provides detailed writings and editorial commentary pertaining to Tolkien's cosmology that eventually would become the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. This volume mentions a few characters excluded elsewhere, including [[Findis]] and [[Irimë]], the daughters of [[Finwë]].
{{blockquote|The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of ''The Silmarillion'', Tolkien's epic tale of war.After the ''The Lord of the Rings'' was at last achieved, J.R.R. Tolkien turned his attention once again to "the Matter of the Elder Days". The text of the Annals of Aman, the "Blessed Land" in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda. The second part of this history of the later ''Silmarillion'' is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/21950/morgoths-ring-christopher-tolkien-j-r-r-tolkien-9780261103009 |articlename=Morgoth's Ring|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx HarperCollins]|accessed=27 August 2011}}</ref>}}
 
The title of this volume comes from a statement in one of Tolkien's essays:
:"''Just as Sauron concentrated his power in the [[One Ring]], Morgoth dispersed his power into the very matter of [[Arda]], thus the whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring.''"


==Contents==
==Contents==
* Foreword
:'''Part One: [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë]]'''
:'''Part One: [[Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)|Ainulindalë]]'''
:'''Part Two:  [[The Annals of Aman]]'''
:'''Part Two:  [[The Annals of Aman]]'''
:'''Part Three: [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion|The Later ''Quenta Silmarillion'']]'''
:'''Part Three: [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion|The Later ''Quenta Silmarillion'']]'''
# The First Phase
* The First Phase
## [[Of the Valar]]
** I. "[[Of the Valar]]"
## [[Of Valinor and the Two Trees]]
** II. "Of Valinor and the Two Trees"
## [[Of the Coming of the Elves]]
** III. "Of the Coming of the Elves"
## [[Of Thingol and Melian (Morgoth's Ring)|Of Thingol and Melian]]
** IV. "Of Thingol and Melian"
## [[Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalië]]
** V. "Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalië"
## [[Of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor]]
** VI. "Of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor"
## [[Of the Flight of the Noldor (Morgoth's Ring)|Of the Flight of the Noldor]]
** VII. "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
## [[Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor (Morgoth's Ring)|Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor]]
** VIII. "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
# The Second Phase
 
## [[The Valaquenta (Morgoth's Ring)|The Valaquenta]]
* The Second Phase
## [[The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel]]
** "The Valaquenta"
## [[Laws and Customs Among the Eldar]]
** "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
## [[Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel]]
** "Laws and Customs Among the Eldar"
## [[Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor (Morgoth's Ring)|Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor]]
** "Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
## [[Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor (Morgoth's Ring)|Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor]]
** "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
## [[Of the Darkening of Valinor (Morgoth's Ring)|Of the Darkening of Valinor]]
** "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"
## [[Of the Rape of the Silmarils]]
** "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
## [[Of the Thieves' Quarrel]]
** "Of the Rape of the Silmarils"
** "Of the Thieves' Quarrel"
 
:'''Part Four: [[Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth]]'''
:'''Part Four: [[Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth]]'''
::*Commentary
* Commentary
::*Notes on the Commentary
* Notes on the Commentary
::**[[Tale of Adanel]]
** "[[Tale of Adanel]]"
::*Appendix: [[The Converse of Manwë and Eru]]
* Appendix: The Converse of Manwë and Eru
 
:'''Part Five: [[Myths Transformed]]'''
:'''Part Five: [[Myths Transformed]]'''


==Publication history and image Gallery==
* Appendix: Synopsis of the Texts
 
==Inscriptions==
There is an inscription in the [[Tengwar]] characters in the first pages of every ''History of Middle-earth'' volume, written by Christopher Tolkien and describing the contents of the book. The inscription in Book X reads:
 
:"''In this book are given many of the later writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the history of the Elder Days from the Music of the Ainur to the Hiding of Valinor; here much is told of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]]; of the immortal [[Eldar]] and the death of the [[Atani]]; of the beginning of the Orcs and of the evil power of Melkor, the Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World.''"
 
==From the publisher==
{{blockquote|The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of ''The Silmarillion'', Tolkien's epic tale of war.<br>
After the ''The Lord of the Rings'' was at last achieved, J.R.R. Tolkien turned his attention once again to "the Matter of the Elder Days". The text of [[The Annals of Aman]], the "Blessed Land" in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda.<br>
The second part of this history of the later ''Silmarillion'' is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of ''The Lord of the Rings''.}}
 
==Publication history and gallery==
;UK Editions
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|File:Morgoth's Ring 1993.png|1993 hardcover
|File:Morgoth's Ring (UH1993).png|[[1993]], [[Allen and Unwin|Unwin Hyman]] 1st ed.; hardcover; ISBN 0261103040
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC1994).png|1994 paperback
|File:Morgoth's Ring (hardcover).jpg|[[1993]], [[Houghton Mifflin]]; hardcover; ISBN 0395680921
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC2002).jpeg|2002 paperback
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC1994).png|[[1994]], [[HarperCollins]] 1st paperback ed.; ISBN 0261103008; Cover illustration by [[John Howe]]
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC2010).png|2010 hardcover
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC2002).png|[[2002]], [[HarperCollins]]; ISBN 0261103008; Cover illustration by [[John Howe]]
|File:Morgoth's Ring (HC2010).png|[[2010]], HarperCollins; reissue (print on demand), hardcover; ISBN 0-00-736534-9
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*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover ([[1993]]), pp. 480. ISBN 0261103040
*[[HarperCollins]] paperback ([[1994]]), ISBN 0261103008 (cover art by [[John Howe]])
*[[HarperCollins]] paperback ([[2002]]), ISBN 0261103008
*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover ([[2010]]), ISBN 0007365349


==External links==
*[http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/gallery.php?subsection=69 Detailed publication history of UK editions at Tolkienbooks.net]
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Morgoth's Ring
Morgoth's Ring 1993.png
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
EditorChristopher Tolkien
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released23 September 1993 (UK)
14 December 1993 (US)
FormatHardcover; paperback
Pages480
ISBN0261103040
Preceded bySauron Defeated (1992)
Followed byThe War of the Jewels (1994)

Morgoth's Ring, published in 1993, is the tenth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien.

This volume, along with the subsequent The War of the Jewels, provides detailed writings and editorial commentary pertaining to Tolkien's cosmology that eventually would become the published The Silmarillion. This volume mentions a few characters excluded elsewhere, including Findis and Irimë, the daughters of Finwë.

The title of this volume comes from a statement in one of Tolkien's essays:

"Just as Sauron concentrated his power in the One Ring, Morgoth dispersed his power into the very matter of Arda, thus the whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring."

Contents

  • Foreword
Part One: Ainulindalë
Part Two: The Annals of Aman
Part Three: The Later Quenta Silmarillion
  • The First Phase
    • I. "Of the Valar"
    • II. "Of Valinor and the Two Trees"
    • III. "Of the Coming of the Elves"
    • IV. "Of Thingol and Melian"
    • V. "Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalië"
    • VI. "Of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor"
    • VII. "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
    • VIII. "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
  • The Second Phase
    • "The Valaquenta"
    • "The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
    • "Laws and Customs Among the Eldar"
    • "Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
    • "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
    • "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"
    • "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
    • "Of the Rape of the Silmarils"
    • "Of the Thieves' Quarrel"
Part Four: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
  • Commentary
  • Notes on the Commentary
  • Appendix: The Converse of Manwë and Eru
Part Five: Myths Transformed
  • Appendix: Synopsis of the Texts

Inscriptions

There is an inscription in the Tengwar characters in the first pages of every History of Middle-earth volume, written by Christopher Tolkien and describing the contents of the book. The inscription in Book X reads:

"In this book are given many of the later writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the history of the Elder Days from the Music of the Ainur to the Hiding of Valinor; here much is told of the Sun and Moon; of the immortal Eldar and the death of the Atani; of the beginning of the Orcs and of the evil power of Melkor, the Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World."

From the publisher

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war.

After the The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J.R.R. Tolkien turned his attention once again to "the Matter of the Elder Days". The text of The Annals of Aman, the "Blessed Land" in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda.

The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.

Publication history and gallery

UK Editions
1993 hardcover  
1994 paperback  
2002 paperback  
2010 hardcover  
The History of Middle-earth series
i.The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii.The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii.The Lays of Beleriand ·
iv.The Shaping of Middle-earth · v.The Lost Road and Other Writings · vi.The Return of the Shadow ·
vii.The Treason of Isengard · viii.The War of the Ring · ix.Sauron Defeated ·
x.Morgoth's Ring · xi.The War of the Jewels · xii.The Peoples of Middle-earth · (Index)
A J.R.R. Tolkien book guide
Books by or mainly by Tolkien
Of Arda Authored by
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit · The Lord of the Rings
(i.The Fellowship of the Ring · ii.The Two Towers · iii.The Return of the King) ·
The Road Goes Ever On · Bilbo's Last Song
Edited by Christopher Tolkien The Silmarillion · Unfinished Tales · The History of Middle-earth series
(i.The Book of Lost Tales: Part One · ii.The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two · iii.The Lays of Beleriand · iv.The Shaping of Middle-earth · v.The Lost Road and Other Writings · vi.The Return of the Shadow · vii.The Treason of Isengard · viii.The War of the Ring · ix.Sauron Defeated · x.Morgoth's Ring · xi.The War of the Jewels · xii.The Peoples of Middle-earth · Index) ·
The Children of Húrin · Beren and Lúthien · The Fall of Gondolin
Edited by others The Annotated Hobbit · The History of The Hobbit · The Nature of Middle-earth ·
The Fall of Númenor · The Maps of Middle-earth
Not of Arda Short stories
and poems
Leaf by Niggle · Farmer Giles of Ham · Smith of Wootton Major · The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ·
Letters from Father Christmas · Mr. Bliss · Roverandom ·
Tree and Leaf (compilation) · Tales from the Perilous Realm (compilation)
Fictional works The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún · The Fall of Arthur · The Story of Kullervo · The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
Translations and academic works Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo · Finn and Hengest ·
The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays · Beowulf and the Critics · Tolkien On Fairy-stories ·
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary · A Secret Vice · The Battle of Maldon
Collected letters and poems The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien · The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited old texts A Middle English Vocabulary · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Ancrene Wisse · The Old English Exodus
Books by other authors
Biographies J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography · The Inklings · Tolkien and the Great War
Reference works The Complete Guide to Middle-earth · The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
Scholarly studies The Road to Middle-earth · The Keys of Middle-earth · The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion ·
The Ring of Words · A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien · Tolkien's Lost Chaucer ·
Tolkien's Library · Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959
Scholarly journals Tolkien Studies · (The Chronology)
Other works by Tolkien
Linguistic journals Vinyar Tengwar various issues · Parma Eldalamberon issue 11-22
Collections of artwork
and manuscripts
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien · J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend · J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator ·
The Art of The Hobbit · The Art of The Lord of the Rings · Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth ·
Tolkien: Treasures · J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript
This list is only a selection of works, for a fuller bibliography of Tolkien see here or here. See also a timeline and an index.