Tolkien Explained

Expand your Middle-earth knowledge with these videos focusing on the characters, creatures, and locations of Tolkien's world, complete with animated maps!

Curated by: Nerd of the Rings (244 videos)

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Tracks in this Playlist

• Morgoth's Ring | Tolkien Explained
• How Sauron Fed His Orcs | Tolkien Explained
• Magic in Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• Ioreth & The Houses of Healing | Tolkien Explained
• Tolkien's Elves are NOT immortal | Tolkien Explained
• The Watchers of Cirith Ungol | Tolkien Explained
• Doriath, First Kingdom of the Elves | Tolkien Explained
• Tol Eressëa, the Island of Elves | Tolkien Explained
• Are Orcs Cannibals? | Tolkien Explained
• The Kingdoms of Men in Middle-earth | Tolkien Compilation
• Elanor Gardner, Keeper of the Red Book | Tolkien Explained
• Why Elrond didn't stop Isildur | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Narsil & Andúril | Tolkien Explained
• The Significance of the Argonath | Tolkien Explained
• Henneth Annûn & The Forbidden Pool
• The Uncharted Lands of Middle-earth
• The Duels of the Balrogs | Tolkien Explained
• Aranarth ,The First Dúnedain Ranger | Tolkien Explained
• The Life of Finarfin | Tolkien Explained
• Treebeard was originally Evil | Tolkien Explained
• The Great Goblin & Goblin-town | Tolkien Explained
• How Gondor REALLY Calls For Aid - The Red Arrow
• The Life of Théodred, Prince of Rohan | Tolkien Explained
• Elladan & Elrohir, Sons of Elrond | Tolkien Explained
• Morgoth's Metal Dragons | Tolkien Explained
• Why Sauron Fears Aragorn | Tolkien Explained
• Why Gandalf Fears Sauron | Tolkien Explained
• The Hunt For Gollum (Book Version) | Tolkien Explained
• The In-World Games of Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Lindon | Tolkien Explained
• The Creation of Arda (The Ainulindalë) | Tolkien Explained
• The Dwarven Realms of Middle-earth [COMPILATION] | Tolkien Explained
• Gandalf vs The Ringwraiths (Nazgûl) | Tolkien Explained
• The Evil Realms of Middle-earth [COMPILATION] | Tolkien Explained
• The Life of Húrin | Tolkien Explained
• Caranthir: Son of Fëanor | Tolkien Explained
• The Secrets of the Dwarves | Tolkien Explained
• A Tour of the Shire | Tolkien Explained
• The Beacons of Mordor | Tolkien Explained
• The 12 Houses of Gondolin | Tolkien Explained
• Prophecies & Foresight in Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Valinor | Tolkien Explained
• Scatha & the Cold-drakes | Tolkien Explained
• The History of the Blue Mountains | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Mirkwood | Tolkien Explained
• Ungoliant, Shelob, & the Spiders of Middle-earth [Compilation]
• The Seven Stars of Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• The Stewards of Gondor | Tolkien Explained
• Éomer, King of Rohan | Tolkien Explained
• The Wizard King of Númenor | Tolkien Explained
• The Dunlendings & Dunland | Tolkien Explained
• The Dragons of Middle-earth [COMPILATION]
• Gandalf's Secret Fight for Frodo | Tolkien Explained
• The Unseen World | Tolkien Explained
• The Life of Celebrían (Elrond's Wife) | Tolkien Explained
• Balin's Expedition & the Moria Colony | Tolkien Explained
• The Dúnedain Rangers of the North | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete Travels of Haleth | Tolkien Explained
• Ósanwë: Middle-earth Telepathy | Tolkien Explained
• Ravens, Crows, & the Crebain from Dunland | Tolkien Explained
• Ghân-buri-Ghân & the Drúedain | Tolkien Explained
• Why Gollum Doesn't age like Bilbo after the Ring | Tolkien Explained
• What if Tom Bombadil is given the Ring? | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete History of Rohan [COMPILATION]
• Tevildo: When Sauron was a Cat | Tolkien Explained
• Giants & Stone-Giants of Middle Earth | Tolkien Explained
• Tolkien's Abandoned Lord of the Rings Epilogue
• Why Sauron Wants Mithril | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Bree | Tolkien Explained
• Tolkien’s Abandoned Rewrite of The Hobbit
• Aragorn's Ring of Barahir | Tolkien Explained
• The Many Origins of Tolkien's Orcs - Elves, Men, & Morgoth
• The Beacons of Gondor | Tolkien Explained
• Dale & Lake-town: A History | Tolkien Explained
• The COMPLETE History of Gondor | Tolkien Explained (Compilation)
• Saruman's Ring | Tolkien Explained
• Vairë and Míriel: Weavers of History | Tolkien Explained
• Yule: Christmas in Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• The Phial of Galadriel | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete Travels of Aragorn | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Eregion (Hollin) | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete Travels of Frodo Baggins | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Gondor, Part Three: The War of the Ring | Tolkien Explained
• Inns & Pubs of Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• Beregond, Guard of the Citadel | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete Travels of Thingol | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Sauron [COMPILATION] | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Gundabad | Tolkien Explained
• Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth | Tolkien Explained
• Why there are no Hobbit Rings of Power | Tolkien Explained
• Dragon-Sickness in Middle-earth | Tolkien Explained
• Eru Ilúvatar | Tolkien Explained | Hobbit Day 2023
• Sauron the Necromancer | Tolkien Explained
• Sauron the Shapeshifter | Tolkien Explained
• The Entwives & What Happened To Them | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Rohan: The Later Years | Tolkien Explained
• The History of Rohan: The Early Years | Tolkien Explained
• Tulkas, Champion of the Valar | Tolkien Explained
• The Complete Travels of Beleg Strongbow | Tolkien Explained
• The Silmarils | Tolkien Explained