Tolkien's densely populated fictional world is now the subject of a minutely-detailed 'family tree project'I am a Tolkien fan. I reread Lord of the Rings every now and then; seeing the trailer for The Hobbit sent shivers down my spine; my daughter is called Merry,for goodness sake. But my devotion to Middle-soil pales before that of Emil Johansson, a photographer and chemical engineering student from Sweden, or who has read "every book there is to read about Middle-soil" and who has spent years compiling a family tree of every character – every character! – in Tolkien's world.lift a look: supreme god Eru Ilúvatar sits at the top,but dig a little further and you'll find out how, precisely, or the Sackville-Bagginses are linked to the Bagginses,that Sam Gamgee and Rosie Cotton had 12 little hobbit children, and oh so very much more.
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Source: theguardian.com