08-11-2010, 03:10 AM | #1 |
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Middle earth?
we have middle earth in lord of the rings.do we also have a top earth and a bottom earth?
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08-11-2010, 05:26 AM | #2 |
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Joke? Middle-Earth is simply an old term for the Earth, the World of Men, set between Heaven and Hell or between the Realms of the Gods and Giants
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08-11-2010, 10:12 AM | #3 |
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Not an uncommon misconception for those initially hearing the term though - that's it's between two other things. Either something to the east and to the west - or to something above and below.
But tomlinson - Graymouser is correct, that JRRT derives the term from ancient usage - I believe 'Mid-Gard' or something.
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"Midgard" is used in Norwegian, both in Norse mythology, and in the Norwegian translations of Tolkien's works.
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08-11-2010, 06:10 PM | #5 |
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From a letter...
'I have, I suppose, constructed an imaginary time, but kept my feet on my own mother-earth for place. I prefer that to the contemporary mode of seeking remote globes in 'space'. However curious, they are alien, and not lovable with the love of blood- kin. Middle-earth is (by the way & if such a note is necessary) not my own invention. It is a modernization or alteration (N[ew] E[nglish] D[ictionary] 'a perversion') of an old word for the inhabited world of Men, the Oikumene: middle because thought of vaguely as set amidst the encircling Seas and (in the northern- imagination) between ice of the North and the fire of the South. O. English Midden-Geard, mediaeval E. Middengerd, Middle-erd. Many reviewers seem to assume that Middle-earth is another planet! ' JRRT letter 211 There are other examples from Letters, but I like that one best |
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10-12-2010, 06:52 PM | #7 |
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The common misconception that I most frequently see people making, is in thinking that Middle-Earth refers to the places mentioned in the books alone. Middle-Earth is enormous in size and extends far beyond regions east and south of those we ever hear much about, Cúivenien and Hildórien are some place briefly mentioned. Every single one of Tolkiens tales based in Middle-Earth were based in the North-Western region.
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