In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age. It is ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn from their city of tree
"The Forest of Lothlórien in Spring" by J.R.R. Tolkien, c. 1940, when he was writing about Lothlórien. The Fellowship however visited Lothlórien in winter.
Light against darkness: Haldir's description of how Lothlórien opposes Mordor echoes John's Gospel. St John the Evangelist by Domenichino, c. 1626
Earthly Paradise: Lothlórien has been compared to the place dreamed of in the Middle English poem Pearl. Miniature from Cotton Nero A.x shows the Dreamer on the other side of the stream from the Pearl-maiden.
Cerin Amroth, a grassy mound surrounded by two circles of trees, has been compared to the Motte of Warwick Castle, Ethelfleda's Mound (pictured), where a young Tolkien went with his future wife Edith Bratt.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of la
Lothlórien
…In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age. It is ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn from their city of tree houses at Caras Galadhon. The wood-elves of the realm are called Galadhrim. The realm…
Tolkien meant Arda to be what Paul H. Kocher calls "our own green and solid Earth", seen here in the Baltistan mountains, "at some quite remote epoch in the past".
Tolkien likened the Last Battle, Dagor Dagorath, that ends "the world" (Arda) to the Norse Ragnarök. Engraving Battle of the Doomed Gods by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine, 1882