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The Lays of Beleriand

HoME 3; the great poems

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Nature

The third History of Middle-earth volume gathers Tolkien’s two great long poems — the Lay of Leithian and the Lay of the Children of Húrin — with fragments and commentary.

Contents

  • The Lay of the Children of Húrin () — the alliterative poem of Túrin and the Dragon
  • The Lay of Leithian () — the metrical romance of Beren and Lúthien
  • The Lay of Leithian Recommenced — the later re-casting in long lines, abandoned unfinished

Composition

A fuller history of the work’s making (where distinct) is given in the related pages and the editorial notes of the editions named above.

Verknüpfte Seiten

Lay of LeithianLay of the Children of HúrinBerenTúrinConcordance — A to ZThe History of Middle-earth
Werke: die Quellen sind seitenübergreifend die Bücher von J.R.R. und Christopher Tolkien (Silmarillion, Hobbit, Herr der Ringe, Unfinished Tales, History of Middle-earth, Nature of Middle-earth u. a.) — eigene Zusammenfassung. Siehe die Concordance und den README der Quelle für die Einzelbelege.
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