TigerTedd Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Isn't middle earth supposed to be our earth in a forgotten age? The end of the book being where elves and dwarfs and the like disappear into legend, and men take over. Hobbiton / the shire is based on where England would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 5 minutes ago, TigerTedd said: Isn't middle earth supposed to be our earth in a forgotten age? The end of the book being where elves and dwarfs and the like disappear into legend, and men take over. Hobbiton / the shire is based on where England would be. No, it's our world "at a different stage of imagination". T'was in a BBC interview with Tolkien iirc. He did liken it to an old fashioned world for this world that we live in though, yes. Also, while the elves left the world entirely, the dwarves did not. The ship at the end was specifically for the passage of all those who possessed the rings of power or had been a ring bearer, to the realm of the gods (which is all explained in the Silmarillion) Sam also leaves eventually, after his children are grown up and Rosie dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 4 hours ago, SaintRam said: No, it's our world "at a different stage of imagination". T'was in a BBC interview with Tolkien iirc. He did liken it to an old fashioned world for this world that we live in though, yes. Also, while the elves left the world entirely, the dwarves did not. The ship at the end was specifically for the passage of all those who possessed the rings of power or had been a ring bearer, to the realm of the gods (which is all explained in the Silmarillion) Sam also leaves eventually, after his children are grown up and Rosie dies. And the land of the gods is America, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Ram Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 2 hours ago, TigerTedd said: And the land of the gods is America, of course. They just need someone to make it great again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 14 hours ago, SaintRam said: and the seemingly real existence of gods Yeah, that is stretching it a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 It's back!?! 17th July. Can't wait I'm sure David is as enthusiastic as me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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