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The Insufferable
Join Date: Aug 2001
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![]() You've probably missed some of Gandalf's meaning (due to Tolkien's translation from Westron into English ![]() The West is clearly identified with Valinor, but it could be referring to Numenor as well. The North is obviously meant to refer to the northwestern region of middle earth - where the action of the books take place. As for the other two, it's as simple as checking the Sindarin words for the cardinal directions - Numen, Formen, Rhun, Harad. Rhun is The East (making Mordor a kind of 'near east'), and Harad is The South.
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