Three Great Tales of the Elder Days

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Three Great Tales of the Elder Days is a collection of J.R.R. Tolkien’s major First Age narratives from Middle-earth, centering on the great legends of Beren and Lúthien, Túrin Turambar, and the Fall of Gondolin.

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Elder Days 2
Three Great Tales of the Elder Days canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle-earth legendarium work
literary collection
author J. R. R. Tolkien
basedOnMaterialFrom The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
centersOn legend of Beren and Lúthien
legend of Túrin Turambar
legend of the Fall of Gondolin
chronologicalSetting Elder Days
First Age of the Sun
linked to: First Age
containsWork Beren and Lúthien
The Children of Húrin
The Fall of Gondolin
featuresCharacter Beren
Lúthien Tinúviel
Morgoth
Túrin Turambar
featuresLocation Beleriand
Gondolin
genre high fantasy
hasMainTheme heroic legend
love and sacrifice
tragedy
war against Morgoth
hasMythology legendarium of Arda
language English
partOfFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
relatedWork The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
setIn First Age of Middle-earth
linked to: First Age

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The Children of Húrin partOfCycle Three Great Tales of the Elder Days
Translations from the Elvish (in-universe) subjectOfStudy Elder Days
linked to: Three Great Tales of the Elder Days
Three Great Tales of the Elder Days chronologicalSetting Elder Days
linked to: Three Great Tales of the Elder Days