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It's not just the races, but the geographical descriptions as well which seem to be grounded in reality. *Middle Earth* - Europe *Numenor* (island to the
by mih 16y ago
It's not just the races, but the geographical descriptions as well which seem to be grounded in reality.
*Middle Earth* - Europe
*Numenor* (island to the west of ME) - Great Britain
*Valinor* (distant land of the 'fair' elves, west of ME) - North America viz. USA
*Mordor* (south of ME) - Area around Turkey
*Harad Desert* (south-east of ME) - Middle East
A quick look at the map of middle earth in LOTR and the Silmarillion kind of confirms this suspicion
- arethuza 16y agoIf you really want to analyze things like that (which I don't think is very wise) I'm pretty sure The Shire had to map to a Merry Olde England that probably never was. Having said that, I always wondered if Tolkien traveled by train through North East Scotland and the Tap o' Noth influenced Weathertop... but that is just me being silly.