"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" are more famous. Most people have at least seen the movies, but "The Silmarillion" does not have such a wide audience.
Actually, I have wanted to introduce the content of "The Silmarillion" for a long time, but it is too complicated.
Just the names of Feino's son and brother are enough to take one's life. It is almost impossible to introduce them all in one chapter.
Later on, I thought that there is no need to introduce the details. After all, I do not know how to write details. Thus, today's chapter is written.
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First of all, what is "The Silmarillion"?
It is the bible of "The Lord of the Rings" world, and it is also a parallel of "The Bible" in reality.
Personally, I feel that it is more … awesome than "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit".
The story is not good, but it is really cool. Nowadays, the power and God settings of western fantasy novels can be seen in "The Silmarillion".
It has really created a fake world.
Just by looking at "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", you will only feel that this is an interesting world. Looking at "The Silmarillion", you will not help but think: Is this a real world?
Alright, after the awkward praise, let me introduce the content of "The Silmarillion".
I feel that it can be divided into three parts: First, the process of creating and perfecting the world.
Second, the three wars of the gods between Mirko and Villa.
Third, the tragedy of Elves and Humans caused by the Silmarillion.
From the perspective of creation, "The Silmarillion" starts from the prelude of creation until the world matures. This point does not need to be introduced in detail, I will mention it in the book.
The three wars of the gods are the simplest structural analysis of "The Silmarillion": The first war of the gods, in the process of creating a physical universe from nothing, Mirko fought Villa. Seeing that Villa was defeated, it was as if the God of Strength, Tokas, who was guarding the door, entered the universe.
That was the peak of Mirko's power, and also the moment when he was closest to becoming the God King.
The author of "The Silmarillion", Tolkien, is not a bad author. When he wrote this book, he was greatly influenced by reality (the first and second world wars, and the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States after that).
For example, the definition of power.
In Qidian novels, those who were strong in strength were definitely strong in combat.
This was not the case in The Silmarillion. Power included both knowledge and skill. Even the skill of forging gems was a part of one's power, but it was obvious that this kind of skill was not beneficial to combat power.
Therefore, it was common to see such content in the book. On one hand, it was said that Mirko was the strongest. On the other hand, it was written that Mirko was beaten up so badly that even his mother could not recognize him.
He had digressed.
Back to the three great battles of the gods.
For the first time, during the Battle of Splitting the Heavens, Villa and Mirko fought for the position of the King of Gods and the right to rule the world.
Because of the appearance of the God of Strength, Torcas, Mirko was defeated.
After that, Mirko pushed down the giant lamp that acted as the sun and captured the elves to torture them.
For the elves, Villa went to war with Mirko again. This time, Mirko was arrested and put in jail.
When Mirko was released from prison, he teamed up with Angorian to ambush Velinor, where Villa lived. They destroyed the Twin Holy Trees and stole the most precious gem of the elves — the Silmarillion.
Even so, Villa did not go to war with Mirko again.
In the days that followed, Mirko's enemies became the elves, humans, and dwarves.
They fought a few great battles, battles that were enough to be sung in poems forever. However, they were not battles of the gods.
In the end, the allied forces of the humans, elves, and dwarves could not fight anymore. Mirko was about to defeat the mortals. A human came to Velinor and asked Villa for mercy. Villa sympathized with the plight of Eluvita's children.
When the third great battle of the gods began, Mirko was defeated again and was exiled to outer space forever.
End of story.
Ugh, looking at it this way, was the content of "The Silmarillion" very simple?
The outline was that simple. The complexity was mainly reflected in the stories that happened between the elves and humans during the second and third great battles of the gods. The story was related to the Silmarillion.
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The story of the Silmarillion was not complicated. It was a process of fighting for the Silmarillion. You can refer to "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". The Silmarillion was the Dragon Saber. For this saber, there was a feud between the elves and humans.
In the beginning, the elves and Villa lived together and shared wealth.
One day, an elf named Fino created the three most beautiful and powerful diamonds in the world. Any one of them could light up the world. It was a hundred million times stronger than the Akon Diamond of the dwarves in "The Hobbit".
After creating these three diamonds, Fino became arrogant. Even Villa was not convinced. Because of his arrogance and because of Mirko's instigation, there was a crack in the close relationship between Villa and the elves.
Later, when Mirko snatched the Silmarillion, Fino swore, "Whoever touches the Silmarillion will be the eternal enemy of me and my descendants. Even if he is Villa, Mirko, or my fellow elves, there is no exception."
He led a part of the elves out of Velinor and into the "mortal world" of Middle-earth.
Because of this oath, he and his son became enemies with Mirko, the other elven kings, and the heroes of the humans.
Because of this oath, they gave up their former glory and committed the crime of kinslaying, murdering their own kind, betraying their allies, stealing, robbing, and so on. The original sins of humans were displayed one by one.
In the end, Fino and his descendants offended almost all the forces in the world. They bled dry for the Silmarillion and lost all the glory of the ancient elven royal family.
It was sad and lamentable.
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