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[[Image:Silmarillion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The cover of ''The Silmarillion'', depicting the Lake of Awakening.]]

[[Image:Silmarillion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The cover of ''The Silmarillion'', depicting the Lake of Awakening.]]

'''''The Silmarillion''''' is a fantasy book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], telling the early history of his world [[Middle-earth]].<ref>The name "Silmarillion" may refer both to the published work when italicized as ''The Silmarillion'', and to the whole body of stories from the First Age, known as the ''Quenta Silmarillion'' in the fictional world.</ref> It was published posthumously in 1977 and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. In the internal chronology it is followed by ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.  

'''''The Silmarillion''''' is a fantasy book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], telling the early history of his world [[Middle-earth]]. It was published posthumously in 1977 and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. In the internal chronology it is followed by ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

 

The name "Silmarillion" may refer both to the published work when italicized as ''The Silmarillion'', and to the whole body of stories from the [[First Age (Middle-earth)|First Age]], known as the ''Quenta Silmarillion'' in the fictional world.

== Creation ==

== Creation ==