The
Tale of Beren and Lúthien is the story of the love and adventures of the mortal
Man Beren and the immortal
Elf-maiden
Lúthien, as told in several works of
J. R. R. Tolkien. It takes place during the
First Age of
Middle-earth, about 6500 years before the events of his most famous book,
The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien wrote several versions of their story, the latest written in
The Silmarillion. Beren and Lúthien are also mentioned in
The Lord of the Rings.