Comments on: 121 - Where On Earth Was Middle-earth? http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/ collecting cartographic curiosa Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Calin http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74445 Calin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:18 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74445 Tolkien wasn’t so nice to us Hungarians:-) Comment by aetil — June 4, 2007 @ whit you "Hungarians" ? if this is a map of earth in that time it was not a single hungarian in that area. check history. Tolkien wasn’t so nice to us Hungarians:-)

Comment by aetil — June 4, 2007 @

whit you “Hungarians” ?

if this is a map of earth in that time it was not a single hungarian in that area. check history.

]]> By: Viking http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74143 Viking Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:45 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74143 hmmm, sweden... I live in some wierd distant wasteland -_- hmmm, sweden… I live in some wierd distant wasteland -_-

]]> By: Iason http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74141 Iason Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:58:24 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74141 I live in Gondor !!! I live in Gondor !!!

]]> By: ates http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74081 ates Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:30:55 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74081 now lets go back the real middle earth men of the west were cruel as mordor all the crusades and stuff :D now lets go back the real middle earth men of the west were cruel as mordor all the crusades and stuff :D

]]> By: ates http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74079 ates Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:17:43 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74079 ehh sorry i think isnt on balkans but its very good map well done. ehh sorry i think isnt on balkans but its very good map well done.

]]> By: ates http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74078 ates Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:15:06 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-74078 hmm interesting map but u think mordor isnt on balkans its on anatolia cuz orcs r based on turks and mongols and other hordes and gondor is more likely byzantium empire or it could be on austuria cuz minas tirith battle looks like battle of vienna on the other hand ottomans were conquered all the balkans and it could be right location for mordor hmm interesting map but u think mordor isnt on balkans its on anatolia cuz orcs r based on turks and mongols and other hordes and gondor is more likely byzantium empire or it could be on austuria cuz minas tirith battle looks like battle of vienna on the other hand ottomans were conquered all the balkans and it could be right location for mordor

]]> By: Martin Watts http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73939 Martin Watts Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:45:03 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73939 I don't know about any specific correspondence between Iceland and Middle Earth but one day while walking round the Icelandic town of Egilstadir I noticed a door going into the side of a hill and thought "Hobbit". I don’t know about any specific correspondence between Iceland and Middle Earth but one day while walking round the Icelandic town of Egilstadir I noticed a door going into the side of a hill and thought “Hobbit”.

]]> By: fluer http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73934 fluer Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:36:27 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73934 what about Iceland? I've heard that Tolkien was very inspired by Icelandic mythology (elves and trolls are still believed to exist there), language, etc., and by Morris's 'Icelandic Journals'. Iceland is very volcanic as is Middle Earth, with dramatic weather and landscapes strewn with rock formations. Many of the traditional houses resemble hobbit houses. Maybe Tolkien was just inspired by Icelandic culture in general and none of the specific places in his books can be traced there, but i was just curious as to what you knew about that. what about Iceland? I’ve heard that Tolkien was very inspired by Icelandic mythology (elves and trolls are still believed to exist there), language, etc., and by Morris’s ‘Icelandic Journals’. Iceland is very volcanic as is Middle Earth, with dramatic weather and landscapes strewn with rock formations. Many of the traditional houses resemble hobbit houses.

Maybe Tolkien was just inspired by Icelandic culture in general and none of the specific places in his books can be traced there, but i was just curious as to what you knew about that.

]]> By: Kevin http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73414 Kevin Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:28:36 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-73414 Tolkien did not base the story on the events of WWII and his time. He states in the prologue that his work is not allegorical and that he very much dislikes it. He wanted the readers to interpret the events and places of the novel with their own life. Tolkien did not base the story on the events of WWII and his time. He states in the prologue that his work is not allegorical and that he very much dislikes it. He wanted the readers to interpret the events and places of the novel with their own life.

]]> By: Alienor http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-72503 Alienor Sun, 11 May 2008 22:26:55 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/121-where-on-earth-was-middle-earth/#comment-72503 Yeah, feels good living near to Southern Rohan! ;D Rohan rocks forever! Yeah, feels good living near to Southern Rohan! ;D Rohan rocks forever!

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