When it comes to the Dwarves, the only female that's noted by name in Tolkien's universe is called Dís, and even then, her story isn't vast. Although she might not be one of the most well-known ...

Tolkien also confessed that: “I do think of the 'Dwarves' like Jews: at once native and alien in their habitations”, though he may have been referring to the struggles that the Jewish people ...

Unlikely friendships and alliances are one of the key elements of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and chiefest among these is the bond between elf Legolas and dwarf Gimli. Throughout the ...

Tolkien just… says it in the first chapter ... if the meek hobbit were to embark on the dwarves’ expedition to the Lonely Mountain. He insists to Thorin and co. that though Bilbo may seem ...

Tolkien's book was first published in the 1930s ... who is invited to join a dangerous quest led by a wizard and a group of dwarves. Prof Watson's translation has been published following several ...