For The Sil:
~"Men are from Middle Earth, Elves are from Valinor"
For LOTR
~"A tale of 2 Men, 4 Hobbits, An Elf, A Dwarf, and a Wizard"
After deciding the last was too wordy, Tolkien tried this one,
~ "A tale of 2 Towers"
But then decided it resembled other classics a little too closely.