CONTENTS

Camouflage edit

History and philosophy of science edit

History of Physics edit

History of Biology edit

Agriculture edit

Biology edit

Drawings edit

Diagrams edit

Mimicry and speciation edit

Genetics and development edit

Lamarckism edit

Interspecific relationships edit

Magnetoreception, electroreception, and mechanoception edit

Origin of life edit

The Nick Lane scenario

not to mention the Template:Abiogenesis timeline ...

Sequence of diagrams edit

Phylogenetic trees edit

I've also put together a lot of phylogenetic trees. Here's a small one.

Carnivora

Feliformia  

   Caniformia   

Canidae  

   Arctoidea   
   

Pinnipedia  

Musteloidea

Ailuridae, inc. red panda  

Other musteloids  

Aristotelian biology models edit

Maps edit

Maps of Russian military deception at Stalingrad, with both enemy and actual dispositions

And similarly at Kursk

Kilim edit

This is just a sample: I drew quite a few more, look in the Kilim motifs article if you're curious.

Explanations edit

Tolkien's Middle-earth edit

Cosmology edit

Sketch maps edit

Infographic maps edit

Analyses edit

Scripts edit

Mandalas edit

Image maps and timeline edit

Tolkien influences timeline
Date Possible Influences Elements[1][2][3]
c. 1900 First World War
  Battle of the Somme
  Tanks

Mordor
Metal dragons at Gondolin
Victorian era Bag End, Hobbit lifestyle
Modern literature
  William Morris
  Rider Haggard's She

Dead Marshes, Mirkwood
Saruman's shrivelling death
c. 1800 Antiquarianism Poems, maps, scripts, artwork, genealogy
c. 1600 Shakespeare
  Macbeth
Prophecy of Witch-King's death
c. 1400 Late Medieval Cosmology, magic, named weapons, heraldry, interlaced narrative
c. 1000 Early Medieval
  Crist I
  Beowulf
  Sigelwara

Eärendil, light
Elves, Ents, Orcs; Rohan
Silmarils, Balrogs, Harad
c. 400 Romano-British
  Temple of Nodens

Rings of Power; Dwarves
c. 100 Christianity
  The One God
  The Devil

Eru Ilúvatar
Melkor/Morgoth
c. 400 BC Classical era
  Atlantis
  Ring of Gyges
  Orpheus and Eurydice
  Oedipus
  Prometheus

Númenor
The One Ring
Beren and Lúthien
Túrin Turambar
Fëanor
c. 1000 BC Bronze to Iron Age
  Uffington White Horse
  Hallstatt culture

Rohan's horse-culture
Barrow-wight's treasure
c. 5000 BC Neolithic
  Pile Houses of Europe
  Barrows

Esgaroth (Lake-town)
Barrow-downs
 Tolkien's artworkThe Lord of the RingsPoetry in The Lord of the RingsTolkien's languagesJohn Howe (illustrator)Alan Lee (illustrator)Fran WalshPhilippa BoyensPeter JacksonDiegetic musicDavid SaloHoward ShoreSindarincommons:File:Construction of the Music for The Lord of the Rings films.svg
Construction of the music for The Lord of the Rings films, from Tolkien's work to Howard Shore's score, with clickable links.
 Poetry in The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the RingsTolkien's artworkThe Great War and Middle-earthTolkien's mapsTolkien's languagesBeowulf and Middle-earthChristianity in Middle-earthPhilologycommons:File:Tolkien's Influences.svg
Imagemap: Tolkien's influences in creating his Middle-earth books included his profession, philology, studying medieval literature; his religion, Christianity; mythology and archaeology; Old English poetry, especially Beowulf; and his own experience of childhood in the English countryside, and as a soldier in the First World War. Major inputs to his stories were his invented languages, and maps of Middle-earth. His books contained not just prose but poetry and artwork, with clickable links.
 SilmarilBalrogHaradSigelwara LandSól (Germanic mythology)HearthSowilōsealcommons:File:Tolkien's Sigelwara Etymologies.svg
Imagemap with clickable links. Tolkien's Sigelwara etymologies, leading to three strands in his writings on Middle-earth.


 CelebrimborRings of PowerDwarf (Middle-earth)Nuada AirgetlámNodensLydney Parkcommons:File:Nodens Temple influence on Tolkien.svg
Imagemap with clickable links. Apparent influence of archaeological and philological work at Nodens' Temple on Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium


 SilmarilMiddle-earthEärendilEärendilLightcommons:File:Crist I's influence on legendarium.svg
Imagemap with clickable links. Crist I's influence on Tolkien's legendarium

Yoga edit

  1. ^ Shippey, Tom (2005) [1982]. The Road to Middle-Earth (Third ed.). Grafton (HarperCollins). pp. 388–398. ISBN 978-0-2611-0275-0.
  2. ^ Lee, Stuart D. (2020) A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, Wiley: Philology 13-14 Christianity 446-460 Mythology 244-258 Old English 217-229 Modern literature 350-366 War 461-472 Invented languages 202-214 Art 487-472 Poetry 173-188
  3. ^ Shippey, Tom (2001). J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. HarperCollins. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0261-10401-3.