Chart over the Transmission of the Legends:

" " = Important works
( ) = Translations
 >  = Flows

                                       Quennar i Onotimo
                                   "Of the Beginning of Time..."
                                         "Yenonotie"
                                     "The Tale of Years"
               Rumil                          |           "Golden Book"
           "Annals of Aman"----------<--------|                |
            "Ambarkanta"                      |                |
           "Ainulindale"                      |                |
                 |                            |    PENGOLODH   |            DIRHAVEL
                 |---------------->----------"Quenta Silmarillion"---<-"Narn I Chin Hurin"
                 |                                     |
                 |-------------------<-----------------+
                 |
                 |------------>--------+------->-----+
                 |                     |             |
                 |                  Numenor      Rivendell
                 |                     |      "Books of Lore"
                 |                     |             |
                 |                     |             |
                 |                 Arnor and         |
                 |                   Gondor          |          Bilbo Baggins
                 |              "Book of the Kings"  |            "My Diary"
                 |            "Book of the Stewards" +--"Translations from the Elvish"
                 |                     |                              |
   "Quentale     |   Torhir Ifant      |                              |            Frodo Baggins
   Ardanomion"   | "Dorgannas Iaur"    |                              |              Sam Gamgee
        |        |       |             |                              |        "The War of the Ring"
        |        |       |             |                              |                  |
        |        |       |             |                              "The Red Book of Westmarch"
        |        |       |             |              Findegil                    |
        |        |       |             |---->----"The Thain's Book"--------<------|
        |        |       |             |                 |                 [MANY COPIES]
        |    AELFWINE    |             |                 |                        |
      ("Quenta Silmarillion")          |                 +------------>-----------|
         ("Annals of Aman")            |                                          |
          ("Grey Annals")              |                                          |
                 |                     |                                          |
                 +-------->------------|-------------------------<----------------+
                                       |
                                J. R. R. TOLKIEN
                                 ("The Hobbit")
                             ("The Lord of the Rings")
                               ("The Silmarillion")