The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern ... by 1500 B.C., elaborate cemeteries marked by stone circles or high earth embankments. To a large degree ...

Eru Ilvatar pulled the strings behind-the-scenes in The Lord of the Rings but he was directly behind some of the biggest ...

The Ainu believe that the world rests on the back of a giant trout, that otters caused human beings to be flawed, and that seeing an owl fly across the face of the moon at night is cause for great ...

Sugita derided them as “middle-aged women” who were “completely devoid of dignity” when they appeared at the session in “cosplay of Chimageogori and Ainu ethnic costumes.” Tahara ...

the Ainu people. Piłsudski is much better known there, as in Poland he is greatly overshadowed by his brother Józef, one of Polish history’s most important figures. Young Bronisław creates a ...

The Hobbits go back to the Shire, and the Fourth Age begins. But what exactly happens in Middle-earth after Sauron's final defeat? Fortunately, J. R. R. Tolkien explored more of Middle-earth's ...

Here are five of the most top-tier, deep-cut Middle-earth tales to rule them all ... the creation song of the world is ...

When J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1892) passed away in 1973, he left an immense amount of unpublished writings — much of which consisted of his own personal Middle-earth mythology, known as the ...

The documentary screening at Tokyo Film Festival takes a deeply human look at the lives of the indigenous Ainu people of Japan's Hokkaido. By Gavin J Blair As Shogun was bathing in the glory of ...

Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release from Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth's Past Climate Oct. 30, 2024 — A team discovered that, contrary to present scientific ...

The Complete History of Middle-earth is featured in Amazon's early Prime Big Deal Days sale. for over 50% off. The Complete History of Middle-earth (Hardcover, 3 Books, 5,440 Pages)-- $111.62 ($ ...