J. R. R. Tolkien invented heraldic devices for many of the characters and nations of Middle-earth. His descriptions were in simple English rather than in specific blazon. The emblems …

The Tengwar (/ ˈ t ɛ ŋ ɡ w ɑː r /) script is an artificial script, one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Within the context of Tolkien's fictional world, …

Elves, Men, Dwarves, and even Maiar in Middle-earth are all known to have used emblems, arms and heraldic devices of various kinds. These were used to distinguish kingdoms, groups of …

Jan 29, 2025 · Over the course of the First Age, three different modes of Tengwar emerged: Quenya, Beleriand, and Sindarin. Sindarin is written in one of two modes, the mode of …

Each series is headed by the basic signs composed of a vertical stem descending below the line, and a single bow. These basic signs represent the voiceless stop consonants for that series.

Mar 10, 2021 · Media in category "Images of devices and symbols" The following 97 files are in this category, out of 97 total. Alan Lee - Eärendel’s heraldic symbol above the sea.png 691 × 445

Aug 21, 2013 · All I've got is the Doors of Durin outside Moria. At the top, as high as Gandalf could reach, was an arch of interlacing letters in an Elvish character. Below, though the …

Apr 19, 2023 · The tree depicts Nimloth a tree that the elves gifted to Numenor, a descendant of Telperion that grew in Valinor. The stars above the tree represent the 7 seeing stones or …

Tolkien compiled the "Qenya Lexicon", his first list of Elvish words, in 1915 at the age of 23, and continued to refine the language throughout his life. Within Tolkien's Middle Earth, Quenya is …