... work in The Silmarillion which is mostly a story somewhat similar to The Lord of the Rings except that The Silmarillion takes place much earlier in Middle Earth's history and several allusions to it are made in The Lord of the Rings that could not be understood without doing proper historical research into Tolkien's world which is vast to say the least ... are created spirits...."(The Letters pg. 235) Even though Tolkien clearly explains his "monotheistic but sub-creational mythology" some Christian critics argue that Tolkien's spiritual hierarchy does indeed parallel the Biblical accou...

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