10 Things Lord Of The Rings' God, Eru Ilúvatar, Did In Middle-Earth History
This article contains spoilers forThe Silmarillion. The One Eru Ilúvatarmay not be known to all as Middle-earth’s God, but he lay behind the scenes ofThe Lord of the Rings, pulling the strings and occasionally intervening directly. High fantasy pioneer J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator ofThe Lord of the Rings, was always clear that the story was not an allegory, but that it had allegorical elements (The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien). As such, whileLotRis not an allegory of Tolkien’s Catholic faith, Eru Ilúvatar had much in common with the Christian God and was a benevolent entity of omniscient power....