The Lays of Beleriand: The History of Middle-earth

The third volume of The History of Middle-earth contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

The Lays of Beleriand, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of Turien and Lúthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished "Lay of The Childre...