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'''The Silmarillion''', by Professor [[J.R.R._Tolkien]], is not a novel but an exploration of the mythos and the linguistic background against which the action of [[The Lord of the Rings]] trilogy and [[The Hobbit]] takes place. Indeed, those books could be said to have sprung from the creation of the mythology rather than vice versa.

'''The Silmarillion''', by Professor [[J.R.R._Tolkien]], is not a novel but an exploration of the mythos and the linguistic background against which the action of [[The Lord of the Rings]] and [[The Hobbit]] take place. Indeed, those books could be said to have sprung from the creation of the mythology rather than vice versa.

It is set in the First and Second ages of [[Middle Earth]] and describes the creation of world through the music of the Ainur to the Sundering of Valinor from Middle Earth at the end of the Second Age. It introduces characters such as Sauron the Great and Elrond Halfelvin who appear in his other novels.

It is set in the First and Second ages of [[Middle Earth]] and describes the creation of world through the music of the Ainur to the Sundering of Valinor from Middle Earth at the end of the Second Age. It introduces characters such as Sauron the Great and Elrond Halfelvin who appear in his other novels.