This led to a vast panoply of tales that the author either fully or partially developed that stretches far beyond "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" stories that mainstream ... for anyone who ...
Though he's not mentioned in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, Tolkien's world is presided over by a God known as Eru Ilúvatar. This primordial entity shares many traits with the monotheistic gods ...