Iyini i-Silmarillion?
Context:ISilmarillion (isiZulu: [silmaˈrilliɔn]) iqoqo lezinganekwane[T 1] nezindaba ezisezitayeleni ezahlukahlukene zombhali waseNgilandi uJ. R. R. Tolkien. Yayihlelwe futhi yashicilelwa ngemuva kokufa kwendodana yakhe uChristopher Tolkien ngo-1977, esizwa ngumbhali wezinganekwane uGuy Gavriel Kay.[T 2] Ikhuluma nge-Eä, indawo eqanjiwe ehlanganisa i-Blessed Realm yaseValinor, isifunda esake saba sikhulu saseBeleriand, isiqhingi esicwile saseNumenor, kanye nezwekazi laseMiddle-earth, lapho kusethwe khona imisebenzi kaTolkien ethandwa kakhulu i-The Hobbit ne-The Lord of the Rings. Ngemva kokuphumelela kwe-The Hobbit, umshicileli kaTolkien uStanley Unwin wacela ukulandisa okwalandela, futhi uTolkien wanikeza uhlaka lwemibhalo eyayizoba yi-The Silmarillion. U-Unwin wasenqaba lesi siphakamiso, ebiza lo mbhalo ngokuthi awuqondakali futhi "uCeltic kakhulu", ngakho-ke uTolkien waqala ukusebenza ngendaba entsha eyagcina isiyiNkosi Yamasongo.
ISilmarillion (isiZulu: [silmaˈrilliɔn]) iqoqo lezinganekwane[T 1] nezindaba ezisezitayeleni ezahlukahlukene zombhali waseNgilandi uJ. R. R. Tolkien. Yayihlelwe futhi yashicilelwa ngemuva kokufa kwendodana yakhe uChristopher Tolkien ngo-1977, esizwa ngumbhali wezinganekwane uGuy Gavriel Kay.[T 2] Ikhuluma nge-Eä, indawo eqanjiwe ehlanganisa i-Blessed Realm yaseValinor, isifunda esake saba sikhulu saseBeleriand, isiqhingi esicwile saseNumenor, kanye nezwekazi laseMiddle-earth, lapho kusethwe khona imisebenzi kaTolkien ethandwa kakhulu i-The Hobbit ne-The Lord of the Rings. Ngemva kokuphumelela kwe-The Hobbit, umshicileli kaTolkien uStanley Unwin wacela ukulandisa okwalandela, futhi uTolkien wanikeza uhlaka lwemibhalo eyayizoba yi-The Silmarillion. U-Unwin wasenqaba lesi siphakamiso, ebiza lo mbhalo ngokuthi awuqondakali futhi "uCeltic kakhulu", ngakho-ke uTolkien waqala ukusebenza ngendaba entsha eyagcina isiyiNkosi Yamasongo.  ISilmarillion inezingxenye ezinhlanu. Eyokuqala, i - Ainulindalë, ilandisa ngendlela eyinganekwane ngokudalwa kuka - Eä, "umhlaba okhona". Ingxenye yesibili, iValaquenta, inikeza incazelo yamaValar namaMaiar, amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo ka-Eä. Isigaba esilandelayo, iQuenta Silmarillion, esakha ingxenye enkulu yaleli qoqo, sichaza umlando wezenzakalo zangaphambi kweNkathi Yokuqala nangesikhathi sayo, kuhlanganise nezimpi ezazihilela amagugu amathathu, amaSilmaril, anikeza le ncwadi isihloko sayo. Ingxenye yesine, i-Akallabêth, ilandisa ngomlando wokuwa kweNúmenor nabantu bayo, okwenzeka ngeNkathi Yesibili. Ingxenye yokugcina, ethi Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, isifinyezo esifushane sezenzakalo zeThe Lord of the Rings nalezo ezaholela kuzo.  Le ncwadi ibonisa ithonya lemithombo eminingi, kuhlanganise ne-epic yaseFinland i-Kalevala, izinganekwane zamaGreki esiqhingini esilahlekile sase-Atlantis (njengeNumenor) kanye nonkulunkulu base-Olympian (ngesimo seValar, nakuba lezi zifana ne-Norse Æsir).  Ngenxa yokuthi uJ. R. R. Tolkien washona eshiya i-legendarium yakhe ingakahlelwa, uChristopher Tolkien wakhetha futhi wahlela izinto zokulandisa indaba kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni. Ezimweni ezimbalwa, lokhu kwakusho ukuthi kwakudingeka enze izinto ezintsha ngokuphelele, ngaphakathi komqondo kababa wakhe, ukuxazulula izikhala nokungahambisani endabeni, ikakhulukazi Isahluko 22, "Sezincithakalo ZaseDoriath".  I-Silmarillion ayitholanga ukwamukelwa okuhle lapho ishicilelwa. Izazi zathola lo msebenzi unenkinga, hhayi okungenani ngoba le ncwadi ingukwakhiwa, okungagunyaziwe nguTolkien uqobo, kusuka kuqoqo elikhulu lemibhalo nemidwebo ebizwa nangokuthi "The Silmarillion". Izazi ziye zaphawula ukuthi uTolkien wayehlose ukuba lo msebenzi ube inganekwane, ebhalwe abantu abaningi, futhi yahlelwa ngumhleli oqanjiwe, kungaba ngu-Aelfwine noma uBilbo Baggins. Ngakho-ke, isazi uGergely Nagy ucabanga ukuthi iqiniso lokuthi lo msebenzi uhleliwe empeleni uyaqaphela inhloso kaTolkien.