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Old 01-23-2007, 10:16 AM   #21
Guinevere
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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
Does that include Valinor? Is it Ireland or Lyonesse? Tolkien was tapping into the genus loci of a whole region.
I don't think Valinor or Tol Eressea are related to a real place. They are more relating to the existing legends of a place somewhere to the West, where the Elves (or the gods) live...like "Tir nan og" (don't know the exact spelling of that) And anyhow,they are removed from the physical world now (as already in the 3rd age)
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