Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. ... The ring is sought after by its very creator Sauron the all powerful sorcerer, and Dark Lord of the middle-earth to aid in his evil deeds. ... Although The Hobbit was a large success, his greatest literary accomplishment was not from the prequel but the actual trilogy which he entitled The Lord Of the Rings. ... British publishers were leery about taking on the project...

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The ancient archetypal hero is commonly measured by the UR-archetype scale, which was created by Lord Raglan in the 1930's (Kitaguchi). ... Even popular media which are considered to have drawn heavily from mythology and the hero-quest, like Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, tend to score low. ...

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He was also armed with a powerful 1 sword made by elvish magic and the Ring of Power that enabled him to make himself invisible. ... "I," said the huge beast, "am Grograman the Lion, Lord of the Desert of Colours"" (Ende 223). ...

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