Here is a link to a map of
Stars that was given by Piosenniel , about 4 years ago... I thought that it might be on topic here.
I agree very much with Davem's post .
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originally postet by Davem
A central desire on Tolkien's part was to 'enchant' the reader & he does this by enchanting the world - specifically by enchanting the reader's vision of the world he/she inhabits. Once we have passed through Lorien we will (if we still retain an 'undarkened heart') never look on a wood or stand of trees in the same way again, once we have stood at the Gray Havens the sea will forever be the Sea to us (cf 'Recovery' in OFS)
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So true!!
(btw: Welcome back, Davem!!
Very pleased to see you posting again!)
Here is what Tolkien himself wrote in letter 183 (notes on W.H.Auden's Review of RotK):
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Middle-earth is not an imaginary world. (.......)
The theatre of my tale is this earth, the one in which we now live, but the historical period is imaginary.
The essentials of that abiding place are all there (at any rate for inhabitants of N.W.Europe), so naturally it feels familiar, even if a little glorified by the enchantment of distance in time.
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So of course the stars are essentially the same, they just have different names.