The Silmarillion in More Than 3 Minutes: A Condensed Version of the History of Middle-earth

Enjoy this seventeen minute summary of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", a despairingly complex history of Middle-earth compiled by Tolkien's son in 1977. A high-water mark for fantasy readers, this video will give you a crash course on all the obscure references made throughout the Lord of the Rings, explained with hastily animated stick figures.

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Chapters:
0:00 What is the Silmarillion?
0:26 Ainulindalë & Valaquenta
1:22 Quenta Silmarillion
14:44 Akallabêth
16:52 Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

This video is a redone version of my popular but somewhat haphazardly constructed 3 minute summary of the Silmarillion: The Silmarillion In Three Minutes: A ...

Thanks to my sister Julia for proofreading this. If there are spelling errors, I decline to take responsibility for them.