DeDanaan

Filed by Aine MacDermot

Middle Earth : Middle Earth is the legendary place created by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit and in the trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Middle Earth is inhabited by hobbits, elves, orcs, wizards, dwarves, and people. In the southeastern section lies Mordor, the desolate place to which Frodo journeys in order to destroy the ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Adjacent to Mordor is Gondor, where most of the great cities are found.

On the northeastern banks of the Great River, which runs from north to south bisecting the land, lies the forest of Mirkwood, where the evil Sauron built up his power. Still further east the dwarves reside, beneath Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. The Misty Mountains, over which the travelers cross, rise to the west of the Great River. Further west is Eriador, where many of the hobbits reside and where the first volume of the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Rings, begins.