From Morgoth to Sauron, the evolution of evil in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology. Evil is mainly personified by two creatures in Tolkien’s mythology. Morgoth, the original evil, that came to exist before the creation of Middle-earth and Sauron, Morgoth’s faithful lieutenant which became the second dark lord after the imprisonment of his master. Morgoth reigned as the first dark lord during the first age of the world. The first age ended with his defeat. In the second age Sauron took Morgoth’s place as the dark lord and was a growing threat to all creatures of the world. Tolkien’s entire mythology is based on a Manichean approach to evil, the battle between good and evil is the essence of the stories, however, the way that each of those main representatives