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Proposed by Mirlen
Real world In-universe
 * J. R. R. Tolkien
 * Christopher Tolkien (?)
 * The Lord of the Rings
 * The Silmarillion
 * The Hobbit
 * The History of Middle-earth (?)
 * Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
 * All the characters listed in the LotR template:
 * Bilbo
 * The entire Fellowship (Frodo, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli)
 * Sauron, Saruman, Wormtongue, Witch-king
 * Arwen (even though she plays a very little role in the books, she's quite significant in the films), Elrond, Galadriel
 * Théoden, Éomer, Éowyn
 * Faramir, Denethor
 * Gollum
 * Treebeard
 * Tom Bombadil
 * Prominent characters in The Silmarillion not mentioned above:
 * Valar
 * Manwë, Melkor (Morgoth), Varda (?), Mandos, Ulmo, Aulë, Yavanna, Tulkas (?)
 * Finwë, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin (?)
 * Sons of Fëanor, Celebrimbor
 * Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin
 * Fingon, Turgon, Idril, Maeglin
 * Finrod, Gil-galad
 * Beren, Lúthien, Thingol, Melian (?), Elwing, Eärendil
 * Túrin, Nienor, Tuor
 * Ar-Pharazôn (?)
 * Events:
 * Great Journey of the Elves
 * First Kinslaying
 * Wars of Beleriand (and all its major battles)
 * War of the Elves and Sauron
 * Sinking of Númenor
 * War of the Ring (and all its major battles)
 * Places (we'll start with the realms first):
 * Aman (Valinor, Tirion, Alqualondë)
 * Middle-earth
 * Khazad-dûm/Moria, Belegost (?), Erebor
 * Angband, Mordor, Isengard
 * Beleriand (we'll expand on different realms later), Ossiriand/Lindon, Eregion, Lothlórien, Rivendell, Mirkwood (?)
 * Fangorn Forest
 * Gondor, Rohan, Númenor, Harad, Ithilien (?)
 * The Shire, Bree (?)
 * Languages
 * Quenya, Sindarin
 * Westron (?)
 * Other
 * Races of Arda (Ainur, Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents (?), Orcs (?))
 * Lists of people of that species
 * Important objects that played a role in history
 * List of Middle-earth objects &mdash; the One Ring, Nine Rings, Three Rings, Silmarils, Narsil/Anduril (?), Palantirs (?), Mirror of Galadriel (?), Red Book of Westmarch, Elfstone, Ring of Barahir (?)

Proposed by Carcharoth
Would be clearer if presented as a table. If I knew how...

Top
Author
 * J. R. R. Tolkien

Places
 * Middle-earth

Books


 * The Hobbit
 * The Lord of the Rings
 * The Fellowship of the Ring
 * The Two Towers
 * The Return of the King
 * The Silmarillion
 * Unfinished Tales
 * The History of Middle-earth
 * On Fairy-Stories

Characters


 * Beren
 * Bilbo Baggins
 * Eärendil
 * Fëanor
 * Frodo Baggins
 * Gandalf
 * Lúthien
 * Morgoth
 * Samwise Gamgee
 * Túrin Turambar

High
Author
 * T. C. B. S.
 * Christopher Tolkien
 * Tolkien Estate
 * Tolkien Enterprises
 * Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien
 * Middle-earth in popular culture

Books
 * A Secret Vice
 * Beowulf: the monsters and the critics
 * Bilbo's Last Song
 * Smith of Wootton Major
 * Farmer Giles of Ham
 * The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
 * The Book of Lost Tales
 * The Children of Húrin
 * The History of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
 * The Lays of Beleriand
 * The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
 * Leaf by Niggle
 * Morgoth's Ring
 * The Lost Road and Other Writings
 * The Peoples of Middle-earth
 * The Return of the King (1980 film)
 * The Road Goes Ever On
 * The Shaping of Middle-earth
 * The War of the Jewels

Adaptations


 * Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings
 * The Hobbit (film)
 * The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
 * The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)
 * The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

Places
 * Arda (Middle-earth)
 * Aman
 * Beleriand
 * Fangorn forest
 * Lórien
 * Mirkwood
 * Mordor
 * Moria (Middle-earth)
 * Númenor
 * Rohan (Middle-earth)
 * Shire (Middle-earth)
 * Valinor
 * Gondolin
 * Gondor
 * Rivendell

History
 * History of Arda
 * Timeline of Arda

Races
 * Middle-earth peoples
 * Bestiary of Middle-earth
 * Ainu (Middle-earth)
 * Dwarf (Middle-earth)
 * Elf (Middle-earth)
 * Maia (Middle-earth)
 * Man (Middle-earth)
 * Orc (Middle-earth)
 * Wizard (Middle-earth)
 * Vala (Middle-earth)
 * Hobbit

Characters
 * Aragorn
 * Arwen
 * Balrog
 * Boromir
 * Celeborn
 * Denethor
 * Elrond
 * Elwing
 * Ent
 * Éomer
 * Éowyn
 * Faramir
 * Fingolfin
 * Finrod Felagund
 * Galadriel
 * Gimli (Middle-earth)
 * Glaurung
 * Gollum
 * Maeglin
 * Melian
 * Meriadoc Brandybuck
 * Peregrin Took
 * Saruman
 * Sauron
 * Shelob
 * Smaug
 * Théoden
 * Thingol
 * Thorin Oakenshield
 * Tom Bombadil
 * Treebeard
 * Tuor
 * Turgon
 * Witch-king of Angmar
 * Gríma
 * Húrin
 * Legolas

Languages
 * Languages of Arda
 * Elvish languages

Lists


 * List of Middle-earth characters
 * List of Middle-earth peoples
 * List of Middle-earth writings
 * List of poems by J. R. R. Tolkien

Objects


 * One Ring
 * Rings of Power
 * Silmaril

Mid
Author
 * Tom Shippey

Books
 * Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad
 * English and Welsh
 * Finn and Hengest
 * Errantry
 * Songs for the Philologists
 * Mr. Bliss
 * Narn i Chîn Húrin
 * Osanwe-kenta
 * Roverandom
 * Sigelwara Land
 * The Devil's Coach Horses
 * The Father Christmas Letters
 * The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
 * The Lay of Leithian
 * The Notion Club Papers
 * The Tale of Beren and Lúthien
 * The Road Goes Ever On (song)

Adaptations
 * Bored of the Rings

Places
 * Amon Hen
 * Anduin
 * Angband (Middle-earth)
 * Barad-dûr
 * Caradhras
 * Dol Guldur
 * Doriath
 * Eä
 * Eregion
 * Lonely Mountain
 * Isengard
 * Minas Tirith
 * Mount Doom
 * Nargothrond
 * River Sirion
 * Rivers of Middle-earth
 * Thangorodrim
 * Tol Eressëa
 * Tower of Cirith Ungol
 * Weathertop

History
 * Ages of Middle-earth
 * Battle of Five Armies
 * Battle of the Pelennor Fields
 * Battles of Beleriand
 * The Scouring of the Shire
 * War of the Ring

Races
 * Avari
 * Dead Men of Dunharrow
 * Dragon (Middle-earth)
 * Drúedain
 * Dúnedain
 * Edain
 * Fathers of the Dwarves
 * Half-elven
 * House of Bëor
 * House of Hador
 * House of Haleth
 * Nazgûl
 * Silvan Elves
 * Sindar
 * Teleri
 * Noldor
 * Troll (Middle-earth)

Characters
 * Anárion
 * Arien
 * Ar-Pharazôn
 * Aulë
 * Balin (Middle-earth)
 * Bard the Bowman
 * Barliman Butterbur
 * Beleg
 * Beorn
 * Beregond (Middle-earth)
 * Círdan
 * Dior (Middle-earth)
 * Durin
 * Elendil
 * Elros
 * Eönwë
 * Eorl the Young
 * Fellowship of the Ring (characters)
 * Eru Ilúvatar
 * Fingon
 * Ghân-buri-Ghân
 * Gil-galad
 * Gothmog
 * Helm Hammerhand
 * Isildur
 * Mablung
 * Maedhros
 * Mandos
 * Manwë
 * Mîm
 * Mouth of Sauron
 * Nienna
 * Oromë
 * Queen Berúthiel
 * Radagast (Middle-earth)
 * Thranduil
 * Sons of Fëanor
 * Ulmo
 * Ungoliant
 * Vanyar
 * Varda
 * Yavanna

Lists
 * List of Middle-earth Dwarves
 * List of Middle-earth Men
 * Horses of Middle-earth

Objects
 * Palantír
 * Sting (Middle-earth)
 * Narsil
 * Three Rings
 * Two Lamps
 * Two Trees of Valinor