The Lays of Beleriand
lore reference reference 1985 Middle-earth
Record
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | reference |
| Canon status | lore reference |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780395486832 |
| Volume within its reference series | 3 |
Synopsis
The Lays of Beleriand, published in 1985, is the third volume of Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-earth series, collecting his father's long heroic narrative poems from the Middle-earth legendarium. It contains the unfinished Lay of the Children of Hurin, telling the saga of Turin Turambar in alliterative verse, and the Lay of Leithian, recounting the tale of Beren and Luthien in rhyming couplets.
Where it sits
- Universe: Middle-earth
- Series: The History of Middle-earth lore reference; position 3 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes
- From the series record (The History of Middle-earth): 12-volume posthumous series (1983-1996), edited by Christopher Tolkien.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The History of Middle-earth: position 3 of 12: previous The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two (1984) · next The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
Sources
- https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lays_of_Beleriand
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