The Shaping of Middle-earth

The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals is the fourth volume of Christopher Tolkien's twelve-volume series , in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien.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
pl:Kształtowanie Śródziemia
it:La Formazione della Terra di Mezzo
ru:Устроение Средиземья
Category:The History of Middle-earth
Category:Primary literature
Category:Middle-earth source literature
Category:1986 publications
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