Morgoth's Ring is the tenth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 13-volume series The History of Middle-earth in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien. Released in 1993, Morgoth's Ring is the initial volume of the sub-series The Later Silmarillion, bearing The Legends of Aman as a subtitle; it provides detailed writings and editorial commentary pertaining to Tolkien's cosmology that eventually would become The Silmarillion. This book mentions a few characters excluded elsewhere, such as Findis and Irimë, daughters of Finwë.
The title of this volume comes from a statement from one of the essays: "Just as Sauron concentrated his power in the One Ring, Morgoth dispersed his power into the very matter of Arda, thus 'the whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring'".
Contents[]
Morgoth's Ring presents source material and editorial on the following:
- Later 1951 revisions of The Silmarillion showing Tolkien's drastic revisiting and rewriting of his legends
- "Annals of Aman" — Detailed chronology from the creation of the world through the end of the First Age, including an explanation of time reckoning in Valian Years
- "Laws and Customs among the Eldar" — Several essays and legends on the Eldar, particularly mating and naming customs of the Elves, and Tolkien's conceptions of the soul and body
- "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth" — A discussion between two characters, the Elven king Finrod Felagund and Andreth, a mortal woman, about the metaphysical differences between Elves and Edain
- "Tale of Adanel" — The Middle-earth version of the tale of the original sin
- "Myths Transformed" — Several fragments concerning Morgoth, Sauron, and the origin of the Orcs
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | خاتم مورغوث |
| Azerbaijani | Morgothun üzüyü |
| Catalan | L'anell de Mórgoth |
| Chinese | 魔苟斯的戒指 |
| Croatian | Morgothov prsten |
| Czech | Morgothův prsten |
| Dutch | De ring van Morgoth |
| Finnish | Morgothin sormus |
| French | L'Anneau de Morgoth |
| Georgian | მორგოთის ბეჭედი |
| German | The ring of Morgoth |
| Greek | Το Δαχτυλίδι του Μόργκοθ |
| Hungarian | Morgoth gyűrűje |
| Icelandic | Hringur af Morgoth |
| Italian | L'Anello di Morgoth |
| Kannada | ಮೊರ್ಗತ್ನ ರಿಂಗ್ |
| Lithuanian | Morgoto žiedas |
| Polish | Pierścień Morgotha |
| Portuguese | O Anel de Morgoth |
| Romanian | Inelul lui Morgoth |
| Russian | Кольцо Моргота |
| Serbian | Морготов прстен (Cyrillic) Morgotov prsten (Latin) |
| Slovak | Morgothov prsteň |
| Slovenian | Morgotov prstan |
| Spanish | El anillo de Morgoth |
| Telugu | మోర్గాత్ యొక్క రింగ్ |
| Thai | แหวนมอร์กอธ |
| Turkish | Morgoth'un Yüzüğü |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Перстень Моргота |
| Welsh | Cylch Morgoth |
| The History of Middle-earth (1983 - 2002) |
|
The Book of Lost Tales Part One |
The Book of Lost Tales Part Two |
The Lays of Beleriand |
The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | |