Post Tagged with: "The Lord of the Rings"

Uruk-hai Spotted Buying Groceries!

If you believe that doing grocery shopping is a safe activity, you’ll probably change your mind after seeing this video of an Uruk-hai buying groceries! Actor Olivier Richters dressed up as one of the most […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 10, 2014

DeviantArtist ChipsEss0r originally started this bit of Lord of the Rings fan art as a school project. We don’t know what grade she ended up getting for this triptych combining Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas, but […]

Peter Hollens + Taylor Davis + Into The West = Our Kind of Math

It’s no secret that we love our music, and if it has to do with Tolkien, all the better! We like to share covers of songs from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings […]

Wings or No Wings, the Anthracosuchus Balrogus is Real

No, we’re not pulling your wings. Researchers recently unearthed the remains of giant, ancient reptiles buried deep within a coal mine of Colombia, naming the species Anthracosuchus Balrogus, after the Balrogs from J.R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. According […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 8, 2014

Check out this awesome Frodo cosplay by Amouranth! She has a ton of pictures from her photoshoot over on her Tumblr, and every photo is spot on! (spotted by Middle-earth News contributor Myla) This post at […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 5, 2014

Olly Wotherspoon created this Hobbit house in his family’s back garden, spending only 14 days and £4,000. He told the Daily Mail, “We live in a normal semi-detached house on a busy road. So we […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 4, 2014

Kittens dressed as Frodo and Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. Your move, Internet. (spotted by Middle-earth News director Arwen) The Irish Examiner went in search of Ireland’s Top 100 Books, and discovered that […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 3, 2014

Hand printed and handmade by Etsy shop Feerie Doll, this bag is made of waterproof, durable material, so whether you’re trudging through the woods or climbing tall peaks, your bag will be fit for travel […]

Characters Re-imagined: Middle-earth POC Design Challenge

There is an awesome event happening on Tumblr this month (and hopefully, even longer). The Middle-earth POC Design Challenge largely stems from the desire to move beyond Middle-earth character design that is based solely on […]

The Marion E. Wade Center, A House of Tolkien Memorabilia

Have you always wondered what it looked like at the desk where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his stories or the wardrobe that inspired C.S. Lewis to write the first chapter of The Chronicles of Narnia? Well, […]