Morgoth’s Ring

In this book are given many of the later writings of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien concerning the history of the elder days from the Music of the Ainur to the Hiding of Valinor. Here much is told of the Sun and Moon, of the immortal Eldar and the death of the Atani, of the beginning of the Orcs, and of the evil power of Melkor the Morgoth the Black Foe of the World.

Frontispiece – The Tale of Years (A manuscript page)

Foreword

Part One: Ainulindalë

Part Two: The Annals of Aman

Part Three: The Later Quenta Silmarillion

I. The First Phase

1. Of the Valar

2. Of Valinor and the Two Trees

3. Of the Coming of the Elves

4. Of Thingol and Melian

5. Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalië

6. Of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor

7. Of the Flight of the Noldor

8. Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor

II. The Second Phase

The Valaquenta

The Earliest Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel

Laws and Customs Among the Eldar

Later Versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel

Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor

Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor

Of the Darkening of Valinor

Of the Rape of the Silmarils

Of the Thieves' Quarrel

Part Four: Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth

Part Five: Myths Transformed

Appendix - Synopsis of the Texts

Index