The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals is the fourth volume of Christopher Tolkien's twelve-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien. It was published in 1986.
In it is described the gradual transition from the "primitive" legendarium of The Book of Lost Tales to what would become The Silmarillion, and it contains a text which could be seen as the first "Silmarillion": the "Sketch of the Mythology".
Other notable parts are the Ambarkanta or "Shape of the World", a collection of maps and diagrams of the world described by Tolkien, and the Annals of Valinor and Beleriand, chronological works that began as timelines but became full narrative.
Contents[]
- Prose fragments following the Lost Tales' brief, uncompleted texts which continue on from The Book of Lost Tales
- The Quenta, a further developed version of the "Sketch", the first full narrative since the Tales
- The first "Silmarillion" map - a reproduction of the first map of Beleriand
- The Ambarkanta cosmological essays, maps, and diagrams
- The earliest Annals of Valinor
- The earliest Annals of Beleriand
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Die Vorming van die Middel-aarde |
Albanian | Formimin e Mesme-tokë |
Amharic | የመካከለኛው-የምድር ፍጥረት |
Arabic | تشكيل الأرض الوسطى |
Armenian | Ձեւավորումը միջին երկրի |
Azerbaijani | Orta yerin Formalaşmasında |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Фарміраванне Міжзем'е |
Bengali | মধ্যম পৃথিবীর রুপায়ণ |
Bosnian | Oblikovanje od Međuzemlja |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Създаването на Средната земя |
Cambodian | ការបង្កើតនៅកណ្តាលផែនដី |
Catalan | La formació de la Terra Mitja |
Cebuano | Ang Pag-umol sa Tunga-tunga-yuta |
Chinese | 中土的塑造 |
Croatian | Oblikovanje Međuzemlja |
Czech | Utváření Středozemě |
Danish | Udformningen af Midgård |
Dutch | De Vormgeving van Midden-aarde |
Esperanto | La Formado de la Duona Tero |
Estonian | Kujundamisel Keskmaa |
Filipino | Ang Paghubog ng Gitna ng mundo |
French | La Formation de la Terre du Milieu |
Frisian | De foarm jaan fan midden-ierde |
Icelandic | Mótun af Miðgarði |
Indonesian | Pembentukan tengah-bumi |
Irish Gaelic | An Mhúnlú na lár-domhain |
Italian | La Formazione della Terra di Mezzo |
Galician | A Formación da Terra-media |
Georgian | შუახმელეთის მოწყობა |
German | Die Gestaltung von Mittelerde |
Greek | Η Διαμόρφωση της Μέσης-γης |
Gujarati | મધ્યમ પૃથ્વી આકાર |
Hebrew | בעיצובה של הארץ התיכונה |
Hindi | मध्य-पृथ्वी के आकार देने |
Hungarian | Középfölde formálása |
Japanese | 中つ国の整形 |
Kannada | ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಶೇಪಿಂಗ್ |
Kazakh | Орта-жер Пішіндейтін (Cyrillic) Orta-jer Pişindeytin (Latin) |
Korean | 중간계의 쉐이핑 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | орто-жер калыптануусу |
Laotian | ການສ້າງໂລກກາງ |
Latin | Formanda Medio terrae |
Latvian | Veidošanā Tuvo zemes |
Lithuanian | Iš Vidurio žemės formavimas |
Luxembourgish | D'formen vu Mëtt-Äerd |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Обликувањето на Блискиот Земјата |
Malaysian | Pembentukan pertengahan bumi |
Maltese | Il Formazzjoni ta 'Terrapien nofs |
Marathi | मध्य-पृथ्वी च्या संधी चालून |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Дунд дэлхийн хэлбэржүүлэх |
Nepalese | मध्य-पृथ्वीको सिर्जना |
Occitan | La Formacion de la Tèrra Mejana |
Pashto | د منځنۍ ځمکې رامنځته کول |
Persian | شکل دادن از میانه زمین |
Polish | Kształtowanie Śródziemia |
Portuguese | A Formação da Terra-média |
Punjabi | ਮੱਧ-ਧਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੇਪਿੰਗ |
Romanian | Formarea Pământului de Mijloc |
Russian | Устроение Средиземья |
Scottish Gaelic | An Cumadh na Meadhan-talmhainn |
Serbian | Обликовање Миддле-Еартх (Cyrillic) U oblikovanju srednje zemlje (Latin) |
Sinhalese | මධ්යම පොළොවේ හැඩගැන්වීම |
Slovak | Formovanie Stredozeme |
Slovenian | Oblikovanje Srednji svet |
Sundanese | Éta Wangunan tina Tengah-bumi |
Swahili | Kuchagiza ya Kati-dunia |
Swedish | Utformningen av Midgård |
Spanish | La Formación de la Tierra Media |
Tajik Cyrillic | Дар ташаккули миёна замин |
Tamil | மத்திய புவி வடிவமைப்பதில் |
Telugu | మిడిల్ ఎర్త్ యొక్క షేపింగ్ |
Thai | กำเนิดมิดเดิลเอิร์ธ |
Turkish | Orta Dünya'nın Şekillendirilmesi |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Улаштування Середзем'я |
Uzbek | Яқин-ернинг шакллантириш (Cyillic) Yaqin-erning shakllantirish (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Hình thành Trung địa |
Welsh | Siapio Daear Ganol |
Xhosa | Uqeqesho kwe Umhlaba ophakathi |
Yiddish | די שאַפּינג פון מיטל-ערד |
Yoruba | Awọn mura ti Arin-ayé |
Zulu | Ukuklama komhlaba ophakathi |
The History of Middle-earth (1983 - 2002) |
The Book of Lost Tales Part One |
The Book of Lost Tales Part Two |
The Lays of Beleriand |
The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals | |