The Lord of the Rings has many unique species with Elves being incredibly iconic and also a focus of weird details.

Many authorities maintain that Tolkien’s fantasy writings are racist, and others argue that, although he was influenced by Victorian attitudes to race and to a literary tradition of monsters ...

When Middle-earth was created, the Elves were given the gift of immortality, living forever unless they were slain, while the race of Men was given what Tolkien called the “gift” of death.

The textbook also explains the origins of Middle-earth's various races, deities, and landforms. It is, perhaps, one of the ...

In J. R. R. Tolkien's extensive collection of writings, he described many characters of various different races. Different races of humanoids tended to prefer particular weapons. The dwarves preferred ...