<Tr> <Th> Notable locations </Th> <Td> - (large regions) - Eriador Gondor Harad Mordor Rhûn Rohan Wilderland - (notable First Age places) - Almaren, Beleriand, Cuiviénen, Gondolin, Thangorodrim, the Two Lamps - (other notable places) - Arnor, Barad - dûr (the Dark Tower), Erebor (the Lonely Mountain), Fangorn, Isengard, Khazad - dûm (Moria), Lindon & the Grey Havens, Lothlórien, Minas Tirith, Mirkwood, the Misty Mountains, Mount Doom, Rivendell, the Shire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable characters </Th> <Td> Eru Ilúvatar Valar Maiar Wizards (Istari) Elves Men Dwarves Hobbits Ents Eagles Dragons Orcs Trolls </Td> </Tr> <P> Middle - earth is the fictional setting of much of British writer J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium . The term is equivalent to the term Midgard of Norse mythology, describing the human - inhabited world, that is, the central continent of the Earth in Tolkien's imagined mythological past . </P> <P> Tolkien's most widely read works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, take place entirely in Middle - earth, and Middle - earth has also become a short - hand to refer to the legandarium and Tolkien's fictional take on the world . </P>

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