From Mairon to Annatar, the Dark Lord Sauron from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings went by many names -- but what did ...

G andalf is one of the most memorable names in The Lord of the Rings.Even those who aren't fans of Tolkien's works are likely to be familiar with the character. However, Gandalf isn't the wizard's ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power gave the Stranger a name, but is that how it happened in Tolkien’s lore? And could the Dark Wizard be Saruman?

Lord of the Rings Characters So Dark It’s Hard to Believe Tolkien Created Them Forget the tales of Sauron and the Witch-king of Angmar. Much darker stories await in Tolkien's Middle-earth.

Scientists at the London Natural History Museum have named a new group of butterflies in honour of the dark lord Sauron from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. “One does not ...

A new genus of butterfly, with dark, eye-like spots on its distinctive orange wings, has been named after Sauron, the arch-villain of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings ...