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The Crossroads

Welcome to the Crossroads traveller. Here, many roads come together . . . from The Grey Havens to Imladris and to as many other places of interest in Middle-Earth as there are points on a compass. Choose ye a path and set off boldly in search of lore and knowledge.

Links:

Middle-earth Online

Middle-earth

Middle-Earth Languages and Writing

General Tolkien and Middle-Earth Information




Middle-earth Online


Middle-Earth Online

The official site.


Middle-Earth Vault

One of the longest running Middle-earth Online related sites. An excellent soure of MEO information and home to the oldest and greatest MEO forums.


Middle-Earth Stratics

News about Middle-Earth online, the home of Middle-Earth House of Commons (MEHoC) chat sessions with the game developers amongst other things.


Middle-Earth Warcry

The Middle-earth Online section of the well established Warcry network.


MEO Source

A popular Middle-earth online fansite with a unique and interesting forum and kinship database.


Forlond

A website dedicated to the Lord of the Rings series, Middle-earth books and the upcoming game, Middle-earth Online.




Middle-earth


Annals of Arda

An Excellent Middle-earth archive of information, including an encylopedia of middle-earth, Tolkien related books, images and inspired music.


Parma Endorion

"Essays on Middle-Earth", scholarly essays on geography, races, history, chronology, and wonders amongst other things.


The Encyclopedia of Arda

"The Interactive Tokien Reference", a truly massive undertaking . . . a wonderful site that will continue to get better with age.


Tolkien: The Scrolls of Orthanc

Essays about Middle-Earth, useful information about Middle-Earth on various topics culled from Tolkien's own letters and "paraphrased" by the site author.




Middle-earth Languages and Writing


General Elvish Links
Ardalambion

"Of the Tongues of Arda" One of, if not the best, source of information on the Web for Tolkien's invented languages.


Eldalamberon

Publishers of the Parma Eldalamberon, The Book of Elven Tongues, a journal of linguistic studies of the Elven languages of Tolkien including the Qenya Lexicon.


Fellowship of the Word-smiths

An excellent resource for Elvish Language and literature.


Council of Elrond

A very extensive site covering many Tolkien related topics including a valuable list of links and resources that will be useful in the study of Tolkien's languages.


A Taste of Elvish

Selected Quenya and Sindarin Vocabulary


Elvish

Quenya and Sindarin Dictionaries with selected samples.


Elvish Film Quotes

Elvish quotes taken from Tolkiens works, primarily from the movies



Sindarin Links
Sindarin - the Noble Tongue

A detailed look into the inner workings of the Sindarin language.


Etymologies: Sindarin - English

The main vocabulary source for the Elvish languages. Gives an extensive Sindarin word list accompanied by English meanings.


Etymologies: English - Sindarin

The main vocabulary source for the Elvish languages. Gives an extensive English word list accompanied by Sindarin meanings.


Sindarin Verbs

Extensive list of Sindarin verbs.


Sindarin Verb System

Detailed explanation of how to conjugate Sindarin verbs


Sindarin Dictionary Project

An excellent interactive dictionary that will match your english or sindarin words with an appropriate translation.


Sindarin Translation Thread

Want a word, phrase or even a poem translated into sindarin. Here is the best place to get help from the experts.



Dragon Flame

Download the Dragon Flame Sindarin translator program.



Quenya Links
Quenya - The Ancient Tongue

A detailed look into the inner workings of the Quenya language.


Nólë Parma Lambeo Areldava

"The Lore Book of the High Elven Tongue", with a downloadable word list.


Quenya Pronunciation Guide

A guide to help you speak the ancient tongue better.



Miscellaneous Links
Dan Smith's Tengwar and Cirth Fonts

Various Tengwar and Cirth fonts with help files and Word macros.


Elvish Pronunciation Guide

A guide to the pronunciation of the Elvish languages with downloadable .wav files of the various sounds.


Tengwar textbook

An excellent resource for those seeking to learn how to read and write Tengwar.




General Tolkien and Middle-Earth Information


Fingolfin.com

An open forum for the scholarly discussion of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.


One Ring

"The Complete Guide to Tolkien Resources".


Rolozo Tolkien

A wonderful resource for images inspired by Tolkien's writings.


The Council of Rangers

An excellent site made by our very own Tithrandil. Here you will find many books of lore on the races, languages, history and characters of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology set in Middle Earth.


The Grey Havens

"The Ultimate J.R.R. Tolkien Resource Web Page".


The Hideout of Imladris

A well done resource site devoted to Tolkien and Middle-Earth


TheOneRing.net

A popular and well known "one stop fansite for everything Tolkien".


Tolkienwinkel

"The Tolkien Shop", if it's about Tolkien you can buy it here including limited edition and hard to find books, figurines, and other collectibles, highly recommended.